Victor H. Mair

Victor H. Mair
Born (1943-03-25) March 25, 1943 (age 81)
Alma materDartmouth College (BA)
SOAS University of London (BA, MPhil)
Harvard University (PhD)
Known forDunhuang manuscripts, Tarim mummies
Spouse
Chang Li-ch'ing (Zhang Liqing)
(m. 1969; died 2010)
Scientific career
FieldsChinese literature, history, Buddhist texts
InstitutionsUniversity of Pennsylvania
Doctoral advisorPatrick Hanan
Other academic advisorsJames Robert Hightower
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese梅維恆
Simplified Chinese梅维恒
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinMéi Wéihéng
Gwoyeu RomatzyhMei Wei-herng
Wade–GilesMei2 Wei2-heng2
IPA[měɪ.wěɪ.xə̌ŋ]

Victor Henry Mair (/mɛər/;[1] born March 25, 1943) is an American sinologist currently serving as a professor of Chinese at the University of Pennsylvania. Among other accomplishments, Mair has edited the standard Columbia History of Chinese Literature and the Columbia Anthology of Traditional Chinese Literature. Mair is the series editor of the Cambria Sinophone World Series (Cambria Press), and his book coauthored with Miriam Robbins Dexter (published by Cambria Press), Sacred Display: Divine and Magical Female Figures of Eurasia, won the Sarasvati Award for the Best Nonfiction Book in Women and Mythology.