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Chinese scholar
Gender:
Male
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Birth:
1857
Death:
1941
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Biography
Xia Suntong (Chinese: 夏孙桐; pinyin: Xià Sūntóng; 1857–1941) was a Chinese scholar who co-authored the Draft History of Qing. A native of Jiangyin, Jiangsu, Xia became a jinshi in 1892 and was admitted into the Hanlin Academy. He was also a prolific painter and poet.