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Qiu Xigui

Chinese historian and paleographer

browse: philologists, university teachers, historians

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born: 1935
died: 2025
age at death: 89
known for: philologist, university teacher, historian

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who qiu xigui is

Qiu Xigui was a Chinese historian, palaeographer and professor of Fudan University. His book Chinese Writing is considered the "single most influential study of Chinese palaeography".

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