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Yu Yizheng

Late Ming licentiate of Wanping who searched out Beijing's sites and inscriptions and co-wrote the Dijing jingwu lue with Liu Tong.

Also known as Zi Sizhi · Yu Jilu

Yu Yizheng, originally named Jilu, courtesy name Sizhi, was a licentiate of Wanping in Shuntian prefecture under Chongzhen who never held office. Steeped in Beijing lore, he liked to seek out old sites and inscriptions, and he counted Liu Tong, Fang Yizhi and Wang Chongjian among his friends. With Liu Tong he wrote the Dijing jingwu lue in eight juan: Yu gathered the material and Liu turned it into prose, with Zhou Sun as editor. The book describes the gardens, temples, sights and seasonal customs of Beijing, the Western Hills and the capital region. He died in 1636.

Life and times

  1. UnknownBornMingQingBirth year disputed (1594 or 1597); died 1636
  2. UnknownDied

Works

  1. Literature · Prose10
    1. Sights and Scenes of the Imperial CapitalMingLiu Tong and Yu Yizheng's late-Ming portrait of Beijing's sights and seasonal customs
    2. Sights and Scenes of the Imperial Capital: North of the City, Inside and OutsideMing
    3. Sights and Scenes of the Imperial Capital: East of the City, Inside and OutsideMing
    4. Sights and Scenes of the Imperial Capital: South of the City, Inside and OutsideMing
    5. Sights and Scenes of the Imperial Capital: Western City, InsideMing
    6. +5 more
      1. Sights and Scenes of the Imperial Capital: Western City, OutsideMing
      2. Sights and Scenes of the Imperial Capital: Western Hills, Part OneMing
      3. Sights and Scenes of the Imperial Capital: Western Hills, Part TwoMing
      4. Sights and Scenes of the Imperial Capital: Famous Sites of the Capital RegionMing
      5. Sights and Scenes of the Imperial Capital: Seasonal Customs from the Spring GroundMing