Manchukuo Founding History Lecture Notes

Author: Meng Sen
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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. Upon 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 on current affairs. 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. In 1931, he was invited to serve as a professor and chair 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's ancestors, the etymology of the term "Manchu," the verification of the Eight Banners system, the succession of Emperor Yongzheng, and the examination of historical events and figures in the early Qing Dynasty. His contributions had a profound impact on the study of the Ming and Qing dynasties and were hailed by the historical community as the founder of the modern Qing studies school in China.