Dai Yi () (born September 1926) is a Chinese historian who primarily focuses on the Qing dynasty's history. He is a professor at Renmin University of China. He is also the honorary director of the university's Qing dynasty's history institute as well as a doctoral student supervisor. Additionally, he is a member of the Communist Party of China. Biography Dai Yi was originally called Dai Bingheng (). He was born in September 1926 in Changshu, Jiangsu. He once enrolled at the railway management college of Shanghai Jiao Tong University, but two years later, he was admitted into the history college of Peking University. During the War of Liberation, he took part in Gerakan Youth and Improvement Association. In 1948, he was wanted by the National Party of China. Additionally, with the help of the Communist Party of China, he escaped to Hua Bei University (the predecessor of Renmin University of China) where was charged by Communist Party of China. After graduation, he stayed in his university for his teaching career. As of April 2020, Dai Yi is directing the effort to complete the History of Qing, a comprehensive compilation of the history of the Qing Dynasty. Main works 中国近代史稿 (Modern History of China) (1958) 一六八九年中俄尼布楚条约 (Treaty of Nerchinsk in 1689) (1974) 简明清史I(A Concise History of Qing Dynasty I) (1980) 简明清史II(A Concise History of Qing Dynasty II) (1984) References Historians of China 1926 births Writers from Suzhou Living people Republic of China historians People's Republic of China historians Academic staff of Renmin University of China Educators from Suzhou Historians from Jiangsu National University of Peking alumni