Yan Chongnian

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Yan Chongnian
阎崇年
BornApril 1934 (age 92)
CitizenshipChina
Alma materBeijing Normal University
Scientific career
FieldsQing history

Yan Chongnian is a Chinese historian. He was born in Penglai City, Shandong, China in 1934. He established Beijing Manchu Institute, the first academic institute focussed on the Manchu history.

His publications include Biography of Yuan Chonghuan (Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).), True Stories of the 12 Qing Emperors (正説清朝十二帝, Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).), Fall of Ming and Rise of Qing in 60 Years (明亡清興六十年, Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).) and Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).

In 2008, he was involved in an altercation where he was assaulted by a Han nationalist who objected to his views about the Qing Dynasty during a book signing, which stirred much controversy on the Chinese internet at the time.[1]

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