Yichun Li in a gallery of European old-master portraits
Doctoral Candidate · Chinese History中国史博士研究生

Yichun Li李一纯

李 一 纯Yichun Li

Tracing how eighteenth-century Europe imagined China — through export art, the visual language of Chinoiserie, and the objects that crossed between worlds. 追索十八世纪的欧洲如何想象中国——透过外销艺术、“中国风”的视觉语言,以及往来于东西方之间的器物。

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Biography  ·  She / Her / Hers个人简介

I am Yichun (Jennifer) Li, a doctoral candidate in Chinese History at the University of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, supervised by Prof. Yu Hui (Director of Research and Publication, the Palace Museum) and Prof. Li Guoqiang (Vice President of the Institute of Chinese History, CASS). My research centres on the European taste for China in the eighteenth century — Chinese export art, the visual language of Chinoiserie, and the material culture that travelled between China and Europe in the early-modern world.

我是李一纯,中国社会科学院大学中国史专业博士研究生,导师为故宫博物院科研处处长余辉研究员、中国社会科学院中国历史研究院副院长李国强研究员。我的研究聚焦十八世纪欧洲对中国的想象——中国外销艺术、“中国风”(Chinoiserie)的视觉语言,以及近代早期往来于中欧之间的物质文化。

I read for an M.A. in Chinese History at Nankai University, graduating first in my cohort, and an M.A. in History at the University of Bristol, after a B.A. in History at Capital Normal University, also ranked first. This training across Chinese and British historiography underpins my work on how Chinese objects were made in Canton, carried along maritime trade routes, and reimagined in European decorative arts.

我先后于南开大学获中国史硕士学位(年级第一)、英国布里斯托大学获历史学硕士学位,本科就读于首都师范大学历史学专业(亦为年级第一)。中英两种史学训练,奠定了我对“广州制造、循海路流通、再被欧洲装饰艺术重新诠释”的器物史研究。

I currently work on two major national projects on Sino-European artistic exchange, tracing East India Company trade networks and the iconography of Chinoiserie. My recent articles study a Canton export painting once in the Gentiloni family collection, and Qianlong-period export wallpaper in Enlightenment Britain.

我目前参与两项关于中欧艺术交流的国家级重大项目,梳理东印度公司贸易网络与“中国风”图像谱系。近作分别考论真蒂洛尼家族旧藏的一幅广州外销画,以及启蒙时期英国的清乾隆外销壁纸。

Selected Honours荣誉奖项
  • First-Prize Scholarship — Top 10%, UCASS · 2025学业奖学金一等奖 — 前10%,中国社会科学院大学 · 2025
  • National Scholarship — Top 1%, Nankai University · 2022国家奖学金 — 前1%,南开大学 · 2022
  • “Global Nankai” Scholarship — Top 1% · 2021“全球南开”奖学金 — 前1% · 2021
  • National Scholarship — Top 1%, Capital Normal University · 2019国家奖学金 — 前1%,首都师范大学 · 2019
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Fields of Inquiry研究领域

Where my questions begin问题的起点

I.

Eighteenth-Century Chinoiserie十八世纪“中国风”

The European taste for China and the visual language of Chinoiserie in eighteenth-century art and the decorative arts.十八世纪欧洲对中国的趣味,以及“中国风”在艺术与装饰艺术中的视觉语言。

II.

Chinese Export Art中国外销艺术

The production, circulation, and reception of Canton export painting, wallpaper, and objects across the maritime world.广州外销绘画、壁纸与器物的生产、流通与接受,及其在海上世界的流转。

III.

Sino-European Material Culture中欧物质文化交往

How objects, images, and techniques moved between China and Europe in the Ming–Qing and early-modern eras.明清及近代早期,器物、图像与技艺如何在中国与欧洲之间往返流动。

Education教育背景

A scholarly path求学历程

2024 — Present
University of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences中国社会科学院大学
Ph.D. Candidate in Chinese History · Beijing中国史专业 · 博士研究生 · 北京
Doctoral博士在读
2020 — 2023
Nankai University南开大学
M.A. in Chinese History · Tianjin中国史专业 · 硕士 · 天津
Rank 1 / 33排名 1/33
2021 — 2022
University of Bristol布里斯托大学
M.A. in History · United Kingdom历史学专业 · 硕士 · 英国
Distinction Track英国
2016 — 2020
Capital Normal University首都师范大学
B.A. in History · Beijing历史学专业 · 学士 · 北京
Rank 1 / 49排名 1/49
Chinese export porcelain in a museum gallery
Current Research当前研究

From Canton’s workshops to Europe’s salons从广州工坊到欧洲沙龙

Following East India Company trade networks, I study how export paintings, wallpapers, and porcelain were made in Canton, carried across the seas, and reimagined as Chinoiserie in eighteenth-century Europe.循着东印度公司的贸易网络,我考察外销绘画、壁纸与瓷器如何在广州制造、循海路远渡,并在十八世纪欧洲被重塑为“中国风”。

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Gilded calligraphic artwork
Writing著述

Articles & publications论文与著述

Recent essays on a Canton export painting once in the Gentiloni collection, and on Qianlong-period export wallpaper and Chinoiserie in Enlightenment Britain.近作分别考论真蒂洛尼家族旧藏的广州外销画,以及启蒙时期英国的清乾隆外销壁纸与“中国风”。

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