Chen Yuan (historian)

Chen Yuan 陳垣
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Born	(1880-11-12)12 November 1880 Xinhui, Guangdong, Qing China
Died	21 June 1971(1971-06-21) Beijing, PRC
Occupation	historian, educator

This is a Chinese name; the family name is Chen.

Chen Yuan (1880–1971) was a Chinese historian and educator. He is known by his work in the fields of religious history, Yuan Dynasty history, textology and textual criticism. Chen was professor of Peking University, Beijing Normal University and Fu Jen Catholic University, and later served as the president of Beijing Normal University. Before 1949, he also served as the president of Metropolitan Library and the Palace Museum library.

From 1917, Chen began to work on history of Christianity in China, and later published his name-earning book Research of Arkaguns in Yuan Dynasty (《元也里可溫考》). Arkagun is the name given to Christian in Yuan Dynasty. Subsequently, he published several books about the spreading of Manichaeism, Zoroastrianism and Islam in China. Chen also paid great attention to collation work on Code of Yuan Dynasty (《元典章》).

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Academic offices
Preceded by Barry O'Toole	President of Fu Jen Catholic University 1929 - 1952	Succeeded by Paul Yü Pin
Preceded by Lin Liru	President of Beijing Normal University 1952 - 1971	Succeeded by Wang Zikun