Wu Renchen

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Wu Renchen From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia This is a Chinese name ; the family name is Wu . Wu Renchen (吳吳吳) (c. 1628 – c. 1689), with courtesy names of Zhiyi (吳吳), Erqi (吳吳) and Zhenghong (吳吳), and an art name of Tuoyuan (吳吳), was a Qing Dynasty historian and mathematician. Originally from Renhe (吳吳; today's Hangzhou , Zhejiang ), he gained recognition in the field of historical scholarship and was recommended in 1678 to take the special examination known as boxue hongci (吳吳吳吳), which he passed in the following year. Thereafter he became a corrector in the Hanlin Academy and contributed to the compilation of the official History of Ming , focusing on the section dealing with the calendar, in which he made special contributions. He is best known for writing the Spring and Autumn Annals of the Ten Kingdoms on the 10th-century Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period history. This book, as well as his commentary on the Classic of Mountains and Seas , were later included in the Siku Quanshu . Source This article contains Chinese text. Without proper rendering support , you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols instead of Chinese characters . Tu Lien-chê (1943). "Wu Jên-ch'ên". In Hummel, Arthur W. . Eminent Chinese of the Ch'ing Period . Washington: United States Government Printing Office . p. 870. This Chinese biographical article is a stub . You can help Wikipedia by expanding it . Categories : Chinese people stubs Qing dynasty historians Chinese mathematicians Qing dynasty politicians from Zhejiang Writers from Hangzhou 17th-century births 17th-century deaths Politicians from Hangzhou

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Wu RenchenFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaThis is a Chinese name; the family name is Wu.Wu Renchen () (c. 1628 c. 1689), with courtesy names of Zhiyi (), Erqi () and Zhenghong (), and an art name of Tuoyuan (), was a Qing Dynasty historian and mathematician. Originally from Renhe (; today's Hangzhou, Zhejiang), he gained recognition in the field of historical scholarship and was recommended in 1678 to take the special examination known as boxue hongci (), which he passed in the following year. Thereafter he became a corrector in the Hanlin Academy and contributed to the compilation of the official History of Ming, focusing on the section dealing with the calendar, in which he made special contributions. He is best known for writing the Spring and Autumn Annals of the Ten Kingdoms on the 10th-century Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period history. This book, as well as his commentary on the Classic of Mountains and Seas, were later included in the Siku Quanshu.SourceThis article contains Chinese text. Without proper rendering support, you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols instead of Chinese characters.

Tu Lien-ch (1943). "Wu Jn-ch'n". In Hummel, Arthur W.. Eminent Chinese of the Ch'ing Period. Washington: United States Government Printing Office. p.870.

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