Yang Shoujing
Yang Shoujing was a late-Qing dynasty historical geographer, calligrapher, antiquarian, bibliophile, and diplomat. He is best known for the historical atlas Lidai yudi tu, commonly called the Yangtu, the most complete and scholarly historical atlas of China produced during the Qing dynasty. He devoted most of his life to the annotation of the 6th-century geographic work Shui jing zhu, which was completed by his disciple Xiong Huizhen and published as the Shui jing zhu shu.
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Date of Birth
June 2nd, 1839
Age
185
Birth Place
People's Republic of China, Hubei, Yichang
Date of Death
January 9th, 1915
Died Aged
75
Star Sign
Gemini
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