Yi-Lin Tsai
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Yi-Lin Tsai | |
|---|---|
蔡佾霖 | |
| Born | March 29, 1987 |
| Nationality | Taiwan |
| Occupation(s) | Historian, Teacher, Writer |
| Academic background | |
| Education | Master |
| Alma mater | National Taiwan Normal University |
| Thesis | The Juristic Space of Tang Chang-An City |
| Doctoral advisor | Den-Wu Chen |
| Influences | Den-Wu Chen |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | History |
| Main interests | History of the Maya civilization, History of Tang dynasty, Archaeology |
Yi-Lin Tsai (Chinese: 蔡佾霖, born March 29, 1987), nicknamed "Mayaman" (Chinese: 馬雅人) in PTT, is a Taiwanese historian, teacher, archaeologist, and writer who specializes in history of the Maya civilization and History of Tang dynasty. He was an active member of PTT and had participated in "ancient" (Chinese: 古文明板) and "Gossiping" (Chinese: 八卦板) forums. He was known for his knowledgeable posts about Maya civilization and historical research. Currently, Tsai is a history teacher at BTS (Chinese: 無界塾), an alternative education institution in Taiwan.
Biography
[edit]Yi-Lin Tsai was born in Zhonghe, Taipei County (now Zhonghe District, New Taipei City). His father is a plumber and his mother sells clothes in a department store. He has a younger brother, who is also a plumber, and a younger sister who works as a bank clerk.[1] His interest of Maya civilization started from his age of 12, when he found a book about Maya civilization in his class.[2][3] After high school days, Tsai enrolled in Department of History, National Taiwan Normal University. His history score was in the top 200 of all test takers of the Advanced Subjects Test, a test for university admission that is held in Taiwan. Tsai continued to study Maya and archaeology in his college days.[4][3]
Yi-Lin Tsai developed his interest in Tang dynasty from Den-Wu Chen in college and Tatsuhiko Seo in graduate school. Under the influence of Chen and Seo, Tsai studied the Tang dynasty in graduate school.[4] According to Tsai, Maya civilization is an unpopular field of study: His study group of Maya can only last one or two years. Tsai described his interest as "lonely".[4] Despite his active participation in "ancient" (Chinese: 古文明板) of PTT by sharing his knowledge of Maya and archaeology, Tsai was not noticed until 2012, when the 2012 phenomenon was a popular thing. Pochan Chen (Chinese: 陳伯楨), an archaeologist of National Taiwan University, invited him to attend the Maya civilization forum held by Central America Trade Office after reading his articles on PTT in 2012, and introduced him to Jaime Awe, an archaeologist in Belize. Under Chen and Awe's support, Tsai participated in local excavation at Cahal Pech, Belize, in 2013.[3][1][2]
Yi-Lin Tsai served his substitute service in Wufeng, Hsinchu.[5] Tsai engaged in historial study after his serivce. He was married in 2017 and had his daughter in 2020.[3]
Currently, Yi-Lin Tsai is a history teacher at BTS, a columnist in Storystudio.tw, and operates a Facebook fanpage called "Mayan Office in Taiwan" (Chinese: 馬雅國駐臺辦事處).[3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b 陳怡杰 (2018-05-19). "〈【上報人物】記得我是誰 「馬雅人」蔡佾霖前生後世〉". Up Media (in Chinese (Taiwan)). Retrieved 2018-05-19.
- ^ a b 黃信維 (2013-10-27). "從馬雅古文化中挑揀夢想的珍寶 Mayaman蔡佾霖". 師大青年 (in Chinese (Taiwan)). Archived from the original on 2018-06-19. Retrieved 2018-01-30.
- ^ a b c d e "歷史系校友蔡佾霖 縮短民眾對馬雅古文明的距離". 師大人. 國立臺灣師範大學校友中心. 2021-06-09. Retrieved 2025-05-29.
- ^ a b c 歐詠芝 (2014). "〈系友蔡佾霖訪談〉". 臺師大歷史系電子報 (in Chinese (Taiwan)). No. 23. Archived from the original on 2019-06-25. Retrieved 2018-01-30.
- ^ 徐養齡 (2017-03-16). "行動家聚落@新竹 邀PTT「馬雅人」談馬雅". 中國時報 (in Chinese (Taiwan)). Archived from the original on 2018-06-19. Retrieved 2018-03-05.
External links
[edit]- 故事：寫給所有人的歷史-馬雅國史館
- 馬雅國駐臺辦事處 Archived 2021-04-30 at the Wayback Machine
