James T. C. Liu

Liu Tzu Chien (December 19, 1919 – September 30, 1993), better known as James T. C. Liu, was a Chinese historian and a leading scholar on Song dynasty history. He was a professor at Princeton University for more than two decades.

James T. C. Liu
Born	December 19, 1919 Shanghai, Kiangsu, China
Died	September 30, 1993 (aged 73) Lawrenceville, New Jersey, United States
Alma mater	Tsinghua University Yenching University University of Pittsburgh (Ph.D. 1950)
Scientific career
Fields	Chinese history
Institutions	University of Pittsburgh Stanford University Princeton University
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	劉子健
Simplified Chinese	刘子健
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Liú Zǐjiàn Wade–Giles Liu^2 Tzu^3-chien^4

As a young student at Yenching University, he was twice arrested (and tortured in the second arrest) by the Japanese military occupation government. After the Second Sino-Japanese War he served as historical consultant at the International Military Tribunal for the Far East. Thereafter he went to study in the United States, obtaining his Ph.D. at the University of Pittsburgh.

Liu died at his home in the Lawrenceville section of Lawrence Township, Mercer County, New Jersey.

References

• Plaks, Andrew H.; Peterson, Willard J.; Tang, Hai-tao; Yu, Ying-shih (1994). "James T. C. Liu (1919–1993)". The Journal of Asian Studies. 53 (3): 1044–5. doi:10.1017/S0021911800032162.
• Golas, Peter J. (1995). "Obituary: James T. C. Liu, 1919–1993". Journal of Song-Yuan Studies (25).