Mr. Ji Xianlin's academic research fields mainly include ancient Indian language, the history of Buddhism in China and India, the translation and introduction of Turkic language, the history of cultural exchange between China and India, comparative literature, literary theory, oriental culture, Dunhuang studies and so on. This is rare at home and abroad. In addition to academic research, Mr. Ji is recognized as a master of prose at home and abroad, and has created a large number of well-known excellent works. He also devoted a lot of energy to administrative posts, participated in various social activities and presided over many important academic groups. Mr. Ji has served as the director of Orientalism in Peking University for 40 years, and has made great contributions to the teaching and research development of Asian-African non-common languages in China. He has devoted a lot of efforts and made outstanding contributions to the development of Orientalism, Dunhuang studies, comparative literature, Buddhism and the history of Sino-foreign relations in China. He presided over the compilation of large-scale books such as Catalogue Series of Sikuquanshu, Handed down Books, Fusion of China Culture and Fusion of Oriental Culture, which played an important role in spreading the traditional culture of China, carrying forward the spirit of the Chinese nation and building the humanistic spirit of the whole nation. More than 100 of his works have been compiled into 24 volumes of Ji Xianlin's Collected Works.
On his 90th birthday, Mr. Ji Xianlin, a master of Chinese studies, returned to his hometown of Linqing, Shandong. Nearly 300 people from all walks of life at home and abroad attended the birthday celebration. Facing his relatives in his hometown, Mr. Ji Xianlin could not restrain his inner excitement and expressed his best wishes to the country and his hometown.
I want to cry twice in the face of the afterlife.
Mr. Ji Xianlin191/KLOC-0 was born in Guanzhuang on August 6th,. At the age of 6, he went to Jinan to study, and was admitted to Tsinghua on 1930. 1946 was employed in Peking University after he came back from Germany, and founded the Department of Oriental Languages. As one of the few scholars in the world who are proficient in Bamba and Northeast China, he enjoys a high reputation in the world. Although he has lived in the outside world for most of his life, he has always maintained a lingering attachment to his hometown.
In Guanzhuang, Mr. Ji also has several relatives, all of whom are his junior. They helped the old man into the old house. At Mr. Ji's suggestion, he offered sacrifices to his ancestors with several relatives. Mr. Ji misses his mother deeply. He left her at the age of six and went home eight years later. Her mother passed away and never saw her again.
In an essay, he quoted "the son wants to be filial" and expressed the pain that haunted him all his life. For his hometown, Mr. Ji Xianlin's attachment is also beyond words. He fondly recalled: "In my early years, I was admitted to Tsinghua, and my family was very difficult. Qingping County (then called Linqing Qingping) gives subsidies to students admitted to universities every year 150 yuan. Without that 150 yuan, it would be difficult for me to finish reading Tsinghua, and I will always be grateful to my hometown. "
Catch me, and I'll catch you. Over the years, Mr. Ji has been attached to his hometown, donated thousands of books to children in his hometown, and set up scholarships to reward outstanding teachers and students, hoping that there will be more talents in his hometown. Hometown people are also full of gratitude to Mr. Ji. Mr. Ji likes children, and his eyes are full of tears in the face of simple peasant children.
I am a farmer, and the quality I admire most is loyalty.
Mr. Ji Xianlin has won the admiration of the world with his humble and simple personality charm. Such a master who is well versed in China and the West is always proud of being a farmer. He said: "I am very excited that so many people hold birthday celebrations for me today, but what I feel most is shame." I don't feel so great I am a very ordinary person, and I have never been ambitious. Although I did some things today, I still have a long way to go from the expectations of my country and hometown, so I feel very embarrassed. "
Mr. Ji said that he was a farmer and was interested in crops and rain. He said that when the train came to Qing, he saw Shandong from Hebei along the way and saw good crops. I don't want to mention how happy I am.
During the ten-year catastrophe, Mr. Ji Xianlin ventured to translate the Indian epic Ramayana, which became a great event in the world translation history, but his real academic sprint was after 70 years old. Over the years, the accumulation of Chinese and western cultural literacy has enabled him to accumulate wealth and develop his talents. In recent years, Mr. Ji Xianlin has edited the collected works "Sikuquanshu Catalogue Series" handed down from ancient times, and published 24 volumes of Ji Xianlin's collected works. Mr. Ji Xianlin said that his scholarship is like the cultivation of farmers, the cultivation of a penny, and the harvest of a penny. He has written more than 7 million words continuously, which has indeed created a miracle in academic circles.
Wang, a famous performing artist, came to Qingdao to celebrate Mr. Ji Xianlin's birthday with his new film "The Oath of Incense". The old man felt deeply after reading it. He said that our Chinese nation has many excellent places, which can be summarized as loyalty. In the movie "The Oath of Incense", the hero has a good saying-the foundation of Chinese nation and Chinese culture is loyalty. "The reason why I may make a difference is because I have been loyal to our motherland, our Shandong and our hometown Linqing all my life."
