Author  (February 27, 1884 AD～October 9, 1957 AD)

Township：	江苏武进
 Miscellaneous History： 《吕著三国史话》 comprehensive history： 《中国通史》 《中国简史》 《中国大历史》 division of history into periods： 《吕著中国近代史》 Read works of Lv Simian at 历史大观

　　Lü Simian (Chinese: 呂思勉; pinyin: Lǚ Sīmiǎn) (February 27, 1884 – October 9, 1957) was a prominent Chinese historian as well as a former professor and history department head at Guanghua University, a predecessor of the East China Normal University in Shanghai. He also worked as a professor at Fudan University. Lü took the courtesy name Chéngzhī (诚之) and wrote under the pseudonym Núniú (驽牛). His students included famous historians Ch'ien Mu and Yang Kuan. Historian Yan Gengwang (严耕望) considered Lü one of the four greatest modern Chinese historians, along with Ch'ien Mu, his student, Chen Yuan, and Chen Yinke.
　　
　　In 1926 Lü was invited to teach at Guanghua University by his friend and the school's headmaster Qian Jibo. Lü remained at the school, which later became part of East China Normal University, until his death.
　　
　　Lü was born in Wujin (now Wujin district of Changzhou city) 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 home in Changzhou is a protected property open to the public, offering numerous artifacts from his life displayed in the restored building.
　　
　　 Notable PublicationsSong Dynasty Literature (1931)
　　
　　An Introduction to Early Qin Science (1933)
　　
　　A History of Chinese Ethnic Minorities (1934)
　　
　　A History of Pre-Qin Era (1941)
　　
　　A History of the Three Kingdoms (1943)
　　
　　A History of Qin and Han Dynasties (1947)
　　
　　A History of Northern and Southern Jin (1948)
　　
　　A History of Sui, Tang and Five Dynasties (1959)
　　
　　A History of the Chinese Political System (1985)