Ye Zhemin
Ye Zhemin (simplified Chinese: 叶喆民; traditional Chinese: 葉喆民; 1924 – 2 January 2018), also romanized as Yeh Che-min,[1] was a Chinese art historian and authority on the history of Chinese ceramics and calligraphy. He is credited with making a discovery that led to the identification of Qingliangsi as the kiln site for the rare Ru ware of the Song dynasty. His published works include the extensive History of Chinese Pottery and Porcelain.
Life and career
Ye Zhemin was born in 1924 into a
After graduation from university, Ye worked at the Palace Museum (Forbidden City) for 16 years. He conducted research at many of China's ancient kiln sites with ceramics experts Chen Wanli 陈万里, Sun Yingzhou 孙瀛洲, and Feng Xianming .[2]
In 1978, Ye was transferred to Central Academy of Arts and Crafts (now Academy of Arts and Design, Tsinghua University) to teach history of Chinese ceramics and history of Chinese calligraphy. In the 1980s and 1990s, he also served as an adjunct professor at Peking University and the Central Academy of Fine Arts, and taught as a visiting professor at more than 10 universities abroad.[2] The lectures he gave in Europe were collectively published in the book Chinese Ceramics in 2000.[3]
Contributions
In 1977, while surveying the Qingliangsi archaeological site in
Ye published more than 100 research papers and over 10 monographs.
Death
In late November 2017, Ye was hospitalized in Beijing for an illness. When a scholar, who was a student of one of Ye's students, went to visit him at the hospital, he found that Ye was lying in bed in a hallway. He posted a picture on social media, which was widely circulated and raised an outcry in Chinese media against the maltreatment of a renowned scholar. The hospital later moved him into a room, but he died a little more than a month later on 2 January 2018, aged 93.[2][5]
References
- ISBN 978-0-521-83833-7.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Zhong He 钟禾 (2 January 2018). "指明汝窑窑址第一人叶喆民辞世,曾在医院走道接受治疗引关注". The Paper (in Chinese). Retrieved 3 September 2019.
- ^ "Chinese Ceramics". Museum of Chinese Art and Ethnography. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
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- ^ "汝窑窑址发现认定第一人叶喆民逝世 享年94岁". People's Daily. 3 January 2018. Retrieved 3 September 2019.