Chen Yunqian, a famous academic scholar, a famous historian in China, a professor at the School of History and Xue Heng Research Institute of Nanjing University, and a doctoral supervisor. He died in Nanjing on July 22nd, 2020, at the age of 55.

Now, please allow three minutes of silence for the death of this scholar, and then continue to look at the life experience of this scholar.

Professor Chen Yunqian,1born in June 1965, was born in Nanjing, Jiangsu.

65438-0983 entered the history department of Nanjing University, and successively obtained bachelor's degree, master's degree and doctor's degree.

1990 Stay in school to teach after graduation.

Professor Chen Yunqian was a visiting scholar at Harvard University and Harvard Yanjing Society, and a short-term visiting scholar at the University of Pittsburgh, and went to universities and research institutions in Japan, Germany, Australia, Poland, Israel, Taiwan Province Province and Hongkong for academic exchanges.

At present, it has not been announced what disease Professor Chen Yunqian got, only that she died of illness. However, many people speculated that she had cancer and did not receive timely treatment, which led to the deterioration of cancer cells and eventually died.

Teachers and students of Nanjing University spoke highly of Professor Chen Yunqian. For example, Zhang Sheng, Dean of the School of History of Nantah, remembers that Chen Yunqian was a kind-hearted and dedicated teacher. Teacher Chen, whether taking undergraduate students or doctoral students, carefully and patiently selects topics for students, polishes the words in the paper by himself, and makes careful comments.

Wang Nan, a colleague of Professor Chen Yunqian and a teacher from Nanjing University, recalled that she was a very gentle person who always smiled. Although repeated illness has brought great pain to Professor Chen, she has been fighting against it with great tenacity and optimism.

Mr Wang Nan is also very sad and sorry for the death of Professor Chen Yunqian. When he cried to the public that he was seriously ill, he wanted to go to the hospital to visit Mr. Chen, but he could not enter the ward because of the epidemic control, which became an eternal regret!

Professor Chen Yunqian made great achievements in academic research of history before his death, mainly engaged in the study of China's modern history, and made great achievements in historical memory, urban space, gender research and so on. He was also one of the earliest scholars in China who advocated and practiced the history of new culture.

Professor Chen Yunqian's masterpiece is "Worship and Memory: the Construction and Dissemination of Sun Yat-sen's Symbols" (Nanjing University Press, 2009), with about 600,000 words, rigorous writing, novel perspective and ingenious conception. This paper probes into the construction and spread of Sun Yat-sen's symbol and the formation and development of Sun Yat-sen's worship from different aspects, so as to study the pluralistic and complex relationship between elite and people, country and society in the Republic of China. In the process of studying the symbol of Sun Yat-sen, it also reveals the flexibility, diversity and control of the power technology of the Kuomintang. And the modernization of state power in the process of China's transformation from a traditional agricultural society to a modern democratic country. This book has aroused great repercussions in academic circles, and it is also a masterpiece of studying the society of the Republic of China!

Professor Chen Yunqian loves life, is as gentle as jade, and treats people sincerely. He is not only an excellent scholar, but also a good teacher, wife and scholar. Her death is also a great loss for historians, leaving infinite regrets for her family, students, colleagues and friends. Finally, I wish Professor Chen Yunqian a pleasant journey!