Chen Yuan's life.

His achievements in collating and archaeology include Reply to Five Dynasties Old History Series (1937), Runbiao of Twenty Histories, Chinese and Western Historical Calendars, etc. He read a lot of narratives about taboo written by Song people and Qing people, and extensively collected and quoted 100 kinds of ancient books, and wrote a book "Examples of Historical Taboo", "intending to summarize the history of taboo and give examiners an extra way and a key".

After the July 7th Incident broke out, Beiping was occupied by the Japanese army. He was fearless in the face of danger and fought resolutely with the enemy. In the university forum, he talked about Gu's "The Day" and the whole "The Story of Bayiting", praising the national heroes against the Qing Dynasty, so as to encourage students to be patriotic. At the same time, he also used historical research as a weapon, constantly published historical works, attacked the enemy, puppet and traitor, and showed indomitable national integrity. During the eight-year Anti-Japanese War, he successively wrote religious history papers such as Textual Research on Emerging Taoism in Hebei in Southern Song Dynasty, Textual Research on Yunnan-Guizhou Buddhism in Ming Dynasty, Notes on Monks in Early Qing Dynasty, and Introduction to Buddhist Classics in China. They all contain the intention of satirizing the present and expressing their ambitions.

1948 was elected as an academician of academia sinica in March.

People's Republic of China (PRC) was 69 when he was founded. On the basis of mastering rich historical knowledge and in-depth research and writing, he quickly accepted new things. In the next ten years, he wrote more than twenty short articles. However, during the Cultural Revolution, he was placed under house arrest until June of 197 1.

195 1 year 1 1 month, after the third session of the first CPPCC session, Mao Zedong and Chen Yuan sat at the same table at the state banquet in Huairentang. Mao Zedong introduced to others: "This is Chen Yuan, who reads widely and is a national treasure of our country."