Yi Zhongtian
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Changsha, Hunan Province, Republic of China
Yi Zhongtian 易中天 | |
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 Yi giving a talk at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre in July 2013 | |
| Born | February 8, 1947[1] Changsha, Hunan Province, Republic of China |
| Occupation | Historian |
| Language | Mandarin Chinese |
| Nationality | Chinese |
| Alma mater | Wuhan University (BA & MA) |
| Subjects | Literature, art, aesthetics, psychology, anthropology, history |
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Yi Zhongtian (born 8 February 1947) is a Chinese historian.[1] He is also a professor and Ph.D. supervisor at the Department of Chinese Language and Literature at Xiamen University's School of Humanities.[1]
Yi's grandfather, Yi Silin (易思麟; 1885–1983), graduated from the Hunan Law School (湖南法政学堂; now part of Hunan University) and served as the acting county magistrate of Dao County, Hunan Province. He became a self-taught physician after leaving office. Yi's uncle, Yi Rengai (易仁荄; 1908–1990), graduated from Tsinghua University's Department of History in 1935. Yi's father, Yi Tingyuan (易庭源; 1919–2011), was an accountant.[citation needed]
Yi spent his childhood in his birthplace, Changsha, Hunan Province, before moving to Wuhan, Hubei province at the age of six. He attended Yuemachang Primary School (阅马场小学) and No. 1 Middle School attached to Central China Normal University (华中师范大学第一附属中学).[citation needed]
Between 1965 and 1975, Yi went to Xinjiang to join the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps. From 1975 to 1978, he taught at a middle school for the children of employees at a steel production firm in Urumqi, Xinjiang.[1]
Yi studied ancient Chinese literature in Wuhan University under the tutelage of Hu Guorui (胡国瑞) and graduated in 1978 with a BA.[citation needed] In 1981, after obtaining a MA degree from Wuhan University, he became a lecturer at his alma mater. He is currently a professor and PhD supervisor in the Department of Chinese Language and Literature at Xiamen University's School of Humanities.[1]
