Tuhia he toenga mo tenei pene - I ahu mai a Ye i tetahi whanau maatauranga i te kawanatanga o Hubei, tama a Ye Zhishen 葉志<unk> me te tohunga o nga taonga tawhito. I whakawhiwhia ki a ia te tohu "juren" 舉人 i te 1835, te "jinshi" 進士, te tohu teitei ranei, i te 1837, i muri mai ka mau ia i te tūranga o te kaiwhakaputa i te kura rangatira o te rangatiratanga, te Hanlin Academy 翰林院. I te tau 1838, i whakawhiwhia a Ye ki tana whakatuunga tuatahi hei kawana mo Xing'an i te kawanatanga o Shaanxi ana ka piki haere ia i roto i nga rarangi o te mahi a Qing. I nga tau e whai ake nei, i mahi ia hei kaitiaki o Yanping i te kawanatanga o Shanxi, he kaitiaki tote i Jiangxi, he kaitiaki tirotiro i Yunnan me te kaitiaki tahua i te tuatahi i Hunan, i muri mai i Gansu me te mutunga o te kawanatanga o Guangdong, i riro ia hei kawana i te 1848, i te wa ano i te Taiping Rebellion
i puta ake.