Yan Chongnian,/kloc-0, was born in Penglai, Shandong Province in April, 1934. Director and researcher of Manchu Institute of Beijing Academy of Social Sciences. President of Beijing Manchu Society. Study the history of Manchuria, Qing Dynasty and Beijing. Initiate and create the first professional holistic research institution-Beijing Academy of Social Sciences Holistic Research Institute, Beijing Holistic Research Association and Beijing Holistic Research Foundation. Initiated and presided over the first and second international full-time seminars. Beijing Municipal Government awarded the title of expert with outstanding contributions and enjoyed the special allowance issued by the State Council. The Biography of Nurhachi won the "Bright Cup" award for outstanding academic works in Beijing and China, the National Outstanding Achievement Award for Manchu Studies, the Best Book Award from the Ministry of Culture of China and the International Best Book Honors from Frankfurt and Leipzig. He has given lectures in the United States, Japanese, Mongolian, Taiwan Province, Hongkong and other countries and regions, and participated in international academic seminars abroad for many times.
The Beijing News once reported that Mr. Yan used to be a middle school teacher, so he explained it in simple terms and was personable.
Researcher of Manchu Institute of Beijing Academy of Social Sciences, President of Beijing Manchu Society. The anthology includes Manchu Studies (Ethnic Publishing House 1999), Yan Shi Ji (Beijing Yanshan Publishing House 1998), Yuan Chonghuan Studies Ji (Taipei Literature and History Zhe Publishing House 1984) and Yan Bu Ji (Beijing Yanshan Publishing House/kloc-0). Monographs include The Biography of Nurhachi (Beijing Publishing House 1983 Edition), The Ancient Capital Beijing (Chinese, English and German editions) (Beijing Chaohua Publishing House 1987 Edition), Sweat of Destiny (Jilin Literature and History Publishing House 1993 Edition and other 16 books), and. Editor-in-chief of the academic series Manchu Studies Series 1-6, Yuan Chonghuan Academic Essays, Qi Jiguang Research Essays and other eleven works. He has published more than 250 papers on Manchu studies and Qing history.
In the lecture room, I have broadcast the mystery of the Twelve Emperors of the Qing Dynasty and the Sixty Years of the Qing Dynasty.
Yan Chongnian, a Beijing scholar who attracted attention with "Talking about Twelve Emperors of Qing Dynasty" in CCTV Lecture Room, first attributed his success to choosing the right starting point. He said that the popularity of Talking about the Twelve Emperors of the Qing Dynasty is mainly to meet the readers' demand for historical knowledge, which is not short-term. It is clear that the key to the success of the Twelve Emperors lies in finding the right entry point. "For example, when I talk about Xianfeng, I take the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom as the background, and then start with several mistakes made by Xianfeng. I couldn't finish six mistakes in 45 minutes, so I chose three mistakes-sitting on the throne of the emperor by mistake, choosing the capital by mistake, and choosing the minister Gu Ming by mistake, which attracted everyone from the beginning. "
Secondly, objectively evaluate the history of Qing Dynasty. Yan Chongnian said that since the early 1980 s, the trend of historical jokes in Hong Kong and Taiwan has prevailed, and people are confused about which ones are true, which ones are made up, which ones are serious and which ones are jokes. Because of this, his speech will be welcomed by readers.
In addition, lectures should draw lessons from TV dramas to create suspense. Yan Chongnian said: "In the program, the director joined the suspense from me. Being cut off and pulled by suspense, the lecture room is no longer straightforward. " Yan Chongnian believes that the success of The Mystery of the Twelve Emperors of the Qing Dynasty is due to the popularity of the Qing Palace drama, and people are no longer satisfied with banter and want to know the truth of history. The second reason is the word "doubt". The directors of Lecture Room set up layers of suspense in the program arrangement and solved them one by one. In post-production, they are accompanied by exciting music to keep the audience away. Yan Chongnian also analyzed that in addition to suspense, he also added historical stories, logical synthesis and theoretical analysis to his speech, which made the whole speech stand at a higher level.
