Biography of Pan Jiyun

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. Through long-term river management practices, he diligently absorbed the positive achievements of predecessors in understanding and the Yellow River, comprehensively summarized the rich experience in Chinese history of river management, and developed a systematic theory of "building embankments to confine water and using water to attack silt" for "managing the Yellow River," along with complete measures for "embankment maintenance and repair." His work profoundly influenced later thoughts and practices in managing the 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 book is divided into 12 chapters, respectively reviewing Pan Jiyun's life from aspects such as his 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.