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Yuezhi Chao
1059–1129
A Northern Song writer and scholar-official, he left behind essays and informal notes that open a window onto classical learning and public life in his time. His work blends literary grace with a strong interest in Confucian ideas, history, and politics.
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About the author
Born in 1059, this Northern Song author is generally identified as Chao Shuozhi, courtesy name Yidao, from Juye in what is now Shandong. He passed the jinshi examination in 1082 and served in government, later holding posts that included work in the imperial secretariat and service after the court moved south in the early Southern Song period.
He is remembered as both a man of letters and a serious classical scholar. Reference works and catalog records connect him with writings such as Jingyu sheng wenji, Chaoshi keyu, and Chaoshi ruyan, works that reflect his interest in Confucian learning, textual study, and the political and cultural world of the late Northern Song.
Reliable sources located for this entry describe his life and writings, but I did not find a confirmed modern portrait photograph or painted likeness clearly showing him. The available image on his Wikipedia page is a historical stone inscription rather than a portrait, so no author photo is included here.