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Yuezhi Chao
1059–1129
A Song-dynasty scholar, writer, and government official, he combined classical learning with a sharp interest in politics and history. His surviving collection offers a window into the intellectual life of China during a period of major upheaval.
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晁氏儒言 一卷
by Yuezhi Chao
About the author
Chao Yuezhi (晁說之, 1059–1129), also known by his courtesy name Yidao, was born in Juye in present-day Shandong. He came from a prominent scholarly family and passed the civil-service examination in 1082.
He held several government posts, including magistrate of Wuji County, and later served as a Hanlin-related court official during the fall of the Northern Song. After the court moved south, he was summoned to serve as an imperial reader and was associated with the Daoist institution at Hangzhou’s Dongxiao Palace.
Chao wrote widely on the Confucian classics, history, and literature. His surviving works are collected in the Songshan Wenji, also known as the Jingyu Shengji, while many of his other studies are known only through later bibliographic records.