Yuan Xingpei

Yuan Xingpei
Native name 袁行霈
Born 1936 (age 7980)
Jinan, Shandong, China
Nationality Chinese
Institutions Peking University
Alma mater Peking University
Known for Six Dynasties poetry, Tang poetry
This is a Chinese name; the family name is Yuan.
Yuan Xingpei
Chinese 袁行霈

Yuan Xingpei (Chinese: 袁行霈; born 1936) is a Chinese scholar, educator, author, and political leader, known for his public service and publications on Chinese literature, particularly for his studies of Six Dynasties period poet Tao Yuanming. Yuan has been a professor of Chinese literature at Peking University since 1957.

Life and career

Yuan was born in 1936 in Jinan. He attended Peking University as an undergraduate student, graduating in 1957 from the school's Department of Chinese Language and Literature with a B.A. degree. The department hired him as an instructor immediately following his graduation, where he has remained ever since.

In addition to his teaching and publications on Chinese literature, Yuan has served in various areas of Chinese politics. Yuan has been a member of the China Democratic League since 1987, and has served as its vice-chairman since 1997. He served on the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference from 1998 to 2003.[1]

Yuan Xingpei is the first cousin once removed of the Taiwanese novelist Chiung Yao. Yuan Xiaoyuan and Yuan Jing were his cousins.

Selected works

References

Notes
  1. China Vitae biography of Yuan Xingpei
Works cited
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