Yan Ruoqu, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Yan Ruoqu

Chinese scholar

Date of Birth: 11-Nov-1636

Place of Birth: Taiyuan, Shanxi, China

Date of Death: 09-Jul-1704

Profession: mathematician, geographer, philosopher

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Yan Ruoqu (simplified Chinese: ???; traditional Chinese: ???; pinyin: Yán Ruòqú; Wade–Giles: Yen Jochü; November 11, 1636 – July 9, 1704) was an influential Chinese scholar of the early Qing Dynasty.
He was born to a scholarly family in Taiyuan, Shanxi.
Yan Ruoqu is most famous for proving that the "Old Text" chapters of the Confucian classic Book of Documents were forgeries (see zh:??????).
He also made observations and theories about the motions of the Moon and the planets. Yan's work on the Classic of History was independently verified and praised by Hui Dong (1697-1758), the verification work was finished by him and Sun Xingyan.
Liang Qichao praised Yan as being "number one textual scholar of the recent 300 years" (approx.
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As such, he became an important precursor of the Doubting Antiquity School.