Wang Liqun | |
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王立群 | |
| Born | 1945 (age 75–76) |
| Nationality | Chinese |
| Occupation | Historian |
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Wang Liqun (Chinese: 王立群; pinyin: Wáng Lìqún; born 1945) is a Chinese historian and a professor in the School of Arts, Henan University. He is best known for conducting lecture series about Chinese history on the CCTV-10 television programme Lecture Room.
Life
Wang was born in 1945 in Huoshan County, Anhui, but his ancestral home was in Xintai, Shandong. He moved to Kaifeng, Henan in 1953 and has been living there since. He is a professor in the School of Arts, Henan University. He is also a consultant in the China Shi Ji Research Association and the vice chairman of the Wen Xuan Society. He was a member of the 10th Henan Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference Provincial Committee.[1]
In 2006, Wang received an invitation to be a lecturer on the television programme Lecture Room shown on CCTV-10. Since then, he has conducted five lecture series—Xiang Yu, Empress Lü, Emperor Wu of Han, Qin Shi Huang, and Song of the Great Wind—on the history of the Qin and Han dynasties. He has received good reviews and awards for his lectures and works.[1]
References
- ^ a b c "河南大学王立群教授 [Professor Wang Liqun of Henan University]" (in Chinese). dahe.cn. 21 November 2011. Retrieved 23 April 2014.