Yan Chongnian: Sweep away the fog of Qing history.
The drama of the Qing dynasty, which won by "joking", catered to the entertainment demands of the public, but misled people, especially teenagers, about the real history, which triggered the collective anger of serious historians. Yan Chongnian, an expert in Qing history, held a forum in CCTV, which cleared up the fog of people's cognition of Qing history. ...
Yan Chongnian's research on Qing history began with Kangxi's A Record of the Holy Father of Qing Dynasty. He has published several collections of essays, such as Man Xue Ji, Yan Shi Ji, and Nuerhachi Biography. At the same time, he published more than 250 papers on Manchu studies and history of qing dynasty. Yan Chongnian is well aware of the 296-year history of the Qing Dynasty, ups and downs, sharing weal and woe, and he was never bound by the achievements of his predecessors.
He believes that although Shunzhi, Kangxi and Qianlong were all emperors of the Qing Dynasty, they are now masters of entertaining the public. After watching the Qing drama on the screen, people will naturally care about how real this "joke" and that "joke" are. Yan Chongnian said with "Kangxi traveling incognito": "Kangxi traveling incognito, first, absolutely unconscious; Second, it is absolutely unnecessary; Third, it is impossible. " Yan Chongnian explained that "traveling incognito" is the consciousness of modern people. The Qing emperor was absolutely proud of the royal family and disdained to associate with ordinary people. As long as you look at the last emperor Puyi's My First Half Life, you will know that it is absolutely impossible to talk to ordinary people. Besides, Emperor Kangxi didn't need to travel incognito, because he had a "secret report" system, through which Kangxi could know everything. With this topic, Yan Chongnian also made some rumors about the widely circulated "unofficial history": First, the "affair" between Dourgen and sourdrang queen. Folk saying is that when Xiaozhuang was a princess, Dourgen spent many nights in her bedroom, and even the emperor shunzhi was their illegitimate child. Yan Chongnian wry smile: "The place where concubines such as Zhuang Fei and Empress live is like a quadrangle, and the east room can see the west window. If Dourgen comes and stays overnight, how many pairs of eyes do you have to stare at? This is not a joke at all, it's just nonsense. The other is the "love affair" between young Kangxi and Xiao Zhuang maid Ma Su Lagu. People say that Summala was the first love of Kangxi and the only woman he really loved in his life, including the historical drama Kangxi Dynasty, which also shaped Summala into a girl who was only a few years older than Kangxi. However, Yan Chongnian poured cold water on this legend without mercy: "When Xiaozhuang got married 14 years old, Sumala Valley was her maid, about twelve or thirteen years old; Kangxi is the grandson of Xiao Zhuang, that is, the grandson of Summala Gu. He and Sumala Valley are at least thirty or forty years apart. Can these two people still love each other "
In his book On the Twelve Emperors of Qing Dynasty, Yan Chongnian adhered to the "Five Theories"-active, meticulous, cautious, comprehensive and innovative. It's just that there are a lot of folk sayings about Kang Gan's private visit to Jiangnan. In fact, the Qing emperor never went to Jiangnan privately. In detail, when it comes to Guangxu's death, how did he die, illness or poisoning; Be cautious in what you say and do, and correctly convey historical information; Generally speaking, it not only affirms the historical contribution of Kangxi, but also makes the details fascinating; Say something new and give a new point of view. In this way, Yan Chongnian made an official history of the Twelve Emperors of the Qing Dynasty as wonderful as storytelling, and brought a large number of people influenced by the Qing Palace drama back to the track of respecting and cherishing history.
Over the years, Yan Chongnian has been invited to give lectures at academic institutions or universities in the United States, Japan, Taiwan Province and Hongkong. Wherever he went, he was welcomed by local Chinese, overseas Chinese and foreign friends.