Yi Zhongtian (born 8 February 1947) is a Chinese historian.[1] He is also a professor and Ph.D. supervisor at the Department of Chinese Language and Literature at Xiamen University's School of Humanities.[1]
Yi's grandfather, Yi Silin (易思麟; 1885–1983), graduated from the Hunan Law School (湖南法政学堂; now part of Hunan University) and served as the acting county magistrate of Dao County, Hunan Province. He became a self-taught physician after leaving office. Yi's uncle, Yi Rengai (易仁荄; 1908–1990), graduated from Tsinghua University's Department of History in 1935. Yi's father, Yi Tingyuan (易庭源; 1919–2011), was an accountant.[citation needed]
Yi studied ancient Chinese literature in Wuhan University under the tutelage of Hu Guorui (胡国瑞) and graduated in 1978 with a BA.[citation needed] In 1981, after obtaining a MA degree from Wuhan University, he became a lecturer at his alma mater. He is currently a professor and PhD supervisor in the Department of Chinese Language and Literature at Xiamen University's School of Humanities.[1]
Works
Yi's academic interests include literature, art, aesthetics, psychology, anthropology and history.[1] His published works focus on popularising academic subjects. This has caused some controversy, but has also led to the popularity of his works.[citation needed]
In 2005, Yi appeared on CCTV-10's Lecture Room programme. His series of lectures on personalities of the Han dynasty and the Three Kingdoms period were successful,[1] but there was also criticism about the academic quality of his lectures.[citation needed] Due to the popularity of his lectures, in 2006 CCTV-10 made a contract with him to produce a series of 52 lectures on the history of the Three Kingdoms period. In 2008, he started a series of 36 lectures about the Hundred Schools of Thought on Lecture Room.[1]
In 2013, Yi wrote Yi Zhongtian Zhonghua Shi (易中天中华史; Yi Zhongtian's History of China). A year later, he wrote San Guo Ji (三国纪; Chronicles of the Three Kingdoms) to dispel myths about the historical figures Cao Cao, Liu Bei, Sun Quan and Zhuge Liang.
List of works
Chinese culture series:
Xianhua Zhongguo Ren (闲话中国人; The Gossiping Chinese)
Zhongguo De Nanren He Nüren (中国的男人和女人; China's Men and Women)
Han Dai Fengyun Renwu (汉代风云人物; Prominent Personalities of the Han Dynasty)
Pin San Guo (品三国; Analysis of the Three Kingdoms)
Xian Qin Zhuzi Baijia Zhengming (先秦诸子百家争鸣; The Hundred Schools of Thought Before the Qin Dynasty)
Politics:
Diguo De Chouchang (帝国的惆怅; Melancholy of the Empire)
Diguo De Zhongjie (帝国的终结; End of the Empire)
Feicheng Fengyun: Meiguo Xianfa De Dansheng He Women De Fansi (费城风云：美国宪法的诞生和我们的反思; Philadelphia: The Birth of the United States Constitution and Our Reflections)
Aesthetics:
Po Men Er Ru (破门而入; Forced Entry)
Social sciences:
Chengdu Fangshi (成都方式; The Chengdu Method)
Essays:
Shusheng Yiqi (书生意气; Scholar's Spirit)
Shusheng Shaqi (书生傻气; Scholar's Foolishness)
Gao Gao De Shu Shang (高高的树上; High Up on the Tree)
Others:
Dahua Fangyan (大话方言; Discussion on Dialects)
Zhongguo Zhihui (中国智慧; Chinese Intelligence)
Wo Shan Zhi Shi (我山之石; The Rock of My Mountain)
Yi Zhongtian Zhonghua Shi (易中天中华史; Yi Zhongtian's History of China)
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