吴任臣

吴任臣（1628年—1689年），原名鸿往，字征鸣，后更名任臣，更字志伊，一字尔器，号托园，福建平海卫（今莆田市秀屿区平海镇）人，清代官员、学者。

生平

早年随父徙居浙江仁和（今杭州市），幼好学，十岁诵古文，好读奇书，为诸生，考试均名列第一。张治爱其才。康熙十八年（1679年）由内阁中书王榖振荐举，举博学鸿词科，试列二等，授翰林院检讨，承修《明史·历志》。《清史稿》载：“当时词科以史才称者，朱彝尊、汪琬、吴任臣及耒（潘耒）为最著。”康熙二十八年（1689年）分修《律历志》，因工作过勤，连续四十天不眠不休，以旧疾复发，僵仆卒于车中。

著作

著有《周礼大义补》、《礼通》、《春秋正朔考辨》、《山海经广注》、《字汇补》、《南北史合注》、《托园诗文集》和《十国春秋》114卷。

Wu Renchen (吳任臣, [ǔ ɻə̂n.ʈʂʰə̌n]) (c. 1628 – c. 1689), with courtesy names of Zhiyi (志伊), Erqi (爾器) and Zhenghong (征鴻), and an art name of Tuoyuan (託園), was a Chinese historian, mathematician, politician, and writer during the Qing dynasty. Originally from Renhe (仁和; today's Hangzhou, Zhejiang), he gained recognition in the field of historical scholarship and was recommended in 1678 to take the special examination known as boxue hongci (博學鴻詞), which he passed in the following year. Thereafter, he became a corrector in the Hanlin Academy and contributed to the compilation of the official History of Ming, focusing on the section dealing with the calendar, in which he made special contributions. He is best known for writing the Spring and Autumn Annals of the Ten Kingdoms on the 10th-century Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period history. This book, as well as his commentary on the Classic of Mountains and Seas, were later included in the Siku Quanshu, imperial encyclopedia of the Qing dynasty.