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'''Yan Ruoqu''' ({{Zh|t=閻若璩|s=阎若璩|p=Yán Ruòqú|w=Yen Jochü}}; November 11, 1636 – July 9, 1704) was an influential Chinese scholar of the early [[Qing Dynastydynasty]]. He was born to a scholarly family in [[Taiyuan]], [[Shanxi]]. Yan Ruoqu is most famous for proving that the "[[Old Text]]" chapters of the [[Confucian]] [[Five Classics|classic]] ''[[Book of Documents]]'' were forgeries (see [[:zh:尚書古文疏證]]).<ref name="guoxue">{{cite web |url=http://www.guoxue.com/?people=fusheng |script-title=zh:伏胜 |trans-title=Fu Sheng |publisher=Guoxue.com |language=Chinesezh |date=2012-06-25 |accessdateaccess-date=2013-05-21}}</ref> He also made observations and theories about the motions of [[the Moon]] and the [[planet]]s.