Shi You

Shi You (Chinese: 史游; pinyin: Shǐ Yóu; Wade–Giles: Shih Yu, fl. 48–33 BC) was a Chinese calligrapher, eunuch, and writer of the Han dynasty, who served as Director of Eunuch Attendants (黃門令) under Emperor Yuan of Han.[1]

He authored the dictionary Jijiupian in c. 40 BC[2] and is believed to be the inventor of cursive script.[3]

References

1. Sterckx, Roel (2002). The Animal and the Daemon in Early China. State University of New York Press. p. 32. ISBN 0-7914-5269-7.
2. Needham, Joseph; Ronan, Colin A. (1978). The Shorter Science and Civilisation in China: Volume 4. Cambridge University Press. p. 98. ISBN 0-521-32995-7.
3. Nakata, Yūjirō; Hunter, Jeffrey (1983). Chinese Calligraphy: a History of the Art of China. Weatherhill. p. 216. ISBN 0-8348-1526-5.