Thursday, February 25, 2021

An Guo

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'''An Guo''' (; 1481&ndash;1534 AD) was a Chinese [[scholar]], [[inventor]], [[Printer (publisher)|printer]], and [[antique]] collector of [[Wuxi]], [[Jiangsu]] Province during the [[Ming Dynasty]] (1368-1644 AD). He was considered one of the wealthiest person in the Ming Dynasty.<ref></ref> An Guo is best known for improving the techniques for movable bronze type, and his broad collection of antiques.<ref></ref>

==Personal Life==
An Guo was born in 1481 in Wuxi, Jiangsu Province, China, whose father was a landlord. When An Guo's father passed away, he succeeded to half of his father's land, which was approixmately 10 acres. An Guo loved [[sweet olive]] so much, that he planted sweet olives for about 1 mile from his house. Therefore, his [[art name]] ('''''hao''''' in Mandarin, ) is "Guì Puō" (桂坡), which means "sweet olives on a hillslope" in Chinese. An Guo's printing house is named, "Gui Po House" (桂坡馆).<ref></ref>

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