During the Republic of China,the most famous historians were Liu Yizheng,who taught in the south,and Chen Yuan and Chen Yinke,who taught in the north.This is the phenomenon of"Southern Liu and Northern Chen".The phenomenon of"Southern Liu and Northern Chen"originated from Cai Shangsi's article Scholars and Libraries published in 1935,initially referring to Liu Yizheng and Chen Yuan in the late 1920s and early 1930s.Later,following the selection of"Department-appointed Professor"and the first"Academicians of the Academia Sinica"in the 1940s,Chen Yinke's reputation in the"two Chens"gradually caught up with and surpassed Chen Yuan,which changed the meaning of"Southern Liu and Northern Chen".After the founding of new China,especially from the 1970s to 1990s,after the comments of Qian Mu,Cai Shangsi,Su Yuanlei,Liu Zengfu,Bian Xiaoxuan,etc.,the phenomenon of"Southern Liu and Northern Chen"gradually evolved from"referring to Liu Yizheng and Chen Yuan"to"referring to Liu Yizheng and Chen Yinke",reflecting the changes in academic ecology and academic evaluation in the new era.
"Southern Liu and Northern Chen"phenomenonLiu YizhengChen YuanChen Yinke