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Hu Jiayu (, 16 November 1808 – 1886), courtesy name Xiaoqu, was a Chinese politician from Jiangxi Province during the Qing Dynasty.

Biography
Hu Jiayu was born on 16 November, 1808 in Xinjian (now Xinjian county, Nanchang) in Jiangxi province. In 1841 Hu achieved third place in the Jinshi stage of the national imperial examinations, with the rank of Tanhua. He was given the position of Bianxiu at Hanlin Academy.

Hu Jiayu is the great-grandfather of the botanist and scholar Hu Hsen-Hsu, of which Hu Hsen-Hsu's courtesy name of Buzeng comes from.