Mao Peiqi

Mao Peiqi is a Chinese historian, expert in the history of the Ming Dynasty, a professor at the School of History, Renmin University of China.

Yan became popular in China for his lectures on Ming's history in the CCTV-10 program ''Lecture Room'' in 2005. Based upon his CCTV lecture, Mao published a book, ''The Seventeen Emperors of the Ming Dynasty'' in 2006.