Mao Peiqi (

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: 毛佩琦;

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: ''Máo Pèiqí'') is a Chinese

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 stu ...

, expert in the history of the

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, a professor at the School of History, Renmin University of China. Mao became popular in China for his lectures on Ming's history in the

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program ''

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'' in 2005. Based upon his CCTV lecture, Mao published a book, ''The Seventeen Emperors of the Ming Dynasty'' (毛佩琦细解明朝十七帝 ) in 2006.

External links

Profile of Mao Peiqi (in Chinese)
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