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This printed edition of nine juan in two volumes was written by Zhan Ruoshui (1466–1560), a native of Zengcheng, Guangdong Province. A philosopher, educator, and Confucian scholar, Zhan received his jin shi degree during the Hongzhi reign (1488–1505) and was appointed president of the Nanjing Imperial Academy in 1524. He later became minister of the Bureau of Rites, then of the Bureau of Personnel, and then the Bureau of War in Nanjing. Known as a famous educator, he founded in his lifetime more than 40 Shu yuan (Confucian ...