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The original title inscription of this work, Zhu ru shu gai (Brief introductions to the Confucian philosophers), indicates that it was compiled by Wu Ruideng, an official at Guozixue (School for the Sons of the Nobles), assisted by Liu Yuanqin, a secretary at the Ministry of Rites, and edited by Xu Liangfu, an instructor at the school. The book was written as a style manual, for which 57 famous philosophers were selected. Most of the philosophers were from the Song dynasty, except in juan 1, in which several earlier famous ...