Xiao Yishan (蕭一山, 7 May 1902 – 4 July 1978) was a modern Chinese historian.
Biography
Xiao Yishan entered
Peking University
Peking University (PKU; ) is a public research university in Beijing, China. The university is funded by the Ministry of Education.
Peking University was established as the Imperial University of Peking in 1898 when it received its royal charter ...
in 1921, learned from the prominent scholar
Liang Qichao
Liang Qichao (Chinese: 梁啓超 ; Wade-Giles: ''Liang2 Chʻi3-chʻao1''; Yale: ''Lèuhng Kái-chīu'') (February 23, 1873 – January 19, 1929) was a Chinese politician, social and political activist, journalist, and intellectual. His thou ...
. He later taught history of
Qing Dynasty
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at
Tsinghua University
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,
Henan University
Henan University () is one of the oldest public and Double First Class Universities in China. It was founded in 1912. In the beginning, its name was the Preparatory School for Further Study in Europe and America. In 1942, its name was changed to ...
,
Northeastern University
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and
Northwest University. In winter 1948, Xiao moved to
Taiwan
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. ''General History of the Qing Dynasty'' () is his masterpiece, in that book he promoted a historical view of nationalism.
References
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Republic of China historians
National University of Peking alumni
Academic staff of Tsinghua University
Academic staff of Henan University
Academic staff of the Northeastern University (China)
Writers from Xuzhou
Academic staff of the National Taiwan University
1902 births
1978 deaths
20th-century Taiwanese historians
Educators from Xuzhou
Historians from Jiangsu