It is never too old to learn. Mr. Ji Xianlin's goal is to live to 120. Mr Ji Xianlin is quick-thinking and healthy. Many people ask him the secret of longevity. His answer is: "I have three noes, that is, I don't exercise, I don't picky about food, and I don't mumble."
He said that the so-called "no exercise" is not against physical exercise, but against doing nothing but exercise. People still need to study more. It is never too old to learn, so that their thinking will never become rigid.
Mr. Ji Xianlin has made a name for himself, so has he started to support himself? Mr. Ji Xianlin said, "People think 90 years old is very old because they care about me. But now the life expectancy of China people has doubled. My calculation is that 70 years old is middle-aged and 90 years old is old. In that case, I'm just a newcomer. I don't think it's a problem to live to 95, nor is it a problem to live to 100 at 99. Further, I don't think 108 is a big goal. When I was in Beijing, I often stayed with my old friend Cang Kejia. Seeing him recently, he said that he would live to be 120 years old. I said that if I live to be 120, you will be 126. He is six years older than me. The two of us agreed that the goal is to live to 120 years old. "
The old man's voice just fell and everyone applauded and laughed. Mr. Ji Xianlin said that it is a good thing that living standards have improved and life expectancy has been extended, but how should we live? He can still work eight hours a day. He has a saying: Eat to live, but people live not to eat. As long as they live for one day, they have to work for one day, so that life is meaningful.
"Be the first, learn the second"
In recent years, driven by interests, many pirates wantonly pirated masterpieces. Many of Mr. Ji Xianlin's works have also been targeted by pirates. When it comes to the topic of piracy, the old man's kind face is somewhat dignified. He said, "There are too many books stolen from me in the market. Someone gave me a rough statistic. There are about 6.5438 million pirated books on the market, mainly prose. This not only infringes on the author's labor achievements, but also damages the legitimate interests of readers. Readers should keep their eyes open, identify the authenticity, and don't give pirated booksellers any chance. "
Mr. Ji has been studying eastern and western cultures all his life. Comparatively speaking, he thinks that the morality and values of oriental culture are more in line with the development direction of the world. He proudly said that 2 1 century must be the century of China, and the successful bid for the Olympic Games is a good example. Mr. Ji said that he has been engaged in education all his life and has done nothing else. What is the purpose of education? The first thing that China advocates is "being a man", the first. The so-called "moral article", of course, must first talk about morality, and then talk about articles, which is the foundation. Be the first, learn the second. I hope everyone will do a good job in this "moral article" and carry forward the moral core of "loyalty"
Left home to study at the age of six.
Mr Ji Xianlin had a teacher, Mr Ma, before he was six years old. What he taught Mr Ji Xianlin has now been completely forgotten. When Mr Ji Xianlin left home at the age of six, he went to Jinan to join his uncle. In desperation, he fled to Jinan to make a living. From then on, Mr Ji Xianlin began to go to school. He once studied in a private school for a period of time, reading nothing more than Hundred Family Names, Thousand Characters, Holy Amethyst, Four Books and so on, and then went to primary school.
Teacher Ji Xianlin passed the third place in Grade A and the first place in Grade B in Xinyu Primary School. He is not a top student and doesn't study hard. Three years old, ordinary. It is worth mentioning that Mr. Ji Xianlin began to learn English. At that time, there were no English classes in regular primary schools. Mr Ji Xianlin studies English in his spare time. I haven't learned for a long time, just a little grammar and some words.
It never occurred to Mr. Ji Xianlin that it took him half a year to apply for middle school because of this knowledge of English. At that time, Nanwen of Shandong Middle School was the first middle school in Shandong Province. At that time, Mr. Ji Xianlin didn't even have the courage to sign up. He only enrolled in a poor Justice Middle School. However, this school actually took an English test in the exam, and the topic was Chinese-English translation: "I have a new book, I have read a few pages, and I don't know some words." Mr. Ji Xianlin translated it, but he was puzzled for a long time because he didn't know the English translation of the word "already". As a result, he was admitted, not a freshman, but a year and a half.
During her study in Justice Middle School, Mr. Ji Xianlin didn't work hard, and her grades hovered between the last few of Grade A and the first few of Grade B, which was above average. After class, he ran to the lake behind the school to catch shrimps and toads. I don't know what hard work is. However, his uncle has great expectations and strict requirements for him. He personally gave lectures to Mr. Ji Xianlin and chose a book, Selected Works of My Nephew, which was full of articles on Neo-Confucianism. Uncle has not received any systematic education, but he is extremely smart, relying entirely on self-study, reading a lot of classics and historical subsets, writing poems, being good at books and carving seals. He has no boys, and all his hopes are pinned on Mr Ji Xianlin.
