Chen Yi-sein

Chen Yi-sein
Born 1924
Pyapon, Irrawaddy Division, British Burma
Died 23 March 2005 (2005-03-24) (aged 80)
Taipei, Taiwan
Other names Yi Sein
Academic work
Era 1950s-2000s
Main interests Burmese history

Chen Yi-sein (Burmese: ရည်စိန်; Chinese: 陳孺性; Jyutping: can4 jyu4 sing3; 8 January 1924 - 23 March 2005) was a Sino-Burmese scholar who specialized in Burma–China relations from the mid-1950s until his death in March 2005.[1][2] He was proficient in Burmese, Chinese and English.[2] He was one of the first members of the Burma Historical Commission when it was established by U Kaung in January 1955.[1] Chen served the Commission from 1956 until 1987.[1]

Chen was born in Pyapon, Irrawaddy Division, British Burma on 8 January 1924.[3] A fourth generation Sino-Burmese, Chen's forebears came from Taishan, Guangdong.[4] He died in Taipei, Taiwan on 23 March 2005.[3][4]

During World War II, Chen served as a translator for the Allied Forces.[4] Following the war, he served as a history researcher and lecturer at Rangoon University.[4]

In December 2012, Thaw Kaung published a book, The Selected Writings of U Yi Sein, a compilation of Chen's writings, including 28 Burmese articles and 7 English articles on Burmese history from the 1st to 20th centuries, with a focus on Sino-Burmese relations and Chinese records of the Pyu people.[3]

Publications[5]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Thaw Kaung (2008). "Palm-leaf Manuscript Record of a Mission Sent by the Myanmar King to the Chinese Emperor in the Mid-Eighteenth Century" (PDF). SOAS Bulletin of Burma Research. 6.
  2. 1 2 Thaw Kaung (December 2014). "Bogus Chinese Envoys, Spurious Chinese Princesses at the 18th-Century Myanmar Royal Court". Journal of Burma Studies. 18 (2): 193–221.
  3. 1 2 3 Zon Pann Pwint (27 February 2012). "U Yi Sein essays published". Myanmar Times. Retrieved 25 July 2015.
  4. 1 2 3 4 林清风; 张平 (13 October 2011). "长期从事缅甸华侨史研究的陈孺性先生". 缅华社会研究 (in Chinese). Retrieved 25 July 2015.
  5. U Thaw Kaung (2011). Selected Writings of U Yi Sein 1924-2005. Yangon, Union of Myanmar: Tun Foundation. pp. 607–617.
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