Dhameystir weedha soo socota: Ye wuxuu ka soo jeedaa qoys aqoonyahan ah oo ku nool gobolka Hubei, oo ah wiilka Ye Zhishen 葉志<unk> iyo khabiir ku ah qadiimiga. Waxaa la gudoonsiiyay shahaadada "juren" 舉人 degree 1835, "jinshi" 進士, ama shahaadada ugu sareysa, 1837, ka dib markii uu si kooban u qabtay jagada tifaftiraha dugsiga sare ee boqortooyada, Akadeemiyada Hanlin 翰林院. Sanadkii 1838, Ye wuxuu helay magacaabistiisii ugu horreysay ee rasmiga ah ee uu ku noqday guddoomiyaha Xing'an ee gobolka Shaanxi, ka dibna wuxuu si dhakhso leh ugu soo koray darajooyinka adeegga rayidka ee Qing. Sanadihii xigay wuxuu ahaa kormeeraha gobolka Yanping ee gobolka Shanxi, kormeeraha milixda ee Jiangxi, guddoomiyaha kormeerka ee Yunnan iyo guddoomiyaha maaliyadda marka hore Hunan, ka dib Gansu iyo ugu dambeyntii gobolka Guangdong, oo uu ka noqday guddoomiye 1848, sida
Waxaa billowday kacdoonkii Taiping.