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Yu Ying-shih (Chinese: 余英時; 22 January 1930 – 1 August 2021) was a Chinese-born American historian, sinologist, and the Gordon Wu '58 Professor of Chinese Studies, Emeritus, at Princeton University.
Aug 10, 2021 · Ying-shih Yu, a renowned scholar of Chinese traditional thought who used his mastery of classical texts to trace China’s evolution across thousands of years, died on Aug. 1 at his home in...
Yü Ying-shih (余英時) was a Chinese American historian and Sinologist known for his mastery of sources for Chinese history and philosophy, his ability to synthesize them on a wide range of topics, and for his advocacy for a new Confucianism.
Aug 13, 2021 · Renowned American historian and sinologist Yü Ying-shih passed away on 1 August 2021 aged 91. ThinkChina reproduces this essay which cultural historian Cheng Pei-kai wrote last year to commemorate Professor Yü's 90th birthday.
Yü Ying-shih was a lifelong frank commentator on many aspects of contemporary Chinese politics, society, and culture, and he maintained a steady presence in ongoing debates through his articles, critiques, and interviews in popular magazines and newspapers in the Chinese-speaking world.
Commonly hailed as the greatest Chinese intellectual historian of his generation, Professor Yu Ying-shih (1930 - ) is a master of Chinese political, cultural, and intellectual history who has researched and written extensively on almost every period of Chinese history.
Aug 11, 2021 · The Department of East Asian Studies is greatly saddened to announce the death of Ying-shih Yü, Gordon Wu ’58 Professor of Chinese Studies, Emeritus, and Professor of East Asian Studies and History, Emeritus on Sunday, August 1, 2021.
