Yu Xingwu

Yu Xingwu (Chinese: 于省吾; 1896–1984) was a Chinese philologist and exegesis interpreter. He was born in Haicheng, Liaoning, and graduated from Shenyang National Normal School in 1919. During the 1930s and 1940s he was a professor at Peking University, Yenching University and Fu Jen Catholic University, and from 1955 he taught at People's University of Northeast China (today's Jilin University).

Yu Xingwu
于省吾
Born(1896-12-23)23 December 1896
Died(1984-07-17)17 July 1984
Occupation(s)philologist, historian

Yu is mainly known for his textual research of Oracle bone script and Bronze script. He also spent much time on interpreting pre-Qin classics. After 1950s, Yu also published several papers about pre-Qin social history.[1]

References

  1. 于省吾. 吉林大学古籍研究所.


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