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Chen Yuanjing (Chinese: 陈元靓) was a scholar of the Yuan dynasty and Mongol Empire known for writing the Shilin Guangji. Chen Yuanjing was born at the end of the Southern Song dynasty in Chong'an (崇安), Jianzhou, nowadays Nanping, Fujian. He probably lived during the late 12th to the middle part of the 13th century.