History of the Establishment of Manchukuo: Lectures by Meng Sen - Collected Works of Meng Sen

Author: Meng Sen
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Publish Date: 2006-04-01
Features: Meng Sen (1869-1938), styled Chensun, styled Xinshi, was from Wujin, Jiangsu. In his early years, he studied abroad in Japan and attended Tokyo Imperial University. After returning to China, he was elected as a member of the Legislative Yuan of the Provisional Government of the Republic of China in 1913. To support parliamentary activities, he wrote political essays; at the same time, he successively published thematic research articles on the history of the Qing Dynasty, which caused a great sensation in academia at the time. In 1929, he was appointed as a professor at the Department of History of Nanjing Central University, specializing in Qing Dynasty history courses. In 1931, he was invited as a professor and director of the Department of History at Peking University, teaching the history of the founding of Manchuria until the July 7th Incident. Professor Meng Sen's research on the Qing Dynasty primarily focused on the examination of the origins of the Qing ancestors, the clarification of the name "Manchuria," the verification of the Eight Banners system, the examination of the succession of Yongzheng, and the identification of historical figures and events in the early Qing Dynasty. His research had a profound influence on the study of the Ming and Qing dynasties and was hailed by the academic community as the founder of the modern Qing history school in China.