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Yu Shinan was born in 558 in Yuyao, Zhejiang, China.
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Yu Shinan
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also known as
Boshi, Duke Wenyi of Yongxing
litterateur calligrapher official scholars
Yu Shinan, courtesy name Boshi, posthumously known as Duke Wenyi of Yongxing, was a Chinese official, litterateur, Confucian scholar and calligrapher who lived in the early Tang dynasty and rose to prominence during the reign of Emperor Taizong. He is regarded as one of the four greatest calligraphers in the early Tang dynasty, and one of the more famous ones in the history of Chinese calligraphy.
