Yu Dayou

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Chinese general

Lived 1503 to 1579 · aged 76

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Yu Dayou (1503-1579), courtesy name Zhifu, art name Xujiang, was a Chinese martial artist, military general, and writer best known for countering the wokou pirates along China's southeastern coast during the reign of the Jiajing Emperor in the Ming dynasty.

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Steles originally erected in 1559 in commemoration of Yu Dayou, now in the grounds of Zhenhai Middle School, Zhenhai, Zhejiang

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Lived 1503 to 1579 · aged 76

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