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Michel Soymié

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Michel Soymié (29 July 1924 – 14 July 2002; Chinese name: 蘇遠鳴; pinyin: Sū Yuǎnmíng; Wade–Giles: Su Yüen-ming) 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.