Yang Shoujing, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Yang Shoujing

Date of Birth: 02-Jun-1839

Place of Birth: Lucheng Subdistrict, Yidu, Hubei, China

Date of Death: 09-Jan-1915

Profession: diplomat, historian, calligrapher, antiquarian, bibliophile

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Yang Shoujing (Chinese: ???; pinyin: Yáng Shoujìng; Wade–Giles: Yang Shou-ching; 1839 – 9 January 1915) 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 ("Yang's atlas"), 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. As a Qing diplomat posted in Japan, Yang purchased tens of thousands of ancient Chinese books from Japanese libraries and archives, many of which had become rare or lost in China.
After his death, the government of the Republic of China purchased his collection and preserved most of the books in the National Palace Museum. Yang was an accomplished calligrapher of the Stele School and became highly influential in Japan.
The introduction of his art was said to have "offered virtually an unprecedented aesthetic style" to Japan and "revolutionized" Japanese calligraphy.
Yang's former residence and tomb in Yidu, Hubei are now protected as a Major National Historical and Cultural Site of China.