Song Lian (宋濂, 1310–1381), style name Jinglian (景濂), was a Chinese historian and politician during the Ming dynasty. He was a literary and political advisor to the Ming dynasty founder, and one of the principal figures in the Mongol Yuan Dynasty Jinhua school of Neo-Confucianism. As a head of the official Bureau of History of the Ming dynasty, Song Lian directed compilation of the official dynastic history of the preceding defunct Yuan Dynasty.
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1310
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1381 (aged 70)
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