Honorary academician of our hospital, the death of well-known scholar Mr. Chen Yupi

Institute of Chinese Academy of Social Literature retired cadres, former honorary academician, Institute of Literature, Fellow Comrade Chen Yu roots, illness treatment failed in at 5:00 on September 15 2010 died at home, at the age of 80 years.

Chen Yu roots, born in 1930, 2, Hankou, Hubei, a secondary school teacher family. Seventeen years old admitted to Peking University, under the tutelage of Luo Changpei, Wei Jiangong, Guo Yan, Zheng Zhenduo, Jingwen and other famous scholars. In 1951, after graduating from Peking University, went to Lanzhou University teaching; in 1954 and obtained a graduate student in the Soviet Union, after a year of Russian training, went to Moscow University literature studies, tutors are well-known literary theorist, Russian literary historian, Professor Belov Persia; 1959 He graduated from Moscow University, Department of Russian Literature after obtaining postgraduate degree, on the literary work of the Institute of Ancient Literature Research; retired in 1991.

1963 began to publish works. "Cao was Distinguishing Lost" won the Academy of Social Sciences 1976 Outstanding Paper Award for 10 years. Served as the first honorary academician Academy of Social Sciences, Academy of Social Sciences Degree Committee, researcher at the Institute of literature, literary director of Academic Degrees Committee of the Institute, the Chinese Writers Association, vice president of China Society of Dream of Red Mansions, the consultant, the State Council Academic Degrees Committee of Discipline Review group members, the State Council issued the government special allowance. Graduate School of Chinese Academy of Social native served as master trainers and Bo native instructors.

The main direction of Comrade Chen Yu roots in the history of ancient Chinese novel "Dream of Red Mansions" research, Yuan Ming and Qing literature. The early sixties of last century had participated in the three volumes of literature, "History of Chinese Literature" writing. The main works include "ji Ci", "Anthology Note", "Tang and Song Select", "Cao Xueqin was Distinguishing Lost" (co-author), "Dream Skepticism" (co-author), "Shen Three white and his <Fu Sheng Liu Ji> ", etc., had participated in" Encyclopedia of Chinese Literature "and" The Biography of the famous writer in Chinese History "in preparation. From the eighties, Chen Yu roots several visits, academic exchanges, in 1982, to the United States Department of East Asian Languages University of Wisconsin, lectures a year, has at Harvard, Yale, Princeton, New Jersey State University, Indiana University, made a scholarly lecture, from 1987 to 1989, Hiroshima University, Japan Visiting Professor of Literature, for graduate students, "Dream of Red Mansions", "Journey to the West" and "Fu" and other classical Chinese literary classics, popular Japanese students. In addition, many times to Hong Kong and Taiwan participated in academic exchanges.

Chen Yu roots comrades profound erudition, rigorous style of study, the older generation of scholars, such as by Yu, Qian, Hsu Fu-kuan, Chow learned both vertical and so very much appreciate their character, praised.