Yan Ruoqu
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Yan Ruoqu (simplified Chinese: 阎若璩; traditional Chinese: 閻若璩; pinyin: Yán Ruòqú; Wade–Giles: Yen Jochü; November 11, 1636 - July 9, 1704) was an influential Chinese scholar from the early Qing Dynasty. He was born to a scholarly family in Taiyuan, Shanxi. Yan Ruoqu is most famous for proving that 25 chapters of the Classic of History were forgeries. He also made observations and theories about the motions of the moon and the planets.
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