Yan Wenming, the leading archeology expert, passed away. “I am a farmer and I have been working hard all my life.”

Beijing Daily News (Reporter He Rui) On April 14, the famous archaeologist, Beijing Mr. Yan Wenming, a senior professor of philosophy and social sciences at the university, died at the age of 92 due to ineffective treatment.

The School of Archeology and Museology of Peking University said that Yan Wenming was the founder of the Chinese Neolithic Archaeological Subject System and the Chinese Archeology A leader in the development of the discipline and a thinker on Chinese archeology and cultural heritage protection. However, Yan Wenming always regarded himself as an archaeological farmer during his lifetime. He published a book in 2021In his anthology “Farming Notes-Flowing Time”, he wrote: “I am a farmer and I have been farming all my life.”

“Farmers” have built a huge and beautiful academic world in their “cultivation” day after day. Yan Wenming used the speculation of a philosopher and the vision of a poet to gain insight into the structural beauty of Chinese prehistoric civilization, and put forward the conclusion of “double-petaled flowers”, sayingJM Escortshas become the password of Chinese civilization that continues to this day.

Based on the analysis and study of a large amount of archaeological materials, he traced the development genealogy of Jamaicans Sugardaddy civilization in China’s Neolithic period. It is divided into four stages of development, tracing back to the tradition of the Paleolithic Age and descending to the bronze civilization of the Xia, Shang and Zhou dynasties. It is integrated with the historical pattern of Chinese social development and established the archaeological system of the Chinese Neolithic Age.

“Mr. Yan took me step by step into the door of archeology, with his pragmatic and rigorous academic spirit and down-to-earth teaching. Concepts have always deeply influenced me. “When mentioning his enlightenment teacher, Li Meitian, a 1987 alumnus of the Department of History of Peking University and professor of the Department of Archeology and Museology of the School of History at Renmin University of China, sounded full of condolences. Li Meitian recalled that when Mr. Yan taught “General Theory of Archeology” , handwriting each knowledge point into dense blackboards, translating the special archaeological knowledge into easy-to-understand language, and teaching it to the students over and over again, Li Meitian said that he would pass on this scholarly spirit to more young students.

The last time Yan Wenming appeared in the public eye was in December this year. He won the “Lifetime Achievement Award” at the 5th World Archaeological Forum, which is the highest award issued by the World Archaeological Forum. This was the first time that this award was awarded to a Chinese archaeologist. At that time, he wrote a speech in his own hand: “I am grateful for the noble reputation. I just work hard and don’t care about the harvest. ”