Mr Ji Xianlin said, "I finally learned something today, thanks to him, and I will never forget it. According to his request, after finishing the first class, I attended an ancient Chinese learning class and read books such as Zuo Zhuan, Warring States Policy and Historical Records. In the evening, I will go to the English club to learn English, and I won't go home until ten o'clock in the evening. It took about eight years. I didn't feel any burden at that time; But I don't understand its far-reaching significance. I'm still naughty and just fishing for shrimp. Looking back now, didn't I lay a good foundation today, no matter how thin? "
After graduating from junior high school, Ji Xianlin spent half a year in senior high school in Zhengyi. 1926 transferred to the newly-built middle school affiliated to Shandong University. The president of Shandong University is Shoupeng Wang, the former top scholar in Qing Dynasty and then director of education. He advocates reading classics. The teacher who teaches Chinese is Mr. Wang Kunyu, an ancient prose writer of Tongcheng School. He has his own anthology and later went to Shandong University as a lecturer. He had a great influence on Ji Xianlin. The title of Ji Xianlin's first composition was "After Reading the Biography of Xu Wenchang", which was highly praised by him. His comments on the article are "concise and fluent". Surprised, Ji Xianlin became interested in ancient Chinese prose, and got the collected works of Han Changli and Liu Zongyuan, as well as the collected works of Ouyang Xiu and Su San, and wanted to study them carefully.
1929, Ji Xianlin transferred to the newly established Jinan Senior High School in Shandong Province for one year, which was an important stage in Ji Xianlin's life. Especially in Chinese, there are several famous writers in China: Hu Yepin, Dong, Charlotte and Dong Meikan.
Inspiration comes from diligence.
1930, Ji Xianlin graduated from high school and came to Beiping to take an examination of the university. At that time, it was difficult to get into a famous university, and the admission rate was very low. In order to get more admission opportunities, almost all the more than 80 graduates in Ji Xianlin have applied to seven or eight universities. Ji Xianlin only applied to Peking University and Tsinghua. As a result, both universities were admitted. After careful consideration, Ji Xianlin chose Tsinghua because Ji Xianlin thought that Tsinghua had many opportunities to go abroad and his major was German.
Of all the courses, Ji Xianlin benefited the most from an elective course, namely, Literature Psychology by Mr. Zhu Guangqian and Literature Translation by Mr. Chen. These two courses have a far-reaching impact on the future development of Ji Xianlin, which can be said to have been affected until now. Ji Xianlin is engaged in comparative literature and literary theory research, which is obviously influenced by Mr. Zhu. The history of Buddhism, Sanskrit Buddhism and Central Asian archaism are all inseparable from Mr. Chen's influence.
1924, Ji Xianlin graduated from Tsinghua. Mr. Song Huanwu, president of Jinan Senior Middle School, invited Ji Xianlin to return to his alma mater as a Chinese teacher. I taught for a year, 1935, and God gave me another good chance. Tsinghua University signed an agreement with Germany to exchange graduate students. Ji Xianlin signed up for the exam and was admitted. In the late autumn of this year, Ji Xianlin went to the University of G? ttingen and began his study abroad. /kloc-since 0/937, Ji Xianlin has been a lecturer in Sinology Department of University of G? ttingen. Ji Xianlin was thirty-five when she finished studying abroad.
/kloc-in the autumn of 0/946, Ji Xianlin went to Peking University as a professor and head of the Department of Oriental Language and Literature. Ji Xianlin never left Peking University again.
Ji Xianlin said that his experience was condensed into two words: diligence. Say a few more words: race against time, never forget. Inspiration can't be said to be absent, but it didn't fall from the sky, but it was inspired by hard work.
Ji Xianlin also has a "first job"
As a doctor of philosophy, Ji Xianlin's research direction is language and literature. He doesn't like justice, so he seldom writes philosophical articles. But in his later years, he was uncharacteristic and talked about the metaphysics of "harmony between man and nature" Once the article was published, it was shocking and far-reaching. He also talked about another philosophy-consumption philosophy, which also caused an uproar.
Consumption is related to the economic base. What is the economic base of Ji Xianlin? On paper, Ji Xianlin's salary is the highest among the teachers in Peking University, because he was one of the first "old-level" professors recognized in the 1950s. But his monthly salary, after 20% discount, is about 700 yuan out of an average of 800 yuan. He will give half of the money to Zhang Shuzhen, the nanny. In addition to her salary, she also has a boy who goes to school in the middle school attached to Peking University. Tuition, miscellaneous fees and living expenses are all borne by Ji Xianlin. In this way, he has to pay the house fee, natural gas fee, electricity fee, telephone fee and so on. And only 300 yuan will really get it. How can it be enough to pay for the living expenses of the whole family?
