Yuezhi Chao

Born in 1059 and dying in 1129, he was a Northern Song scholar known in Chinese as Chao Shuozhi. He is also associated with the courtesy names Yidao and Boyi, and with the sobriquet Jingyu Sheng, a sign of his admiration for the historian and statesman Sima Guang.

He is credited with the work Chaoshi ruyan (*晁氏儒言*), a short but thoughtful collection on Confucian ideas. The text explores questions of morality, education, government, and the reading of classical works, giving a clear sense of his interest in serious learning and public ethics.

Later tradition also links him to the Jingyu school, a stream of thought said to have grown from his teaching and writing. Although only limited biographical detail is easy to confirm in widely accessible sources, he stands out as a learned voice from the Song period whose work connects literary culture with Confucian reflection.