A Chinese Biographical Dictionary/Ch'ên Shih-kuan
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244 Ch'ên Shih-kuan 陳世倌 (T. 秉之, H. 蓮宇). A.D. 1680—1757. Fourth son of Ch'ên Hsien. He graduated as chin shih in 1708, and after several educational and literary posts, became Governor of Shantung in 1724. He was degraded in 1734 for procrastination in reporting on the Kiangnan waterways, but rose again in 1741 to be a Grand Secretary. At the end of 1748 an erroneous judgment led to his dismissal, but he was recalled to his high office three years later. He retired with honour in 1757, leaving behind him the reputation of a most conscientious officer. Canonised as 文勤.