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Yan.  Yan Zhitui (Chinese: 顏之推; pinyin: Yán Zhītuī; Wade–Giles:
Yen2 Chih1-T'ui1, 531–591) was a Chinese scholar, calligrapher,
painter, musician, and government official who served four
different Chinese states during the late Southern and Northern
Dynasties: the Liang Dynasty in southern China, the Northern Qi
and Northern Zhou Dynasties of northern China, and their
successor state that reunified China, the Sui Dynasty. Yan
Zhitui was a supporter of Buddhism in China despite criticism by
many of his Confucian-taught peers. Yan was also the first
person in history to mention the use of toilet paper.[1]  Family
background[edit]  Yan Zhitui's ancestors were originally from
Linyi in modern-day Shandong Province. After the fall of the Jin
Dynasty's capital city of Chang'an, the Yan family migrated
south below the Yangtze River in the year 317. At the Eastern
Jin's new capital of Jiankang (mode