In the history of the Qing Dynasty, there are not many "elders of the Four Dynasties", Pan Shi'en is a typical example, it is not an exaggeration to say that he is the most lucky prime minister of the Qing Dynasty in the past 300 years, Pan Shi'en lived for 86 years, he was an official for more than fifty years, and experienced the four dynasties of Qianlong, Jiaqing, Daoguang and Xianfeng. Pan Shi'en was an upright official, soft on the outside and strong in the inside, and he successively served as a scholar of Tirenge University, a minister of military aircraft, a scholar of Dongge University, and a member of Wuyingdian University.
Pan Shien, qianlong thirty-four years (1770) born in Wu County, Jiangsu Province, he was bright and studious since childhood, at the age of sixteen at the boy's examination, and later studied at Ziyang Academy. In the fifty-eighth year of Qianlong (1793 AD), Pan Shi'en Zhuangyuan and the first, were taught to cultivate. For this new branch leader, not only was the Qianlong Emperor very optimistic about him, but the first powerful minister of the dynasty and Yan also wanted to draw him to his side and accept him as his henchman. However, although Pan Shi'en was young, he was an old man, and he refused to get on the thief ship of Hezhen. After Pan Shien, he was a member of the LiLi Department, the Bing Department, the Household Department, and the Official's Attendant, and oversaw the study and administration of Yunnan, Zhejiang, and Jiangxi.
In the fourth year of Jiaqing, Pan Shien was promoted to cabinet bachelor, and later served as a ceremonial department, a soldier, and a household attendant. In the twelfth year of Jiaqing, Pan Shien continued to run the president of the "Four Libraries of the Whole Book" and the president of Wenying Museum. In the following year, he became the head of the Hanlin Academy. In the fourth year of Daoguang (1824), Pan Shien died of his father's illness and returned to his hometown. In the seventh year of Daoguang (1827), he served as a shilang of the Ministry of Works, and later served as a left shilang of the bureaucracy, vice president of the Chongguo History Museum, and left capital Imperial History.
Penh Shih-eun is a prime minister, but every time he encounters something, he acts like an outsider and never expresses his opinion. During the Opium War, Mu Zhang'a advocated peace with the British, but Pan Shi'en thought it was wrong in his heart, but did not dare to openly oppose it. Even Lin Zexu, who was later recommended, only dared to play after Xianfeng dismissed Mu Zhang'a. That is to say, pan shien is an official, and the principle pursued is to do less and make fewer mistakes, but whenever there is a slight risk, Pan Shien would rather keep his mouth shut and choose not to express his opinion to save himself.
After the Xianfeng Emperor ascended the throne, Pan Shi'en repeatedly begged for rest, and finally retired with the title of university non-commissioned officer. When the Xianfeng Emperor issued an edict to ask for merit, Pan Shi'en sponsored Lin Zexu at the age of eighty. Yao Ying and others. In the third year of Xianfeng, the emperor's book "Qionglin Renrui" plaque was presented. The following year, Pan Shien died in Beijing at the age of eighty-six, and his nickname was "Wen Gong" and he was enshrined in the Xianliang Ancestral Hall.