historian of the Jin Dynasty and author of the Chronicles of Huayang, a work detailing the history and geography of southwestern China

A famous scholar and poet of the state of Wei during the Three Kingdoms period (190–252 AD), known for his letters and satiric poetry.

Yan Ruoqu (1636–1704), a prominent Qing Dynasty scholar from Taiyuan, Shanxi; known for his mastery of textual criticism and his work proving that the "Old Text" version of the [[尚书|尚書|shang4 shu1]] was a forgery.