Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I ahu mai a Ye i tetahi whanau maatauranga i te kawanatanga o Hubei, tama a Ye Zhishen 葉志<unk> me te mohio ki 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 kaitohutohu o Yanping i te kawanatanga o Shanxi, he kaitohutohu tote i Jiangxi, he komihana tirotiro i Yunnan me te komihana tahua i te tuatahi i Hunan, i muri mai i Gansu me te mutunga o te kawanatanga o Guangdong, i riro ai ia hei kawana i te 1848, pera ano me te
I puta ake te whakakeke o Taiping.