James T. C. Liu
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James T. C. Liu | |||||||||
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| Born | December 19, 1919 | ||||||||
| Died | September 30, 1993 (aged 73) Lawrenceville, New Jersey, United States | ||||||||
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| Fields | Chinese history | ||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 劉子健 | ||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 刘子健 | ||||||||
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Template:Chinese name Liu Tzu Chien (December 19, 1919 – September 30, 1993), better known as James T. C. Liu, was a Chinese historian and a leading scholar on Song dynasty history. He was a professor at Princeton University for more than two decades.
As a young student at Yenching University, he was twice arrested (and tortured in the second arrest) by the Kuomintang government. After the Second Sino-Japanese War he served as historical consultant at the International Military Tribunal for the Far East. Thereafter he went to study in the United States, obtaining his Ph.D. at the University of Pittsburgh.
Liu died at his home in the Lawrenceville section of Lawrence Township, Mercer County, New Jersey.
References
- Plaks, Andrew H.; Peterson, Willard J.; Tang, Hai-tao; Yu, Ying-shih (1994). "James T. C. Liu (1919–1993)". The Journal of Asian Studies. 53 (3): 1044–5.
- Golas, Peter J. (1995). "Obituary: James T. C. Liu, 1919–1993". Journal of Song-Yuan Studies (25).