Xing Shu (邢), also spelled Yumin , was a native of Jiezhou, Gansu. He was born into the army. Lichong Township examination with the examiner and Zhejiang Yongkang, Changxing and other counties Zhi County.
Xing Shu was very capable administratively, "committing adultery and not being effective", and he did a lot of good things that benefited the local people in his office, and the people called him "Xing Qingtian". His official reputation is outstanding, and he is highly regarded by his superiors. Later, he was sent to Raozhou, Jiangxi as the prefect.
Academically, Xing Shu is proficient in the study of astronomy and geography, and also understands the golden stone. In his spare time, he meticulously compiled books such as the Song "Huijiao" and the "Notes on the Golden Stone". Because of the fact that since the Tang and Song dynasties in the Guanzhong region, there have often been military disturbances, and the classic materials have been seriously lost, it took two years to collect and sort out the eighty volumes of the "All Qin Art Literature". In terms of epigraphy, in addition to the Notes, he also compiled the Records of Huanyu Visits with Sun Xingyan. According to the gold stone carvings before the Tang and Song dynasties and the Song and Yuan periodicals "Li Shi" and "Li Continuum" and other fonts, he wrote twelve volumes of "Distinguishing Differences in Golden Stone Characters".
Xing Shu's "Huanshui Examination" is based on the specific geographical water system, on the basis of field investigation, the ancient texts on the interpretation of Huanshui in ancient and modern times are carefully verified and analyzed, the words are green moss, the authenticity is distinguished, and the entanglements described in the past on Huanshui, Baishui, Qiangshui, Matjiang, Taoshui, Xihanshui, Baishui, Bailongjiang and other waterways have been sorted out.
Xing Shu and another local scholar, Zhang Shu, are known as long-right cultural and academic leaders, and are also the Gemini constellations of the Gansu calligraphy and painting community in the Qing Dynasty. Xing Shu not only had outstanding academic achievements, but also was a well-known bibliophile and calligrapher in Jiangnan in the Qing Dynasty. He sang and sang with the celebrities of Jiangsu and Zhejiang at that time, talked about literature and history, called for friends to win, and loved the old rain, which was passed on as a beautiful talk in the academic circles. Zhang Xuecheng, a university scholar, also has a deep friendship with Xing Shu.
In his later years, Xing Shu returned to his hometown to write behind closed doors to entertain himself. Poems include "Shou Ya Tang Anthology" and "Nanxuan Poetry Grass".
Xing Shu died at the age of sixty-four.