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Dong Yu (1537‒1606), the author of Dong si kou shu cao (Collected memorials of Justice Minister Dong Yu), printed during the Wanli reign (1573‒1620), was a native of Le’an, Jiangxi Province. He received his jin shi degree in 1571 and held a number of different posts. He became the prefect of Dongwan, Guangdong Province. He later was sent to Yunnan to suppress the insurgents and eventually became a vice minister of the Ministry of Works and a minister of the Ministry of Justice. Si kou in the ...