SCHOLARS' PROFILES
Ma Shitu was a man of remarkable vitality—his life rarely paused, even well into his centenarian years, during which he completed several books.
2025-05-20
As China’s first sociobiologist, Pan analyzed and assessed Chinese history through the principles of sociobiology, particularly in relation to Confucian culture and systems, which is regarded as one of his greatest academic achievements.
2024-11-05
Ye Shengtao (1894–1988) created the first collection of fairy tales in the history of Chinese children’s literature, The Scarecrow, between 1921 and 1922, paving the unique way for Chinese fairy tales.
2023-06-12
Born in 1946, the Chinese anthropologist Zhuang Kongshao was the first ethnology (anthropology) PhD trained in China after the founding of the PRC in 1949. He held professorial positions at the Minzu University of China, Renmin University of China (emeritus), and the Research Center of ...
2023-06-02
Xia Nai (1910–1985) was one of the founders of modern Chinese archaeology and a monument in the history of Chinese archaeology. The recently published Collection of Xia Nai’s Letters provides readers with more details of his academic life.
2023-05-12
Zhang Kaiyuan was a renowned Chinese historian, educator, and winner of the Lifetime Achievement Award of the 7th Wu Yuzhang Humanities and Social Sciences, the highest award in the field of humanities and social sciences in China. He is known for his pioneering contribution to the scho...
2023-04-28
Born in 1933, G. E. R. Lloyd entered King’s College in Cambridge as an undergraduate in Classics in 1951 and graduated with a Ph.D. in 1958. Since 1987, he has been a professor of ancient philosophy and science in the Department of Classics at Cambridge University.
2022-09-28
The Chinese historian Cai Meibiao (1928–2021) possessed a vast store of knowledge. His scholarly research spanned from history and philology to linguistics and many other disciplines.
2022-01-19
For more than a decade, Shen has thoroughly demonstrated the theory that Chinese verbs are part of nouns with over 60 essays and six books, setting off a revolutionary wave in the field of Chinese linguistics, and shaking the deep-rooted tradition of applying the standards of Indo-Europ...
2021-12-29
Having worked at the forefront of archaeology for about 38 years, Tian has made remarkable achievements. The Zaoyuan site [at Yicheng County] discovered by Tian and his colleagues was identified as the earliest Neolithic ruins found in Shanxi province.
2021-12-16
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