A Chinese Biographical Dictionary/Ch'i-su-lê
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312 Ch'i-su-lê 齊蘇勒 (T. 篤之) Died A.D. 1729. A Manchu of the Plain White Banner. He began his career in the Board of Astronomy, but was soon transferred to the Yung-ting river works; and after a year as Judge of Shantung with charge of the Grand Canal, he became in 1724 Director-General of the Yellow River, a post in which he laboured with great success until his death. In 1728 he cleared the Woosung bar. Canonised as 勤恪, and included in the Temple of Worthies.