Career
He is known by his work in the fields of religious history, Yuan Dynasty history, textology and textual criticism. Chen was professor of Peking University, Beijing Normal University and Fu Jen Catholic University, and later served as the president of Beijing Normal University. Before 1949, he also served as the president of Metropolitan Library and the Palace Museum library.
Arkagun is the name given to Christian in Yuan Dynasty.
Chen also paid great attention to collation work on Code of Yuan Dynasty (《元典章》).
