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Hung Chi-sheng (Chinese: 洪棄生; December 17, 1866 – 1928) was an important classical scholar, poet, and historian in Taiwan during the late Qing Dynasty and Japanese rule. With ancestors from Nan'an, Fukien in China, Hung was a native of Lukang, Changhua in Taiwan. Hung had various names. He was listed in his family genealogy as Pan-kuei (攀桂), called I-chih (一枝) by the elders, with a courtesy name of Yueh-chiao (月樵). After the cession of Taiwan to Japan, he changed his name to Hsu (繻), courtesy name Chi-sheng (棄生), and went with his courtesy name. Hung Chi-sheng used the official name Hung Yueh-yao (洪曰堯) on his seal, and also had the pen names Hung Chi-fu (洪棄父) and Hung Chi-sheng Fu (洪棄生父). He wrote works such as Ji He Zhai Poetry Collection (寄鶴齋詩矕), Ji He Zhai Essay Collection (寄鶴齋文矕), Taiwan War Chronicles (臺灣戰紀), and Zhongdong War Chronicles (中東戰紀).