Chen Mengjia

Chen Mengjia
portrait of Chen Mengjia
Chen in 1947
Born(1911-04-20)20 April 1911
Died3 September 1966(1966-09-03) (aged 55)
NationalityChinese
Alma materYenching University
Occupationarchaeologist
Known forresearch on oracle bones
SpouseZhao Luorui
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese陳夢家
Simplified Chinese陈梦家

Chen Mengjia (simplified Chinese: 陈梦家; traditional Chinese: 陳夢家; 20 April 1911 – 3 September 1966) was a Chinese scholar, poet, paleographer and archaeologist. He was considered the foremost authority on oracle bones and was Professor of Chinese at Tsinghua University in Beijing.

He was married to the poet and translator Zhao Luorui (aka Lucy Chao, 1912–1998). Chen died in 1966, at the beginning of the Cultural Revolution after being labeled a "capitalist intellectual" and Rightist and being persecuted by officials.[1]

  1. ^ Peter Hessler, Oracle Bones, Harper Collins, New York, 2006. ISBN 0-06-082658-4.

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