Chia-ying Yeh
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Florence Chia-ying Yeh FRSC (born July 2, 1924), also known as Ye Jiaying (Chinese: 葉嘉瑩), Jialing (迦陵), and by her married name Chia-ying Yeh Chao, is a Chinese-born Canadian poet and sinologist.[1] She was a scholar of classical Chinese poetry. She taught for twenty years at the University of British Columbia (UBC), and has been Professor Emerita since her retirement in 1989. She is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada.[2] After retiring from UBC, she has been teaching at Nankai University in Tianjin where she is the founding Director of the Institute of Chinese Classical Culture.
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Born | (1924-07-02) July 2, 1924 (age 100) | ||||||||
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Other names | Ye Jiaying, Jialing, Chia-ying Yeh Chao, Chia-ying Chao-Yeh | ||||||||
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Alma mater | Fu Jen Catholic University (Beijing) | ||||||||
Doctoral advisor | Gu Sui [zh] | ||||||||
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Discipline | Chinese literature | ||||||||
Sub-discipline | Classical Chinese literature | ||||||||
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Notable students | Pai Hsien-yung, Chen Yingzhen, Xi Murong, Jiang Xun | ||||||||
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Traditional Chinese | 葉嘉瑩 | ||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 叶嘉莹 | ||||||||
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Chinese | 迦陵 | ||||||||
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