易中天 (Yì Zhōngtiān) · Yi Zhongtian

Meanings

1 Yi Zhongtian
2 Chinese historian and popular TV lecturer

About Yi Zhongtian

born 1947 · 学者 scholar

Xiamen University scholar who became a household name lecturing on CCTV's 百家讲坛. His talks and book 品三国 (2006) retell the Three Kingdoms in lively everyday language.

Characters

易

yì

surname Yi; easy, change

Examples

HSK 6

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

易中天在央视《百家讲坛》节目上讲得非常生动。

Yì Zhōngtiān zài Yāngshì 《 Bǎijiā jiǎngtán 》 jiémù shàng jiǎng de fēicháng shēngdòng.

Yi Zhongtian's lectures on CCTV's Lecture Room were very vivid.

Tips

culture

His sudden fame earned him the press label 学术超男, 'academic super boy', a play on the hit talent show 超级女声 (Super Girl), whose stars were known as 超女.

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.