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Yu Ji

Type Figure Region Dadu Time 1272–1332 Also known as Yu Bosheng、Daoyuan、Shao'an

Yu Ji (1272–1332), famous Confucian official and writer of the Yuan dynasty, ancestral home Renshou, raised in Lin'an.…

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  1. 1331Lin'an · Hangzhou CircuitIn the second year of Zhishun Yu Ji requested retirement due to illness, was permitted to return to his native Jiangnan, briefly leaving Dadu politics, yet was still regarded by the court as a pillar of the literary and Confucian world.
  2. 1332Dadu · Dadu CircuitIn the third year of Zhishun the court again recalled Yu Ji north, appointing him Hanlin Academician-in-Chief concurrently with Director of the Imperial Academy; not long after he fell ill and died at Dadu, aged sixty-one, leaving a profound influence on the development of Yuan Confucianism and literature.

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