Yuan Shansong, sometimes called Yuan Song, was an official of the Jin Dynasty. He was known as an accomplished poet, lyricist, and also as an historian. Yuan also produced one of the first landscape essays, later to become a popular form in Chinese literature. He composed the ''Treatise on Administrative Geography'' ''Jùnguózhì''). Much of his work has survived to the present day. Later, Yuan was given appointment as the Grand Administrator of

Wu Commandery Wu Commandery was a commandery of imperial China. It covers parts of the contemporary Northern Zhejiang and Southern Jiangsu. The capital of Wu commandery was Wu (today's Suzhou). Major counties of Wu commandery include Wu (county), Yuhang county, ...

. During the rebellion of Sun En in 399, he died defending Hudu in the western suburbs of modern

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399 deaths Jin dynasty (266–420) poets 4th-century Chinese poets Jin dynasty (266–420) government officials Political office-holders in Jiangsu Year of birth unknown 4th-century Chinese historians {{China-poet-stub