Xiong Cili
Qing dynasty politician
Xiong Cili (Chinese: 熊賜履; pinyin: Xióng cìlǚ; Wade–Giles: Hsiung Tz'ŭ-li, 13 December 1635 – 1709) was a Han Chinese politician, scholar, and philosopher in the Qing dynasty.
Biography
Xiong hailed from Xiaogan, Hubei. He took the imperial examination in 1657, earning a juren degree and then a jinshi degree in 1685. In 1665 he was promoted from corrector to assistant reader in the Hongwen yuan (宏文院). He then became sub-chancellor of the Guoshi yuan (國史院) in 1670 before becoming chancellor of the Hanlin Academy in the winter of that year. He was made Grand Secretary of Wuying Hall and Minister of Justice in 1675. Around this time, Xiong was also ordered to undertake various literary projects. He was given the responsibility of compiling of the imperial edicts of Taizong, the Taizong shengxun (太宗聖訓) and entrusted with reediting of the official chronicles of Taizong, the Taizong shilu (太宗實錄). He also was ordered to oversee the production of a work concerning the Classic of Filial Piety. However, the following year, Xiong attempted to shift blame onto a colleague for an error he committed whilst drafting an imperial rescript, resulting in his dismissal from office.
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