Guo Pu

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Guō Pú (Chinese: 郭璞; Wade-Giles: Kuo P'u, 276-324), born in Yuncheng, Shanxi, was a noted natural historian and also a versatile and prolific writer of the Jin Dynasty. He wrote The Book of Burial, an early source of feng shui doctrine^[1]. He made annotations to many pre-Qin ancient works, such as:

• Erya
• Shan Hai Jing
• Account of King Mu of Zhou (穆天子傳, Mùtiān Zǐzhuàn)
• Records from Within the Recondite (玄中記, Xuánzhōng Jì)

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• http://www.silkqin.com/12more/lore.htm
• http://www.chinaculture.org/gb/en_aboutchina/2003-09/24/content_26304.htm
• The Book of Burial eText (trans. Stephen Field)

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