Title:

Professor, Ph. D Supervisor, Dean, Chief Editor

E-mail:lishixi81@163.com.

Educational background:

Professor Miao Shumei received her doctor's degree from the Center for Song Dynasty Studies of Hebei University in 1991. She conducted her M.A. study at the Center for Song Dynasty Studies of Henan University and she received her bachelor's degree at the School of History and Culture of the same university.

Work experience:

She has worked in the School of History and Culture, Henan University since June 1988.

She became a associate professor in 1993 and was promoted as a professor in 1996. She has been a Ph. D supervisor since December, 2003.

Prof. Miao Shumei has served as the dean of the School of History and Culture, Henan University since 2008.

From December 2017, she has served concurrently as the chief editor of Journal of Historical Science.

Research interests:

Professor Miao Shumei's research interests focus on history of the Song dynasty, history of ancient Chinese political system and studies of historical literature.

Selected Courses Taught:

Ancient Chinese History from the Tang Dynasty to the Qing Dynasty(compulsory course for undergraduate students)

History of Ancient Chinese Political System (optional course for undergraduate students )

History of the Song Dynasty(optional course for graduate students)

Selected Publications:

Selected Books:

Miao Shumei, Official Selection and Management in the Song Dynasty, Kaifeng: Henan University Press, June 1996.

Author of the First Chapter of Song School and Oriental Civilization, edited by Li Baolin, published by Henan University Press in 1996.

Miao Shumei, The Whole History of the Southern Song Dynasty (Volume Ⅲ), Shanghai: Shanghai Chinese Classics Publishing House, 2016.

Selected Papers:

Miao Shumei, Chao Jian and Chao Ci: Modes of Direct Communication Between Provincial Governors and Emperors in the Song Dynasty, Journal of Capital Normal University (Social Sciences), No. 5, 2007

Miao Shumei, Study on the System of Provincial Yamen Runners in the Song Dynasty, Journal of Henan University (Social Sciences), Vol. 44, No. 6, November 2004.

Miao Shumei, A Preliminary Study of the System of County Yamen Runners in the Song Dynasty, Journal of Literature, History and Philosophy, No. 1, 2003.

Miao Shumei, A Study of Aucillary Bureaucracy at the Provincial Level in the Song Dynasty, Journal of Chinese Historical Studies, No. 3, 2002.

Miao Shumei, The Provincial Governors and Their Functions in the Song Dynasty, Journal of Historical Science, No. 6, 1998.

Miao Shumei, The Jian Dang Officials in the Song Dynasty, collected in Selected Papers on the Study of the History of the Song Dynasty, which was published by Yunnan Nationalities Publishing House in 1997.

Miao Shumei, Study on the System of Selecting and Appointing Military Officers in the Song Dynasty, Journal of Historical Science, No. 5, 1996.

Miao Shumei, Principles for Recommending and Electing Officials in the Official Selection System of the Song Dynasty, Journal of Henan Normal University(Social Sciences), No. 5, 1996.

Miao Shumei, The Quan She Officials in the Official Selection System of the Song Dynasty, collected in Selected Papers on the Study of the History of the Song Dynasty, which was published by Hebei University Press in 1996.

Miao Shumei, A Preliminary Study of the Tenure System of Local Officials in the Song Dynasty, Academic Journal of Zhongzhou, No. 5, 1991.

Miao Shumei, The Local Magistrates in the Song Dynasty and Their Main Functions, Heibei Academic Journal, No. 2, 1990.

Miao Shumei, A Preliminary Study of the Itinerant Inspectors in the Song Dynasty, Journal of Chinese Historical Studies, No. 3, 1989.