Chuang Chi-fa

Chuang Chi-fa (also known as Zhuang Jifa, Chinese: 莊吉發) (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.

His 1982 book "Qing Gaozong shiquan wugong yanjiu" (researching Qing Gaozong'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

Chaung was born in Nanzhung township of Miaoli County, Taiwan. His parents died when he was young, he was adopted by a family and taught under strict doctrine that made in into his person today. He graduated in 1956 from the National Taipei University of Education 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 (Cambridge University Press) 38: 145–189. doi:10.1017/S0026749X04001040. http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=190987. "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. 22. The Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 1–70. doi:10.1353/late.2001.0002. ISSN 1086-3257. http://muse.jhu.edu/login?uri=/journals/late_imperial_china/v022/22.1elliott.pdf. 
3. ^ http://r8.ntue.edu.tw/elite/01/01-43.htm
4. ^ http://r8.ntue.edu.tw/elite/01/01-43.htm
5. ^ http://www.hrc.ntu.edu.tw/thci/Author.aspx?id=73413
6. ^ Bartlett, Beatrice S (1991). Monarchs and Ministers: The Grand Council in Mid-Ch'ing China, 1723-1820. Berkeley: University of California Press. http://publishing.cdlib.org/ucpressebooks/view?docId=ft287004wt;chunk.id=0;doc.view=print. 

Persondata
Name	Chuang, Chi-Fa
Alternative names
Short description	Historian
Date of birth	1936 May 24th
Place of birth	Nanzhuang, Miaoli, Miaoli County, Taiwan
Date of death
Place of death