杨夏鸣

Yang Xiaming is a Chinese author known for his work on the history of the Nanjing Massacre. Public information about him is limited, and details such as his dates of birth and death and his nationality are not recorded in the available sources. The library holds eight of his works, most of which focus on the compilation and study of historical materials related to the Nanjing Massacre, and they are commonly classified as history books and documentary literature. His representative works include Minnie Vautrin's Diary, volumes in the Nanjing Massacre Historical Materials Collection covering Tokyo Trial documentary evidence and Soviet, Italian, and German documents, International Prosecution Section documents, and American newspaper reports, as well as volumes of American diplomatic documents, along with Studies of the Nanjing International Safety Zone and Research on the Japanese Atrocities in Nanjing in American Diplomatic Documents. His writing draws on archival sources and emphasizes the translation, compilation, and textual criticism of primary materials; his style is rigorous and plain, and his work provides a reference base for related historical research.