A Chinese Biographical Dictionary/Ch'ên Yüan-lung
261 Ch'ên Yüan-lung 陳元龍 (T. 廣陵 H. 乾齋). A.D. 1650—1786. Graduated in 1685, and served in the Grand Secretariat until 1704, when he retired to attend on his aged parents. Resuming his career, he was Governor of Kiangsi from 1711 to 1718, then President of a Board, and in 1729 he became Grand Secretary. He was the author of the 格致鏡原, an encyclopædia of arts and sciences, and editor of a collection of essays by various members of his family. Was canonised as 清恪.