46:. Chen Duansheng's grandfather supported education for Chen Duansheng and her two sisters. At age 23 Chen Duansheng married Fan Tan, and they had a daughter and a son. Fan Tan was later exiled for allegedly asking a substitute to take the imperial examination for him. She died in 1796.
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