Meng Xianshi
Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Template wrapper".Script error: No such module "Check for clobbered parameters". Meng Xianshi (Template:Zh; born 1962) is a Chinese historian specialized in the history of Sui and Tang dynasties, an associate professor at Renmin University of China.
Biography
Meng Xianshi was born in Nehe, Heilongjiang. He received his BA degree from Nankai University in 1983 and PhD degree from Beijing University in 2001. He joined the faculty of Renmin University of China in 2002.
Meng Xianshi gave lectures on Xuanwu Gate Incident (Script error: No such module "Lang".) on Lecture Room,[1] a popular TV program on CCTV-10 in December 2006. He is also a main editor of The Rise of the Tang Empire, a TV series.[2]
In his speech in Beijing Foreign Studies University in 2010, he claimed that "Esperanto was created in the 1980s", which exposed his lack of academic preciseness.
In 2018, Xianshi acted as a historical consultant on the then-upcoming manhua Assassin's Creed: Dynasty that was being set during the Tang dynasty. He worked closely with the creative team, and writers Xu Xianzhe and Zhang Xiao to ensure their work looked historically accurate.[3]
Notes
- ↑ Meng Xianshi gave lecture on CCTV，Website of China Central Television, December 6, 2006.
- ↑ Meng Xianshi talks on the History of Tang Dynasty Template:Webarchive, Xi'an Daily (西安日报), December 14, 2006.
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