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Occupation
  
historian

Name
  
Xiao Yishan

Alma mater
  
Peking University


Born
  
7 May 1902 (
1902-05-07
)
Tongshan, Jiangsu, Qing China

Died
  
July 4, 1978, Taipei, Taiwan

Xiao Yishan (蕭一山, May 7, 1902 – July 4, 1978) was a modern Chinese historian. He entered Peking University in 1921, learned from the prominent scholar Liang Qichao. He later taught history of Qing Dynasty at Tsinghua University, Henan University, Northeastern University and Northwest University. In winter 1948, Xiao moved to Taiwan. General History of the Qing Dynasty (《清代通史》) is his masterpiece, in that book he promoted a historical view of nationalism.

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Xiao Yishan Wikipedia