Yuan Xingpei is a Chinese scholar, educator, author, and political leader, known for his public service and publications on Chinese literature, particularly for his studies of Six Dynasties period poet Tao Yuanming. Yuan has been a professor of Chinese literature at Peking University since 1957.
- Occupation
- educator, politician, sinologist, writer
- Position held
- member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, National People's Congress deputy, Member of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, standing member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference
- Citizenship
- People's Republic of China
- Born
