Tian Wenjing
Tian Wenjing, styled Yiguang, was a prominent mandarin who lived during the reign of the Kangxi and Yongzheng Emperors of the Qing Dynasty.
Tian hailed from the Plain Yellow Banner of the Han Chinese military under the Qing Dynasty command. He was schooled in the Imperial Academy, and became a county official at the age of 21. In the last years of Kangxi's reign, Tian worked as a scholar in the imperial palace. It is not clear how his relationship with Yongzheng began. In 1724 after Yongzheng ascended the throne Tian was named governor of Henan, and was promoted to Governor-General several years later. He then served as Governor-General of Shandong, then Governor General of Beihe. Yongzheng held Tian in very high regard, writing that Tian devoted his life to serving the court and the state, and was morally upright and just. Tian retired in 1730, citing fatigue and illness.
Tian was interred at the Western Qing tombs, a very special honour, given that the tombs were generally reserved for royalty.