Xiao Yishan


Xiao Yishan was a modern Chinese historian.

Biography

Xiao Yishan entered Peking University in 1921, learned from the prominent scholar Liang Qichao. He later taught history of Qing Dynasty at Tsinghua University, Henan University, Northeastern University and Northwest University. In winter 1948, Xiao moved to Taiwan. General History of the Qing Dynasty is his masterpiece, in that book he promoted a historical view of nationalism.