Biography of Pan Jiyun -- Chinese Thinkers Biography Series

Author: Jia Zheng
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Publish Date: 1996-02-01
Features: Pan Jiyun (1521-1595) was an outstanding Chinese Ming Dynasty expert in river management during the 16th century. Throughout his life, he led the of the Yellow River and the Grand Canal four times, a continuous effort spanning 27 years. In his long-term practice of river management, he diligently absorbed the positive achievements of predecessors in understanding and the Yellow River, comprehensively summarized the rich experience in China's historical river management practices, and developed a systematic "Yellow River" theory of "building dikes to confine water and using water to attack silt," along with complete measures for "dike maintenance and repair." His ideas and practices profoundly influenced later generations' thoughts and approaches to Yellow River, making significant contributions to ancient Chinese river management. This book is a comprehensive biographical study of Pan Jiyun, written by the author based on recent research findings. The entire book is divided into 12 chapters, reviewing Pan Jiyun's life from various aspects, including a brief biography, the historical context of river management, his early and later river management activities, his friendships and writings, his engineering and technical thoughts, his engineering management ideas, his philosophical thoughts, his scientific thinking, and his historical status.