| YAN K'ENG-WANG(1916-1996) is a famous modern historian on Ancient Chinese History Study in China. He mainly engaged in the research of History of the Political Systems and Historical Humanities Geography. He produced a great deal of works and had a good reputation in academic world. In this paper, we took the life of YAN's academic activities and his representative works as the analyzing main line, linking to the whole trend of the development of Modern Chinese Historiography, to make a comprehensive inquiry into his academic achievement and his learning methods etc. On the basis of seeking truth from facts, we strove to understand YAN's original academic style, to reveal his thoughts and characteristics, in order to provide useful lessons and enlightenment for the contemporary academic research.This paper consists of the preface, four chapters of the text and the conclusion. The preface introduces the significance of this topic, the related researches and its analysis path. Chapter I clarifies YAN's life and the academic road to understand his academic origin. Chapter II focuses on YAN's research results in the field of the political system in ancient Chinese history and Chinese historical geography, to dissertate his academic achievement, including the gains and losses. Chapter III summarizes of his research methods and characteristics, to further analyze YAN's historical thinking and orientation. With a view to understanding YAN's historical achievements and his status and influence in the developing process of the historiography of Hong Kong and Taiwan broadly, ChapterIV attempts to study the relationship between them. The conclusion summarizes and appraises YAN's achievements and characteristics.
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