Yan Ruoqu: Difference between revisions

'''Yan Ruoju''' ([[Chinese language|Chinese]]: 閻若璩, [[Wade Giles]]: ''Yen Jo-chü'') ([[November 11]] [[1636]] - [[July 9]] [[1704]]) was an influencialinfluential [[China|Chinese]] [[scholar]] from the early [[Qing Dynasty]]. Yan Ruoju is most famous for proving that 25 chapters of the ''[[Classic of History]]'' were forgeries. He also made observations and theories about the motions of [[the moon]] and the [[planet]]s.