Huang Renyu

Huang Renyu (English: Ray Huang, June 25, 1918 - January 8, 2000), a native of Changsha, Hunan, is a historian. He served as the commander of the National Revolutionary Army of the Republic of China during World War II and the Civil War between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party of China. He later went to the United States to study and received a doctorate in history from the University of Michigan. He is known as an expert on Chinese history (Ming Dynasty) and an advocate of the "big historical view". Throughout his life, he has written best-selling works such as "The Fifteenth Year of Wanli" and "The Great History of China".