About David Faure David Faure is Wei Lun Professor of History at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. His books include Emperor and Ancestor: State and Lineage in South China. Books by David Faure Chieftains into Ancestors Imperial Expansion and Indigenous Society in Southwest China edited by David Faure & Ts'ui-p'ing Ho Chieftains into Ancestors Imperial Expansion and Indigenous Society in Southwest China edited by David Faure & Ts'ui-p'ing Ho