Collected Works on the History of the Ming and Qing Dynasties (Volumes 1 and 2)

Author: Meng Sen
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Publish Date: 2006-04-01
Features: Meng Sen (1868-1937), styled Chensun, pen name Xinshi, styled Yanghu Jiyi. Born in Wujin, Jiangsu. A master of Ming-Qing history. He graduated from Jiangyin Nanqing College in his early years and studied abroad at Tokyo Imperial University of Law and Politics. After returning to China, he joined the office of Zheng Xiaoxu as a military advisor in Guangxi. In 1905, he co-founded the Preparatory Committee for Constitutional Monarchy with Zheng. In 1908, he became the editor-in-chief of The Eastern Magazine. In May 1909, he was elected as a member of the Jiangsu Consultative Council. In 1912, he was appointed as a director of the Republican Party. In January 1913, he was elected as a member of the House of Representatives in the National Assembly, and in July, he was also selected as a constitutional drafting committee member. The following November, the National Assembly was dissolved, and he gradually withdrew from politics, focusing on Ming-Qing history research. In 1929, he was appointed as a professor and lecturer in the History Department of Nanjing Central University, specializing in Qing history. In 1931, he was invited as a professor and head of the History Department at Peking University, teaching the history of Manchu's founding until the July 7 Incident. This book is a collection of essays on the history of the Ming and Qing dynasties, titled Collected Works on Ming-Qing History, containing forty-four articles.