Dai Yi (September 192624 January 2024) was a Chinese historian who specialized in the
history of the Qing dynasty. He was a professor at
Renmin University of China
The Renmin University of China (RUC) is a public university in Haidian, Beijing, China. The university is affiliated with the Ministry of Education, and co-funded by the Ministry of Education and the Beijing Municipal People's Government. The ...
(RUC). He was also the honorary director of the university's Qing dynasty's history institute as well as a doctoral student supervisor. He was a member of the
Chinese Communist Party
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(CCP).
Biography
Dai Yi was born Dai Bingheng in September 1926 in
Changshu, Jiangsu. He once enrolled at the railway management college of
Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU) is a public university in Shanghai, China. It is affiliated with the Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China, Ministry of Education of China. The university is part of Project 211, Project 98 ...
, but two years later, he was admitted into the history college of
Peking University
Peking University (PKU) is a Public university, public Types of universities and colleges in China#By designated academic emphasis, university in Haidian, Beijing, China. It is affiliated with and funded by the Ministry of Education of the Peop ...
. During the
Second Sino-Japanese War
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Dai took part in the Gerakan Youth and Improvement Association. By 1948, he had become a target of the
Kuomintang
The Kuomintang (KMT) is a major political party in the Republic of China (Taiwan). It was the one party state, sole ruling party of the country Republic of China (1912-1949), during its rule from 1927 to 1949 in Mainland China until Retreat ...
. He escaped with assistance from the CCP, and later arrived at Hua Bei University, the predecessor institution of the RUC. After Dai's graduation, he would remain at his alma mater for his entire teaching career.
In 2002, Dai Yi was appointed director of the newly created project to complete the ''
History of Qing'', a comprehensive compilation of the history of the Qing dynasty. As of April 2020, Dai Yi continued to direct the effort.
Dai died on 24 January 2024, at the age of 97.
Bibliography
* 中国近代史稿 (Modern History of China) (1958)
* 一六八九年中俄尼布楚条约 (Treaty of Nerchinsk in 1689) (1974)
* 简明清史I(A Concise History of Qing Dynasty I) (1980)
* 简明清史II(A Concise History of Qing Dynasty II) (1984)
References
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1926 births
2024 deaths
Historians of China
Writers from Suzhou
20th-century Chinese historians
Academic staff of Renmin University of China
Educators from Suzhou
Historians from Jiangsu
National University of Peking alumni