Here's a comparison: In 1950s, Ji Xianlin was hired as a first-class professor, and in Beijing, a six-category salary area, he got 345 yuan per month, plus the monthly allowance of members of the Department of Philosophy and Social Sciences of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (equivalent to today's academicians) 100 yuan. This is an expensive salary. Because the price was extremely low at that time, I went to a Moscow restaurant for dinner. One meal was about 1.5 yuan went to 2 yuan, soup and vegetables, bread and butter, and a glass of beer. If you eat roast duck, six or seven yuan is enough, and you can eat a big one. At this price, a fixed monthly salary in 450 yuan is simply "extremely rich". Now, he is the most qualified "old-level" professor in China, because the more qualified professor Chen Daisun has passed away. And his monthly basic salary plus various subsidies is 12300 yuan, which is why he actually only has 300 yuan in his hand every month.
How can such an old professor make a living with such a low salary? Many people will naturally ask him. The old man smiled and said, "Even if my living standard has not improved, it has never decreased." People asked him, do you have a touch of gold? He replied, no, the mystery revealed by Ji Xianlin is that in the 1950s, university teachers mainly lived on wages, and they didn't know what a "second job" was, and they were not allowed to have a "second job". Today, however, it has greatly changed its route. There are also various forms of "second occupation" and even "third occupation" in schools. Ji Xianlin also has a "first job", that is, "climbing the grid". He has climbed the grid for more than 60 years. He is famous and rich. He receives money from time to time. In this way, although he only has 300 yuan's salary at hand, he never feels constrained, because there is a steady stream of payment as a reserve army.
The raincoat of 50 years ago is still on.
Although he has money on hand, Ji Xianlin has never pursued too much in life. As always, there is no special requirement for eating. In the morning, it is still baked steamed bread slices or bread, a cup of tea and a plate of fried peanuts. He never asked his family or nanny to accompany him to get up at 4 o'clock and cook breakfast for him, so breakfast has been a "consistent system" for decades and has never changed. There are two meals in the afternoon and evening, with more vegetarian dishes and less meat. The diet is so simple that his food is only a little more than 500 yuan.
As for clothes, Ji Xianlin was a puritan. Most of his clothes have been worn for ten years, eight years or more. He bought a raincoat when he returned to Shanghai from Germany on 1946, and he wears it today. One day, an expert said, your raincoat is really fashionable! He was puzzled after listening to it. As soon as the experts explained it, they understood that the style that was popular more than 50 years ago, after a long vicissitudes of life, did not know how many changes, and under the guidance of the law of spiral rise, returned to the style of 50 years ago. Hearing this, he was very excited I didn't expect to wait for him, but I finally stayed. He didn't expect that a little cleverness of human beings in clothing was so fragile!
His old idea is: change with constancy. He thinks that a person wears clothes for others to see. If a person wears very luxurious clothes and jewels and looks at himself in the mirror every day, then he is either crazy or a fool. The aesthetic ability and standards of the audience are very different in the clothes you wear to others, so if you satisfy these people, you will certainly blame another group, but you can't make everyone happy anyway. Therefore, Ji Xianlin's dressing philosophy is to go his own way. You can look at this dress or not, but you can't order me anyway. In terms of dressing, he is a completely free and independent person. His blue khaki tunic suit will not change in spring, summer, autumn and winter. So are his supplies. As long as it can be used, he will never throw it away. It is his philosophy to cherish oneself with things. Because of the different aesthetic abilities and standards of the audience, there are two kinds of tit-for-tat comments on his clothes and articles: the trendsetter says he is old-fashioned, conservative and stubborn, while the scholar thinks he is a typical Confucian. Elegant manners come from his knowledge and personality, not from his clothes.
The core of Ji Xianlin's consumption philosophy is that if a person wants to eat and drink all day, as if the meaning and value of life lies in the word "eat and drink", he will feel bored. His subconscious mind is always: full is enough, isn't it? Clothes are enough to cover your body, so why pursue luxury?
Ji Xianlin is by no means a "rich man", but under the guidance of his own consumption concept, plainclothes people live a simple life, but give a lot of money to people who are in urgent need around them, or donate it to schools in his hometown. I hope more people understand this consumption concept.
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Main 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. As a literary translator, his works mainly include: Shagongdaro (1956), five-volume edition (1959), Euripides (1959) and Ramayana (7 volumes, 65438+). As a writer, his works mainly include Heart Shadow of Tianzhu (1980), Langrun Collection (198 1 year), Ji Xianlin's Prose Collection (1987) and Miscellanies of the Cowshed.