Life

He was born in Houguan, Fujian, China in 1839.

He passed the Provincial Exam of the Imperial examinations in 1864, and then passed the Metropolitan Exam in Beijing in 1876. He began his political career as an intern at the Hanlin Academy in Beijing for 3 years. After that, he began serving as the minister of education of Shaanxi Province, where he was just and strict to local scholars. In 1879, he became an examiner of Imperial exams in Beijing. In 1889, he became an imperial oversight advisor in Zhejiang, during which he was straightforward about his advice and strictly supervised the salary of the officials, which was praised by the public. In 1889, he became the mayor of Quzhou.

In 1896, he was appointed the mayor of Hangzhou, where he fired corrupt officials, communicated with the people and banned unlawful taxation. In 1897, he founded Qiushi Academy (求是書院) at the site of Puci Temple and later the Sericultural Academy (蠶學館), which was the first higher education institute in Zhejiang. In 1899, he founded Yangzheng College (養正書塾) as the province's first secondary education institute. He died in his fifth year as the mayor of Hangzhou in 1900. Hangzhou citizens buried him next to the tomb of Lin Bu in Gu Shan, where the locals called the Lin Altar (林社). Each year, local citizens came to the Altar to worship the Lins buried in the Altar. Lin Qi's friend Gao Fengqi (高鳳岐), who later served as the mayor of Wuzhou with good reputation, was also buried in the Altar by Hangzhou people.

Legacy

Lin Qi was the founder of modern higher and secondary education in Zhejiang. Qiushi Academy later became Zhejiang University, one of the most prestigious universities in China. The Sericultural Academy is now known as Zhejiang Sci-Tech University. Yangzheng College is the predecessor of both Hangzhou High School and Hangzhou No. 4 High School, which are among top high schools in Hangzhou.

生平

清同治三年（1864年）甲子科舉人；光緒二年（1876年）丙子科進士，選翰林院庶吉士。散館後，授翰林院編修，外放陝西學政。歷任順天府鄉試同考官（1879年）、翻譯內監試、浙江道監察御史（1889年）。旋以直言，外放浙江衢州府知府，丙申二月調補杭州知府。在杭州知府任內，興辦了一、求是書院（浙江大學的前身）；二、養正書塾（杭州高級中學與杭州第四中學的前身），開浙江省普通中等教育之先河；三、蠶學館，後改為蠶桑學校現浙江理工大學。對浙江文教事業與經濟的發展起了重要作用，其影響已不限于一省。宦浙五年，卒于杭州任所。

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