Brief introduction of Ji Xianlin

Ji Xianlin is a famous ancient philologist, historian, orientalist, thinker, translator, Buddhist, Sanskrit and Pali expert and writer in China. The following is a small series for everyone, I hope you like it!

Ji Xianlin (~ Linqing City, Liaocheng City, Shandong Province) is a native of Lingling and Qiling. Internationally renowned orientalist, linguist, writer, sinologist, Buddhist, historian, educator and social activist. He has served as a member of the Department of Philosophy and Sociology of China Academy of Sciences, Vice President Peking University, and Director of South Asia Institute of China Academy of Social Sciences. He is the only tenured professor in Peking University. He is proficient in English, German, Vatican and Pali, can read Russian and French, and is especially good at speaking Russian. He is one of the few scholars in the world who are good at this language. At the same time, he studied Brahma, Buddhism and Tam, and studied China literature, comparative literature and literary theory in Qi Fei. His works were compiled into the Collected Works of Ji Xianlin, with a total of 24 volumes. Before his death, he wrote three titles: master of Chinese studies, academic leader and national treasure.

Ji Xianlin is proficient in nine languages, namely Chinese, Yugoslav, Hindi, Arabic, English, German, French, Russian and Northeastern. He used to be a member of the Department of Philosophy and Sociology of China Academy of Sciences, Vice President Peking University, and Director of South Asia Institute of China Academy of Social Sciences. 19 1 1 was born in Kangzhuang Town, Qingping County, Shandong Province. His grandfather Ji Laotai, his father Ji Silian, his mother Zhao, a farmer and his uncle Ji Sicheng. When he was young, he learned to read with Ma Gong Jing. When he was in high school, he began to learn German and became interested in foreign literature. 1929 Entered Jinan Senior High School in Shandong Province. His Chinese teacher Dong is a friend of Lu Xun and a famous translator. "I have been dancing and writing for 50 or 60 years, and I still can't put it down until now, thanks to Teacher Dong, which I will never forget."

school achievement

Ji Xianlin's academic research, in his own words, is "Brahma, Buddhism, earth fire and Tam simultaneously, and China literature, comparative literature and literary theory are studied in Qi Fei". According to Professor Zhang Guanglin and Mr. Ke Ling from the Department of Oriental Studies in Peking University, Ji Xianlin's academic achievements generally include the following 10 aspects:

1. Research on ancient Indian: The change of finite verbs in great events, the transformation of Chinese Indian suffixes -am to -o and -u, and the use of infinite past as the standard for determining the time and source of Buddhist scriptures made pioneering contributions in this research field at that time.

2. Research on the history of Buddhism: He is one of the few Buddhist teaching scholars at home and abroad who can really study the original Buddhist scriptures. He combined the study of the law of language changes in India in the Middle Ages with the study of Buddhist history to find out the emergence, evolution and spread of major Buddhist classics, thus determining the emergence and spread of important Buddhist factions.

3. Research on Bow-tone Language: The early masterpiece "Translation of the Bow-tone Book of Prince Fu Li's Causality" initiated a successful method for the semantic research of Bow-tone Language. From 1948 to 1980, the newly discovered bow sound in Turpan, Xinjiang was discovered. The Preface to Collation broke the lie that Tuhuoluowen was discovered in China and studied abroad, and was translated by less than 30 people all over the world, which is an important achievement of China's research on the history of the western regions for decades. 1996 The completed sugar history shows ancient China, India, Persia, Arabia, Egypt, Southeast Asia and Europe.

4. Introduction to Indian literary works and Indian literary studies: Ramayana is one of the two great epics in ancient India, with more than 20,000 poems and more than 90,000 lines translated into Chinese. It took Ji Xianlin 65,438+00 years to finally complete the translation, which is unprecedented in the translation history of China.

5. Comparative Literature Research: In the early 1980s, he first advocated the restoration of comparative literature research and called for the establishment of China School of Comparative Literature, which made great contributions to the revival of comparative literature in China.

6. Oriental Culture Research: Since the late 1980s, I have vigorously advocated the study of oriental culture, and edited a large-scale cultural series, The Fusion of Oriental Cultures, with more than 500,800 volumes, which is expected to be completed in 15 years.

7. Preservation and rescue of ancient books and records in China: In the 1990s, he was the editor-in-chief of two great books series, The Collection of Sikuquanshu and The Collection of Books Handed Down from Ancient Times.

8. Prose creation: I began to write prose at the age of 65,438+07, and I have written more than 800,000 words for decades. When celebrating Ji Xianlin's 88th birthday, Zhong Jingwen said: "The highest realm of literature is simplicity, and Mr. Ji's works have reached this realm. He is simply because he is sincere. " "As the old saying goes, I love my husband's good writing."

representative works

Modifications of finite verbs in Memorabilia (194 1 year, which systematically summarizes the various morphological adjustments of verbs in mixed Sanskrit used in Memorabilia of Hinayana Buddhism), and the transformation of Chinese and Indian suffixes -am to -o and -u (the transformation of -am to -o and -u was discovered and proved in 65438) ), as well as the northeast version of Prince R&F karma. (Created a successful semantic research method) Essays on Ancient Indian Languages (1982), Thirty-two Aspects of Tuhuoluo A, An Introduction to Tuhuoluo Research in Dunhuang and Turpan, The Track of Cultural Exchange: Sugar History of China, History of Oriental Literature, Research on Oriental Culture, Zen Buddhism and Oriental Culture, Essays on Eastern and Western Cultures and World Cultural History.

Lotus Rhyme in Qingtang, Eternal Hatred, Ten Years of Studying in Germany, Complete Works of Ten Thousand, Diary of Tsinghua Campus, Miscellaneous Notes of Cowshed, Essays of Long Runyuan, Selected Essays of Ji Xianlin, Appreciation of Tagore's Masterpieces, Life Talk, Heart Shadow of Tianzhu, Ji Xianlin's Talk on Reading, etc.

Ji Xianlin's evaluation

Ji Xianlin is respected by many people in Chinese mainland and regarded by some as a "master of Chinese studies", "academic leader" and "national treasure" in Chinese mainland. In this regard, Ji Xianlin defended these three laurels in Miscellaneous Notes from his deathbed: "I have never worked hard on any classics or writers, because I never wanted to be a sinologist. In addition to reciting hundreds of poems and dozens of ancient texts; Apart from being able to talk about some issues related to Chinese studies at the biggest macro level, such as the unity of man and nature, my knowledge of Chinese studies has not increased.

Looking around, my friend China reflected the molecular course of learning basic knowledge. "

Wen Jiabao visited Ji Xianlin five times. He said, "Your greatest feature is that you have never stopped writing all your life. The works you wrote, such as "Walking Clouds and Flowing Water", are true in narrative and inherit the spirit, which is very durable. " "The book you wrote is not only a portrayal of your personal life, but also a reflection of the history of intellectuals in China in the past century. You have not lost faith in the most difficult times, including the' cowshed' rectification. " "Your life is bumpy, you dare to tell the truth and express your opinions, which is worth learning."

win an honour

1986

Prose collection won the first scientific research achievement award in Peking University.

198 9 years

Honorary certificate of "thirty years of language and writing work"

1997

Editor-in-chief "History of Ancient Indian Literature" won the second prize of national teaching achievement.

1999

Won the second prize of the excellent achievement award of the National Social Science Fund.

1998

Collected Works of Ji Xianlin (24 volumes) won the 4th National Book Award.

1999