Historian Famous Names Starting with Letter X

Was a Chinese historian and scholar who served under the Song Dynasty, as well as four of the Five D

Was a Chinese historian and scholar who served under the Song Dynasty, as well as four of the Five Dynasties that preceded the Song. Xue is best known for compiling the Five Dynasties History which was put together in the 960s and 970s.

Is a renowned Chinese historian, a director of Ancient History at the Institute of History in Xinjia

Is a renowned Chinese historian, a director of Ancient History at the Institute of History in Xinjiang Academy of Social Sciences, and a professor of History at the Xinjiang Normal University. Born in Jinan, Shandong, he was graduated in history from the Peking University in 1958, specialized in the fronter policy of ancient China and the history of Central Asia. He published several books in the Chinese language.