易中天

YìZhōngtiān

popculture

Meanings

1 Yi Zhongtian (1947-)
2 Chinese historian and popular TV lecturer

Characters

surname Yi; easy, change

Examples

易中天以讲解三国历史出名。

Yì Zhōngtiān yǐ jiǎngjiě Sānguó lìshǐ chūmíng.

Yi Zhongtian is famous for his lectures on Three Kingdoms history.

他在央视《百家讲坛》节目上讲得非常生动。

Tā zài Yāngshì 《Bǎijiā Jiǎngtán》 jiémù shàng jiǎng de fēicháng shēngdòng.

His lectures on CCTV's Lecture Room were very vivid.

Tips

culture

Retired Xiamen University professor who became a national celebrity through 《百家讲坛》 (Lecture Room) from 2005. His 《品三国》 (Reading the Three Kingdoms) re-examined Cao Cao, Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang in colloquial, humorous Mandarin — selling millions of copies.

culture

Later launched the ambitious 《易中天中华史》 (Yi Zhongtian's History of China), a multi-volume popular-history project aimed at rewriting Chinese history for general readers.

Stroke Order

易 yì

中 zhōng

天 tiān