 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Qu Hongji akaberekwa muna 1850 mutaundi duku rinonzi Shanhua munharaunda yeguta reChangsha reHunan Province. Akapasa danho repamusoro-soro reZviedzo zveMambo jinshi muna 1871 uye akaenda kuHanlin Academy. Mukati ma1875 akatora nzvimbo yokutanga muDaijiang Bachelor Examinations. Akakwidziridzwa kuva Neige Bachelor muna 1897, uye akaronga Town Examinations yeFujian Province uye Guangxi Province. Iye zvakare akatarisira hurumende yemunharaunda seProvince Education Commissioner weHenan Province, Zhejiang Province uye Sichuan Province. Mukati meHondo yeChina neJapan ya1894-1895, Qu akaendesa hurongwa hweMasoja Mana Hwokurwisa kuna mambo. Ipapo akatevera mhuri youmambo yamambo apo yakaenda kunovhima kumadokero, uye akasimudzirwa kunzvimbo yoMukuru weDhipatimendi reBasa. Gare gare paakadzokera kuBeijing, akava Gurukota reMasoja uye Gurukota reHurumende. Akashandura Miedzo yoUmambo kuva hurukuro dzezvamatongerwe enyika, uye akawedzera bvunzo dzezvoupfumi. Akapfavisa Dzimbahwe reDhipatimendi reMabhizimisi reNyika Dzose muHurumende yeZvekunze, uye akava Gurukota rekutanga reZvekunze. Aivawo nhengo yeGreat Council. Akatevedzera mutemo wamambo waMambokadzi Chirikadzi Cixi, uye pakati pezvimwe zvinhu akakurudzira hurongwa hwerunyararo, akakudzwa naMambo nejasi regoridhe, uye akadzidzisa muchinda. 