Yu Pu
Yu Pu was a Chinese historian. He lived under the Wu Dynasty at the time of the Three Kingdoms and is the author of the private chronicle Jiangbiao zhuan , "Report [from the countries] beyond the Yangtze ".
Yu Pu was from Gaoping in the north central plains of China and probably lived in the second half of the 3rd century AD. As a Confucian scholar, he wrote commentaries on the Confucian classics and wrote essays and poems. After the fall of the Wu dynasty in 280, he was sent as an official to the Poyang region (now Jiangxi ), where he wrote the Jiangbiao zhuan . After his death in the early 4th century, it was presented to the emperor by his son Yu Bo, who added it to the imperial library.
literature
- Rafe de Crespigny : An Essay on the Sources for the History of Wu , in: Generals of the South. The foundation and early history of the Three Kingdoms state of Wu. ( Memento of April 14, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Sydney 1990. ISBN 0-7315-0901-3
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Yu, Pooh |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Chinese historian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 3rd century |
| DATE OF DEATH | 4th century |
| Place of death | Jiangxi |