Clear History Lectures

Author: Meng Sen
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Publish Date: 2006-04-01
Features: Meng Sen (1869–1938), styled Chensun, styled Xinshi, was a native of Wujin, Jiangsu. In his early years, he studied abroad in Japan, attending 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 and wrote political essays to support parliamentary activities. Simultaneously, he published specialized historical research articles on the Qing Dynasty, which caused significant in academia at the time. In 1929, he was appointed as a professor at the Department of History of Nanjing Central University, where he taught 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 Manchu founding of the empire until the July 7th Incident. Professor Meng Sen's research on the Qing Dynasty primarily focused on the genealogy of the Qing ancestors, the etymology of the term "Manchu," the examination of the Eight Banners system, the succession of the Yongzheng Emperor, and the historical events and figures of the early Qing Dynasty. His work had a profound impact on the study of the Ming and Qing dynasties and was hailed by the academic community as the founder of the modern Qing studies school in China.