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9 october 1957 shanghai ch ` ien mu , yang kuan wujin , jiangsu , china chinese han ancient chinese history east china normal university 27 february 1884 shanghai lü simian.jpg lü simian
 lü simian
lü simian

lü simian -lrb- ; february 27 , 1884 -- october 9 , 1957 -rrb- was a prominent chinese historian as well as a former professor and history department head at kwang hua university , a predecessor of the east china normal university in shanghai .
lü took the courtesy name chéngzhī -lrb- 诚之 -rrb- and wrote under the pseudonym núniú -lrb- 驽牛 -rrb- .
his students included famous historians ch ` ien mu and yang kuan .
historian yan gengwang -lrb- 严耕望 -rrb- considered lü one of the four greatest modern chinese historians , along with his student ch ` ien mu , chen yuan , and chen yinke .
in 1926 lü was invited to teach at kwang hua university by his friend and the school 's headmaster qián jībó -lrb- 钱基博 -rrb- .
lü remained at the school , which later became part of east china normal university , until his death .
lü was born in wujin -lrb- now wujin district of changzhou city -rrb- in china 's jiangsu province .
at the age of 15 he entered the county school .
in the second year he began teaching himself history .
he later became a member of the doubting antiquity school which was a group of scholars and writers who showed doubts regarding the authenticity of pre-qin texts .
his former residence in changzhou is a protected property open to the public , offering numerous artifacts from his life displayed in the restored building .
