Yan Shigu | |||||||||
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Traditional Chinese | 顏師古 | ||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 颜师古 | ||||||||
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Yan Shigu (Chinese: 顏師古; Wade–Giles: Yen Shih-ku) (581–645), formal name Yan Zhou (顏籀), but went by the courtesy name of Shigu, was a famous Chinese historian, linguist, politician, and writer of the Tang dynasty.