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Chinese poetry master Ye Jiaying dies at 100
  ·  2024-11-25  ·   Source: Xinhua News Agency

Chinese classical poetry doyenne Ye Jiaying died on November 24 at the age of 100, according to Nankai University where she held a teaching post.

The university said Ye died of illness at around 3:23 p.m. in the northern Chinese city of Tianjin.

Ye dedicated seven decades to the research, teaching and promotion of classical Chinese poetry in China and beyond. She was the teacher of many renowned Chinese literary masters.

Born to a literary family in Beijing in 1924, Ye held teaching posts in American and Canadian universities. Starting in 1979, she returned to the Chinese mainland every year to give lectures on Chinese literature and poetry, and lived in Nankai University during her final decades.

 

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