About Yu Ji
Lived 1738 – 1823 (aged 84–85). Yu Ji was a Chinese painter, calligrapher, mathematician, poet and ci lyric writer.
Yu Ji (; 29 Jan 17391823) was a Chinese painter, calligrapher, and poet active during the Qing dynasty. A Hangzhou native and a member of the Hanlin Academy, he was known for painting female figures, which earned him the nickname Yu meiren or "Yu, the Painter of Beauties" . Yu was also an editor; he contributed to the Siku Quanshu and was the collator of the first printed edition of Liaozhai zhiyi or Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio published in 1766.
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Who was Yu Ji?
Qing dynasty person CBDB = 66039
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Yu Ji was born in 1738.
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Yu Ji died in 1823.
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Yu Ji was a painter, calligrapher, mathematician, poet and ci lyric writer.
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Yu Ji was Chinese.
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