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Yan Ruoqu

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Yan Ruoju (Chinese: 閻若璩, Wade Giles: Yen Jo-chü) (November 11 1636 - July 9 1704) was an influential 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 planets.