Institute for the History of Natural Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Date of Birth: September 1982

Native place: Huai'an, Jiangsu Province,China

Research interests

Historical Geography, Tibetan Studies, Religious Sociology

Educational Background

• 1999-2003: Bachelor of Engineering, Department of Leather Engineering, Sichuan University
• 2004-2008: Master of History, Institute of Historical Geography, Fudan University
• 2010-2014: Doctor of History, Institute of Historical Geography, Fudan University

Work Experience

• 2005-2006: Ethnic and Religious Affairs Committee of the Xizang Autonomous Region,Lhasa
• 2008-2010: Tibet Geographic Magazine,Beijing/Lhasa
• 2014 till now: Institute for the History of Natural Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences,Beijing

List of Publications

Works

1. Translation and Research on the European Part of 'Dzam gling rgyas bshad', Fudan University Press, 2017
2. ‘Tiangong Kaiwu’, Hunan Science and Technology Press, 2018
3. ‘Han Yutong ’(Volumes 1 and 2), Hunan Science and Technology Press, 2022.

Papers

1. Research on Text Relationships Between'Dzam gling rgyas bshad and Zhifang Waiji,Historical Geography,vol.29(2014)，pp. 297-316.
2. The History of Exchange between Tibetan and Russian according to 'Dzam gling rgyas bshad, China's Borderland History and Geography Studies, no. 3(2014),pp.159-169.
3. A Study on the Chronology of the Compilation of 'Dzam gling rgyas bshad, Journal of Asian Studies, vol.7(2014).
4. Religious Community from aRegional Perspective: A Case Study of Samlo Regional Housein Drepung Monastery，Borderland Studies of China,vol.5(2016),pp.41-63.
5. What is Rgya-nag：Geographical Understanding of China in 'Dzam gling rgyas bshad,China Tibetology，no.3(2018),108-117.
6. Ｒesearch of Me-pa-rā-dza in 'Dzam gling rgyas bshad:with the Comment on the Origin of Cakravartinof Christopher Columbus,Studies of Maritime History,vol.12,(2018),pp.250-267.
7. Preface of Tiangong Kaiwu in the Ming Dynasty，National Library Press，2019.
8. Khal-kha Mi-tshan:The Mongolian Sengha in Drepung Monastery,Proceedings of The International Conference on the Tea Roads and Nomad Civilization,2019.
9. The Tibetan Translation of the Communist Manifesto: A Historical Examination Based on Text，Minority Translators Journal,no.1( 2021).
10. Exiled Monks: Collection and Interpretation of Stories of the ‘Tsamba Impression’Type Spread in Drepung and Sera monastery，Religionary Faith and Ethnic Culture,vol.17(2023),pp.154-171.
11. The Gleaning on the Border of Tibet:A Preliminary Study of Geography Textbook at Mission School in 'Ba'-thang ，Journal of Tibetology. vol.28(2024).
12. History Current Overlap oh Sangha and Society:Restoration of the Klu-’bum Khams-tshan in Drepung Monastery (1998-2005),Public History in China, vol.6 (2025),pp.188-224.

Contact Information

E-mail: weiyi@ihns.ac.cn, Phone: 0086-010-57552579