Xu Song (, 1781–1848) was a Chinese official exiled to Central Asia during the period of the military governorship of
Xinjiang
Xinjiang,; , SASM/GNC romanization, SASM/GNC: Chinese postal romanization, previously romanized as Sinkiang, officially the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region (XUAR), is an Autonomous regions of China, autonomous region of the China, People' ...
of
Songyun Songyun is the atonal pinyin romanization
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(1802 to 1809). He was prominent with
Wang Tingkai and
Qi Yunshi among the officials employed by Songyun to compile his gazetteer of Xinjiang.
In 1815–16 Xu explored the region as part of his work on the gazetteer project, visiting the Buddhist cave site at
Dunhuang
Dunhuang () is a county-level city in northwestern Gansu Province, Western China. According to the 2010 Chinese census, the city has a population of 186,027, though 2019 estimates put the city's population at about 191,800. Sachu (Dunhuang) was ...
and other historic sites. Later he published his notes on his travels in the western regions of Chinese Empire.
In the tradition of exile poetry, Xu Song also published a book of poetry about Xinjiang.
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1781 births
1848 deaths
19th-century Chinese people
Qing dynasty writers
Chinese exiles
Writers from Shaoxing
Chinese travel writers
19th-century Chinese historians
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