Qian Haiyue

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Qian Haiyue (1901–14 January 1968) was a Chinese historian who studied the Southern Ming dynasty. He was born in Wuxi, Jiangsu Province, and his father held the Jinshi title in the imperial exams. He graduated from Peking University in 1925, studying with renowned scholars Liang Qichao and Gu Hongming. He is best known for his book History of the Southern Ming Dynasty. In 1943 he became the principal of Xinjiang University. He died in 1968 during the Cultural Revolution. After being wrongly accused of supporting the Kuomintang, he was attacked at the Xiao Mausoleum, the tomb of the first Ming emperor, for his advocacy of Ming history.