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A Chinese Biographical Dictionary/Yüan Yü

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1750278A Chinese Biographical Dictionary — Yüan YüHerbert A. Giles

2572 Yüan Yü 阮瑀 (T. 元瑜). Died A.D. 212. A native of Ch'ênliu in Honan, who studied under Ts'ai Yung and subsequently filled high office under Ts'ao Ts'ao, most of whose public documents were drafted by him. He was also widely known as a poet, and is classed among the seven scholars of the Chien-an period (see Hsü Kan).