Education
A child prodigy, he studied at the Yuelu Academy in Changsha.
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A child prodigy, he studied at the Yuelu Academy in Changsha.
A Qing government force mistook the Gelao for enemies and crushed the independent force. Yan Ruyi returned to his hometown in disgrace. His model of making connections between government forces and certain friendly native peoples was used to great effect later during the White Lotus Rebellion and the Taiping Rebellion.
In 1795, Yan Ruyi was involved in a debacle in which he organized a group of Gelao to defend against the raging Miao Rebellion (1795–1797).