Michel Soymié

Michel Soymié (29 July 1924 – 14 July 2002; Chinese name: ; ) was a French scholar and author working in the field of Chinese popular religion and literature. As a professor at the École Pratique des Hautes Études (EPHE) in Paris he directed a research group working on the Dunhuang manuscripts collected in China by the Paul Pelliot expedition of 1906-1908 which eventually evolved into the Centre de recherche Civilisation chinoise (Centre for Research on Chinese Civilisation). He was responsible for publishing the collaborative catalogue of the Pelliot Dunhuang manuscripts. Provided by Wikipedia