James Geiss, Date of Birth, Date of Death
TweetJames Geiss
American historian
Date of Birth: 14-Mar-1950
Date of Death: 19-Dec-2000
Profession: historian
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Pisces 
About James Geiss
- James Peter Geiss (14 March 1950 – 19 December 2000) was an American scholar who published several books and articles on Chinese history, specifically on the Ming dynasty (1368-1644 CE). A graduate of Williams College and Princeton University, he completed his doctoral dissertation, Peking under the Ming (1368-1644) in 1979. He published two chapters in volume 7 of The Cambridge History of China, focusing on the history of the Ming dynasty.
- His contributions "The Cheng-Te Reign" and "The Chia-Ching Reign" (1988) were complemented by the more specialized studies "On the significance of the reign title Chia-ching" (1990) and "The Leopard Quarter during the Cheng-te reign" (1987), both in Ming Studies.
- He published the latter in the Chinese language as "Ming Wuzong yu Baofang" (??????, 1988) in the Palace Museum Journal (???????), an article taken very seriously by Chinese scholars.
- He collaborated with Chu Hung-lam to translate original Chinese texts for Louise Levathes's popular book, When China Ruled the Seas (1994) . With Naiying Yuan and Haitao Tang, he co-authored several textbooks on classical Chinese, notably The Grammar of Classical Chinese: A Basic Introduction, Classical Chinese: A Basic Reader (1994), Readings in Classical Chinese Poetry and Prose (1994), Selections from Classical Chinese Historical Texts (1993), and Selections from Classical Chinese Philosophical Texts (1993).
- After his death in 2004 the Princeton University Press published new versions of all volumes as Classical Chinese: A Basic Reader, revised and updated by Geiss's coauthors Yuan and Tang. The James P.
- Geiss Foundation, a not-for-profit organization dedicated to support research in Ming studies, was established in his honor in 2001.
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