Ruan Yu (d.212; father of #82 Ruan Ji), style name 元瑜 Yuanyu, was from Chenliu. When young he studied qin from #77 Cai Yong. (Had high office under Cao Cao, was a well-known poet, one of Seven Scholars of Jian An. See Indiana Companion.)

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