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| name               = Yu Xingwu<br/>于省吾
| image              = 于省吾塑像.jpg
| caption            = Statue of Yu Shengwu, located in Jilin University.
| birth_date         = {{birth date|1896|12|23|df=y}}
| birth_place        = [[Haicheng, Liaoning|Haicheng]], [[Liaoning]], [[Qing China]]
| death_date         = {{death date|1984|7|17|df=y}}
| death_place        = [[Changchun]], [[PRC]]
| occupation         = philologist, historian
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{{family name hatnote|[[Yu (Chinese name)|Yu]]|lang=Chinese}}
'''Yu Xingwu''' ({{zh|c=于省吾}}; 1896–1984) was a Chinese philologist and exegesis interpreter. He was born in [[Haicheng, Liaoning]], and graduated from Shenyang National Normal School in 1919. During the 1930s and 1940s he was a professor at [[Peking University]], [[Yenching University]] and [[Fu Jen Catholic University]], and from 1955 he taught at People's University of Northeast China (today's [[Jilin University]]).
Yu is mainly known for his textual research of [[Oracle bone script]] and [[Chinese bronze inscriptions|Bronze script]]. He also spent much time on interpreting pre-Qin classics. After 1950s, Yu also published several papers about pre-Qin social history.<ref>[http://gujisuo.jlu.edu.cn/?mod=info&act=view&id=19 于省吾]. 吉林大学古籍研究所.</ref>
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