John W. Chaffee

John W. Chaffee
Born	1948 (age 75–76) Anhui, Republic of China
Academic background
Alma mater	University of Chicago (Ph.D.)
Doctoral advisor	Edward A. Kracke Jr.
Academic work
Discipline	Chinese history
Institutions	Binghamton University
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	賈志揚
Simplified Chinese	贾志扬
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Jiǎ Zhìyáng

John William Chaffee (born 1948) is an American historian specializing in the history of China especially the Song dynasty. He is currently Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus of History and Asian and Asian American Studies at Binghamton University.

Books

• The Thorny Gates of Learning in Sung China: A Social History of Examinations. Cambridge University Press. 1995.

Chinese translation: 宋代科舉. San Min Book Company. 1995. ISBN 9789571917467.

Korean translation: 송대 중국인의 과거생활. Translated by Yang Chong-guk. Sinseowon. 2001. ISBN 9788979405347.

• The Branches of Heaven: A History of the Sung Imperial Clan. Harvard University Press. 1999.

Chinese translation: 天潢貴胄：宋代宗室史. Translated by Zhao Dongmei. Jiangsu People's Publishing House. 2006. ISBN 9787214040978..

• The Muslim Merchants of Premodern China: The Social History of a Trade Diaspora, 700-1400. Cambridge University Press. 2018.

He also edited one volume of The Cambridge History of China (with Denis Twitchett).

External links

• "John William Chaffee". Binghamton University.