Chen Qingying
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Chen Qingying (Chinese: 陈庆英; pinyin: Chén Qìngyīng; born 21 October 1941 in Nanchong, Sichuan, Republic of China (1912–1949) [1]) is a Chinese Tibetologist.[1] He is the director of the History Research Institute under the China Tibetology Research Center (Zhongguo Zangxue yanjiu zhongxin).
At the age of 17, Chen Qingyin and his parents moved to Qinghai province (northwest China). He began his studies in physics at the Qinghai Nationalities College. After completing his studies, in 1964 he became a teacher of physics in the Haixi Mongolian and Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture first at Delingha High School, then at the Teachers' College for Ethnic Minorities.
As Qinghai is home to many Tibetans, Chen Qingling, who learned Tibetan at school and did odd jobs in Tibetan areas, took an interest in the history and culture of Tibet. After ten years of teaching, he decided to change from a physics professor to a tibetologist and got a degree in Tibetan from the Central Institute of Ethnic Minorities in Beijing. He then embarked on a research work on ancient Tibetan as part of a master's degree that he obtained in 1981.[2][3]
Career
Chen Qingying has conducted research on the history, religion and culture of the Tibetan ethnic group at the Central Institute of National Minority Ethnic Groups, the Academy of Social Sciences of Qinghai Province and the China Tibetology Research Center. He is fluent in Tibetan, and even some local dialects.[4][5]
