Chuang Chi-fa

In this Chinese name, the family name is Chuang.

Chuang Chi-fa (also known as Zhuang Jifa; Chinese: 莊吉發; born 24 May 1936) is a Taiwanese historian who studies Chinese history, in particular Manchu history. Chuang is one of the few linguistics researchers with a mastery of the Manchu language.

Chuang Chi-fa
莊吉發
Born	(1936-05-24) 24 May 1936 (age 88) Nanzhuang, Shinchiku, Taiwan, Empire of Japan
Nationality	Republic of China
Alma mater	National Taiwan Normal University National Taiwan University
Occupation	Historian

His 1982 book "Qing Gaozong shiquan wugong yanjiu" (researching the Qianlong Emperor's "Ten Great Campaigns") was called a tour de force by Yingcong Dai of William Paterson University.^[1] With Ch'en Chieh-hsien he was one of the first historians to research the Manchu language documents in the Qing dynasty archives at the National Palace Museum.^[2]

Early life

Chuang was born in Nanzhuang, Shinchiku Prefecture, Taiwan, Empire of Japan. His parents died when he was young, and he was adopted by a family and taught under strict doctrines that made him into the person he is today. He graduated from the National Taiwan Normal University and in 1969 from the National Taiwan University.^[3]

Career

Chuang teaches and studies modern Chinese history, Chinese minorities history, and Manchu history (his main focus).^[4] He was a researcher at the National Palace Museum.^[5][6]

Chuang has taught at Tamkang University, Soochow University, National Taiwan Normal University, and National Chengchi University.

References

1. Dai, Yingcong (2004). "A Disguised Defeat: The Myanmar Campaign of the Qing Dynasty". Modern Asian Studies. 38. Cambridge University Press: 145–189. doi:10.1017/S0026749X04001040. S2CID 145784397. In 1982, Zhuang Jifa (Chuang Chi-fa) of the National Palace Museum of Taipei published his tour de force, Qing Gaozong shiquan wugong yanjiu, which has a chapter on the Myanmar campaign
2. Elliott, Mark C. (June 2001). "The Manchu-Language Archives of the Qing Dynasty and the Origins of the Palace Memorial System Late Imperial China" (PDF). Late Imperial China: Qing Shi Wen Ti. 22 (1). The Johns Hopkins University Press: 1–70. doi:10.1353/late.2001.0002. ISSN 1086-3257. S2CID 144117089.
3. "民國八十五年第一屆傑出校友-莊吉發". Archived from the original on 2012-03-24. Retrieved 2011-05-16.
4. "民國八十五年第一屆傑出校友-莊吉發". Archived from the original on 2012-03-24. Retrieved 2011-05-16.
5. "作者檢索". Archived from the original on 2011-07-22. Retrieved 2011-05-16.
6. Bartlett, Beatrice S (1991). Monarchs and Ministers: The Grand Council in Mid-Ch'ing China, 1723-1820. Berkeley: University of California Press.