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 He was entrusted with the revision of the T'ai-tsung shih-lu (see under ), and with the translation into Manchu of the San-kuo chih (see under ) and of the 洪武寶訓 Hung-wu pao-hsün ("Admonitions of Emperor T'ai-tsu, founder of the Ming dynasty"). On the completion of these assignments he was given the rank of Ch'ing-ch'ê tu-yü of the second class. When in 1651 Grand Secretary Ganglin (see under ) was impeached on the charge of having allowed to make treasonable alterations in the Shih-lu of his father, Nurhaci, Ning Wan-wo was accused of knowing of these changes and failing to report them to the throne. However, Prince Chêng (, q.v.), who judged the case, cleared him of all blame. In the same year Ning Wan-wo was again made a Grand Secretary and he alone among Chinese officials, who were promoted at that time, was given the rank and stipend of a Manchu. Shortly afterwards he was made a member of the Council of Princes and High Officials and in 1654 memorialized the throne impeaching. Later in the same year Ning Wan-wo was made Grand Guardian of the Heir Apparent. In 1658 he was allowed to retire; and in 1662 Emperor Shêng-tsu, in recognition of his services under T'ai-tsung and Shih-tsu, made his son sub-chancellor of the Grand Secretariat. Ning Wan-wo was given the posthumous name Wên-i 文毅.

[1/238/8a; 3/1/17a; 4/4/14b.]

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 NIU Shu-yü 鈕樹玉, Nov. 5, scholar, was a native of Tung-t'ing shan 洞庭山, southwest of Soochow. He lost his parents in childhood and made his living by peddling cotton goods; but having set his heart early on learning, he studied the classics in leisure hours. When he was thirty sui he made the acquaintance of, then director of the Tzŭ-yang (紫陽) Academy in Soochow, and in the ensuing years he came in contact with such famous classicists as , , and. Under their influence he mastered the technique of textual criticism worked out by the School of Han Learning (see under and ), and thus distinguished himself, in his late thirties, as one of the prominent scholars of the Soochow School (see under ). Even after he achieved note as a scholar he remained poor and lived under the patronage of more affluent scholars or officials. For several years around 1813 he lived at the yamen of Ch'ên Hung-shou (see under ), a district-magistrate of Li-yang, Kiangsu (1811–17); and in 1817–18 at the yamen of the taotai, Kung Li-chêng (see under ), in Shanghai. In the autumn of 1827 he had permission to live at the Soochow office of the financial commissioner,, but was obliged to leave a few days later on account of illness. He died at his home shortly after.

As a student of the ancient lexicon, Shuo-wên (see under ), Niu Shu-yü wrote a supplement in 8 chüan to the Shuo-wên chieh-tzŭ chu by Tuan, which he entitled 段氏說文校訂 Tuan-shih Shuo-wên chiao-ting, printed with a preface by Niu dated 1823. He also left two other critical works on the text of the Shuo-wên: Shuo-wên chieh-tzŭ chiao-lu (校錄), 30 chüan, printed in 1885; and Shuo-wên hsin fu-k'ao (新附考), 6 + 1 chüan, printed with a preface by Ch'ien Ta-hsin dated 1798. The last-mentioned work, and the Tuan-shih Shuo-wên chiao-ting, were reprinted in 1874. Other works by Niu Shu-yü, entitled 匪石山人詩 Fei-shih shan-jên shih, 1 chüan, a collection of verse; Fei-shih jih-chi ch'ao (日記鈔), 1 chüan, which consists chiefly of bibliographical notes edited from his diary; and Fei-shih hsien-shêng wên-chi (先生文集), 2 chüan, a collection of short essays and notes on the classics—were printed in the Ling-chien ko ts'ung-shu (see under ), and other collectanea.

[1/487/23a; 3/420/56a; 6/40/1a; Li Ching-kao 黎經誥, 許學考 Hsü-hsüeh k'ao (1927) 3/21b, 7/5b, 10/1a; Yang-chou hua-fang lu (see under 10/26b.]

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 NIU Yün-chên 牛運震, Dec. 11, 1706–1758, Mar. 1, scholar, educator and administrator, was a native of Tzŭ-yang, Shantung. His father, Niu Mêng-jui 牛夢瑞, a senior licentiate (pa-kung) of 1723, lived to an advanced age and survived his son. Niu Yün-chên became a senior licentiate in 1728, a chü-jên in 1732, and a chin-shih in 1733. On the recommendation of Yüeh Chun (see under ), governor of Shantung (1728–37), he was a candidate in the special po-hsüeh hung-tz'ŭ examination of 1736, 593