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Nanzhuang Nanzhuang Township is a township (Taiwan), rural township in Miaoli County, Taiwan. Geography It has a population total of 10,381 (January 2017) and an area of . Demographics The population consists of Hakka people, Hakkas, Hoklo people, Ho ...

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National Taiwan Normal University National Taiwan Normal University (NTNU; ), or ''Shīdà'' is an institution of higher education and normal school operating out of three campuses in Taipei, Taiwan. NTNU is the leading research institute in such disciplines as Education and ...

National Taiwan University National Taiwan University (NTU; ) is a public research university in Taipei, Taiwan. The university was founded in 1928 during Japanese rule as the seventh of the Imperial Universities. It was named Taihoku Imperial University and served d ...

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Historian A historian is a person who studies and writes about the past and is regarded as an authority on it. Historians are concerned with the continuous, methodical narrative and research of past events as relating to the human race; as well as the st ...

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Manchu language Manchu (Manchu:, ) is a critically endangered East Asian Tungusic language native to the historical region of Manchuria in Northeast China. As the traditional native language of the Manchus, it was one of the official languages of the Qin ...

. His 1982 book "Qing Gaozong shiquan wugong yanjiu" (researching the Qianlong Emperor's "

Ten Great Campaigns The Ten Great Campaigns () were a series of military campaigns launched by the Qing dynasty of China in the mid–late 18th century during the reign of the Qianlong Emperor (r. 1735–1796). They included three to enlarge the area of Qing contro ...

") was called a ''tour de force'' by Yingcong Dai of William Paterson University. With Ch’en Chieh-hsien he was one of the first historians to research the Manchu language documents in the Qing dynasty archives at the National Palace Museum.

Early life

Chuang was born in

Shinchiku Prefecture was one of the administrative divisions of Taiwan during the Japanese era. The prefecture consisted of modern-day Hsinchu City, Hsinchu County, Taoyuan City, and Miaoli County. Population 1941 ( Showa 16) census *Total population: 838,011 ** ...

, Taiwan, Empire of Japan. His parents died when he was young, and he was adopted by a family and taught under strict doctrines that made him into the person he is today. He graduated from the

and in 1969 from the

Career

Chuang teaches and studies modern Chinese history, Chinese minorities history, and Manchu history (his main focus). He was a researcher at the National Palace Museum. Chuang has taught at

Tamkang University Tamkang University (TKU; ) is a private university in Tamsui District, New Taipei City, Taiwan. It was founded in 1950 as a junior college of English literature. Today it is a comprehensive university with 11 colleges that serves nearly 25,000 ...

, Soochow University,

, and

National Chengchi University National Chengchi University () is a public research university in Taipei. The university is also considered as the earliest public service training facility of the Republic of China. First established in Nanjing in 1927, the university was subs ...

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Chuang, Chi-Fa Living people 20th-century Taiwanese historians 1936 births Republic of China historians Manchurologists People from Miaoli County National Taipei University of Education alumni National Taiwan University alumni Tamkang University faculty Soochow University (Taiwan) faculty National Taiwan Normal University faculty National Chengchi University faculty Hakka scientists 21st-century Taiwanese historians