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Lü Simian (; February 27, 1884 – October 9, 1957) was a Chinese historian. He was a former professor and history department head at Kwang Hua University, a predecessor of the East China Normal University in
Shanghai Shanghai, Shanghainese: , Standard Chinese pronunciation: is a direct-administered municipality and the most populous urban area in China. The city is located on the Chinese shoreline on the southern estuary of the Yangtze River, with the ...
. Lü took the courtesy name Chéngzhī () and wrote under the pseudonym Núniú (). His students included famous historians Ch'ien Mu and Yang Kuan. Historian Yan Gengwang () considered Lü one of the four greatest modern Chinese historians, along with his student Ch'ien Mu, Chen Yuan, and Chen Yinke. In 1926 Lü was invited to teach at Kwang Hua University by his friend and the school's headmaster Qián Jībó (). Lü remained at the school, which later became part of East China Normal University, until his death. Lü was born in Wujin (now Wujin district of
Changzhou Changzhou is a prefecture-level city in southern Jiangsu, China. It was previously known as Yanling, Lanling, and Jinling. Located on the southern bank of the Yangtze River, Changzhou borders the provincial capital of Nanjing to the west, Zhen ...
city) in China's
Jiangsu Jiangsu is a coastal Provinces of the People's Republic of China, province in East China. It is one of the leading provinces in finance, education, technology, and tourism, with its capital in Nanjing. Jiangsu is the List of Chinese administra ...
province. At the age of 15 he entered the county school. In the second year he began teaching himself history. He later became a member of the Doubting Antiquity School which was a group of scholars and writers who showed doubts regarding the authenticity of pre- Qin texts. His former residence in Changzhou is a protected property open to the public, offering numerous artifacts from his life displayed in the restored building.


Notable publications

* Song Dynasty Literature (1931) * An Introduction to Early Qin Science (1933) * A History of Chinese Ethnic Minorities (1934) * A History of Pre-Qin Era (1941) * A History of the Three Kingdoms (1943) * A History of Qin and Han Dynasties (1947) * A History of Jin, Northern and Southern dynasties (1948) * A History of Sui, Tang and Five Dynasties (1959) * A History of the Chinese Political System (1985)


References

* 常州年鉴200

{{DEFAULTSORT:Lu, Simian 1884 births 1957 deaths 20th-century Chinese historians Academic staff of the East China Normal University Educators from Changzhou Historians from Jiangsu Writers from Changzhou Academic staff of Kwang Hua University