Yan Chongnian is a Chinese historian. He was born in Penglai City, Shandong, China in 1934. He established Beijing Manchu Institute, the first academic institute focused on the Manchu history.
Yan's academic work focuses on Manchu history. His publications include Biography of Yuan Chonghuan (), True Stories of the 12 Qing Emperors (æ£説渠æÂÂÃ¥ÂÂäºÂå¸Â, ), Fall of Ming and Rise of Qing in 60 Years (æÂÂ亡渠èÂÂå ÂÃ¥ÂÂå¹´, ) and
At a book signing in 2008, Yan was slapped twice in the face by a Han nationalist who objected to his views about the Qing dynasty during a book signing, which stirred much controversy on the Chinese internet at the time. The person who slapped him was reportedly inspired by the online literary work Usurping Ming.