Ruan Yuan
(1764-1849)
Chinese historian, politician and writer
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Ruan Yuan (Chinese: 阮元; 1764–1849) was a Chinese scholar official of the Qing Dynasty who was the most prominent Chinese scholar during the first half of the 19th century. He won the jinshi degree in the imperial examinations in 1789 and was subsequently appointed to the Hanlin Academy. He was known for his work Biographies of Astronomers and Mathematicians and for his editing the Shisan Jing Zhushu (Commentaries and Notes on the Thirteen Classics) for the Qing emperor.
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1764 Yizheng, Qing Dynasty
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1849 (aged 84) Yangzhou, Qing Dynasty
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