Brief introduction of Tsung i Jao, a master of Chinese studies.

Tsung-i Jao

Zong Yirao, born in 19 17, whose real name is Gu 'an, Xuantang, chaozhou people, Guangdong. /kloc-when he was 0/8 years old, he continued to write Chaozhou Literature and Art Annals by his father and published it in Lingnan Daily. Later, he served as a professor at Wuxi National College, Guangdong University of Arts and Sciences and South China University. From 65438 to 0949, he moved to Hong Kong and taught at the University of Hong Kong. He studied at the Institute of Oriental Studies in Bandaga, India, and served as a professor at the University of Singapore, Yale University in the United States and the French Institute of Advanced Studies. 1973 he returned to hong kong and served as the chair professor and dean of the Chinese university. Professor Rao 1962 was awarded the French Scholar of Sinology Award, and 1982 was awarded the honorary Doctor of Literature by the University of Hong Kong. Later, he served as Honorary Professor of Art Department of the Chinese University of Hong Kong. 1993 is a consultant professor at Fudan University in Shanghai. Professor Rao has a wide academic range. He is the author of Oracle Bone Inscriptions, Dunhuang, ancient Chinese characters, ancient history, ancient history of the Near East, art history, music and ci, and has published 40 books and more than 300 academic papers. In art, he is especially accomplished in painting and calligraphy. In painting, I am good at landscape painting, sketching, traveling abroad and having my own face. In addition to Li Longmian, Chou Shizhou, Chen Laolian and others, figure painting with the method of "line drawing" opened up a new road and had a great influence. Calligraphy is rooted in writing, cursive script is integrated into the longitudinal rhyme and interest of the late Ming Dynasty, and book recording combines the advantages of Taniguchi, Tingzhou, Winter Heart and Perfect White, forming its own style. (Excerpted from Zong Yirao's resume of painting and calligraphy)

Rao Yi's father, Rao Yi, is a scholar of Chaozhou University, and his works are very rich.

Tsung i Jao, a young family scholar, was famous for publishing Lingnan Magazine in 1937. 1935- 1937, at the invitation of sun yat-sen university, Guangdong gay museum was hired as a full-time editor. 1939 to 194 1 year, assisting Ye Gongchuo in compiling "Quan Qing Ci Chao". 1943 to 1945 as a professor at Wuxi national university. 1947- 1948 Professor of Literature and History Department of South China University in Shantou, editor-in-chief of Chaozhou Annals.

Professor Rao moved to Hong Kong on 1949. 1952 to 1968, as a lecturer in Chinese Department of the University of Hong Kong. Senior lecturer and professor. 1962 was awarded the "Sinology Scholar Award" by the French Academy. 1963 went to Bandaga Institute of Oriental Studies in India for academic research. From 1965 to 1966, he studied Dunhuang manuscripts at the French National Science Center.

From 1968 to 1973, he was appointed as a professor and head of the Chinese Department by the University of Singapore. From 1970 to 197 1 year, he was a visiting professor at the graduate school of Yale University. 1972 to 1973, he was also a professor at the academia sinica in Taiwan. 1973 to 1978, he is a professor and head of the Chinese Department of the Chinese University of Hong Kong. 1974, he was an academician of the French Far East Institute.

1978 After his retirement, he served as a visiting professor at the French Institute for Advanced Studies from 1978 to 1979. 1980, he is a visiting professor at the Institute of Kyoto University in Japan. 1979 to 1986, Honorary Senior Research Fellow, China Institute, Chinese University of Hong Kong; 1982 was awarded an honorary doctorate in literature by the University of Hong Kong. Awarded honorary professor of Chinese Department by the Chinese University of Hong Kong.

198 1 year to 1988, he was a visiting professor at the university of macau. Since 1992, he has been employed as a consultant professor by Fudan University. /kloc-since 0/994, he has been the dean of China Cultural and Academic Research Institute of Chongsheng University, an overseas Chinese in Thailand.

Professor Rao's important works in the study of overseas Chinese history in Southeast Asia include: Chronicle of Chinese in Xingma, Chronicle of Singapore, etc., and he has published many papers such as Discrimination of Ancient Place Names in Singapore, Discrimination of Pingnan and Vietnam in Qin Dynasty, Discovery of Han and Qian Antiquities in North Sumatra, Discussion on Cultural Relations between China and Myanmar, and Discussion on Cultural Relations between China and Vietnam, which have added precious materials to the study of overseas Chinese history.

Professor Rao is a knowledgeable and prolific scholar. He is knowledgeable and proficient in many foreign languages. Over the past 60 years, he has made unremitting efforts in literature, linguistics, ancient philology, Dunhuang studies, religious studies and overseas Chinese historical materials, and achieved remarkable results. In addition to more than 60 monographs, there are about 400 papers, essays and essays published in major academic journals and books around the world. Professor Rao has made indelible contributions to the international sinology community and the promotion of Chinese culture at home and abroad.