易中天

Yì Zhōngtiān

proper noun

Meanings

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

Characters

surname Yi; easy, change

Examples

HSK 7-9

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.

HSK 7-9

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