A brief introduction of zong yirao.
Tsung i Jao is a contemporary cultural star in China, dabbling in different fields such as history, archaeology, literature, Confucian classics, education, calligraphy and painting, and an outstanding translator. Yu, vice president of the University of Hong Kong, said: "If there is a Tsung i Jao in Hong Kong, it will not be a cultural desert." Some people think that Mr. Rao can be as famous as Ji Xianlin, and call it "Southern Rao North Season".
Tsung i Jao was born in a rich family in Chaozhou. In 12, his grandparents Shi began to sell Hakka tofu in Chaozhou, and later developed slowly. In Mr. Rao's generation, it is Rao 19 generation.
At the age of 18, Tsung i Jao, a young artist, continued to write his father's Chaozhou Literature and Art Annals, which was published in Lingnan Daily. Later, he served as a professor at Wuxi National College, Guangdong University of Arts and Sciences, Hanshan Teachers College and South China University. Professor Rao has a wide academic range, involving Oracle Bone Inscriptions, Dunhuang studies, ancient Chinese characters, ancient history of the Middle East, art history, music, Ci studies and so on. He has published 40 books and more than 300 academic papers. Artistic achievements of calligraphy and painting. Tsung i Jao's "Xiaotianlou" collection100000 books was the most famous library in eastern Guangdong at that time.
Tsung i Jao is an academic master and educator. 1935 was employed by Guangdong Comrade Museum of National Sun Yat-sen University. 1943 to the late period of the Anti-Japanese War 1945 was a professor at Wuxi National College who moved to Guangxi, 1946 was a professor at Guangdong University of Arts and Sciences, and 1947 to 1945 was a professor. 1952 to 1968 were lecturers, senior lecturers and professors of the Chinese Department of the University of Hong Kong, 1968 to 1973 were the first lecturers and department heads of the Chinese Department of the University of Singapore, and 1978 to. During this period, he successively went to Indian Bandaga Oriental Institute, French National Science Center, Yale University Institute, French Far East Institute, French Institute of Advanced Studies, Kyoto University, Peking University, Taipei Academia Sinica and other universities and research institutions to engage in research work, and won the Scholar Sinology Award of French Academy, the first honorary national doctorate in humanities since the establishment of French Sorbonne Institute of Advanced Studies 125 years, and the Medal of Arts and Literature Officer of French Ministry of Culture.
Tsung i Jao visited the murals of Dunhuang and Yulin and the wooden slips of Loulan and Toulufan for many times, so he stayed in the ruins and wandered back and forth, and wrote a book White Paintings of Dunhuang and a number of works on Dunhuang studies.
He described his self-taught calligraphy, starting with the "Magu Fairy Altar" in Yan Zhenqing in the Tang Dynasty, and then planting the foundation in places such as the Raptor Monument, the Jincongbaozi Monument and the Huadu Temple Monument in the Tang Dynasty, with the participation of Su, Huang and Mi in the Song Dynasty; As for Oracle Bone Inscriptions, bronze inscriptions, bamboo slips and silks, and two Beijing monuments, they have all been absorbed. Therefore, in any case, seal script can be developed on the basis of ancient brushwork. He also specializes in Dunhuang calligraphy, and has selected the essence of Dunhuang classics collected in Paris and compiled them into 29 volumes of Dunhuang calligraphy series. His high observation and transformation ability of predecessors' calligraphy and painting enabled his calligraphy to write various images, but at the same time he maintained a strong personal face, including turning some ancient characters that were not written by calligraphers into his own face.
Around the age of 70, the painting style of Zong Zong changed greatly, regardless of landscape figures, flowers and birds, they all broke through the norms of the ancients, and they were able to write freely, which can be called "do whatever you want without overstepping the rules". Today, at the age of 90, his creativity is still amazing. In Dunhuang-style painting, he developed a painting idea of painting Dunhuang murals with his unique vigorous brushwork, and pursued the northern Wei, Sui and Tang Dynasties with charm without seeking its shape, which opened up a new way for Dunhuang painting. In 2006, he put forward the theory of "Northwest School" in China's landscape painting. While writing and discussing, he used his unique brushwork and ink method to describe the landscape of northwest China as the practice of "Northwest School" in landscape painting.
Tsung i Jao's Character Evaluation
Scholar evaluation
Rao's scholarship, "almost no era is' blank'"
Learn Chinese and western knowledge. Zong Yi spared knowledge of the past and did not stick to it. He is deeply rooted in the fertile soil of China culture and can transcend the limitations of national culture. He examines his national culture and its relationship with national culture from the perspective of world human culture. He followed the traditional road of China intellectuals, but his research methods were different from the tradition, which made him achieve great success. His originality first stems from his in-depth study of his own national culture, and secondly from his childlike heart for China culture, to deeply understand and feel the differences between different cultures. Zong I Rao jumped out of China to see China, so he had reservations about such terms as "Sinology" and "Master of Chinese Studies". He said that Chinese studies are his own culture, and every country has its own culture. China culture cannot be called Sinology internationally, so it is more accurate to call it Sinology or Sinology. 1995 founded a large-scale international periodical Huaxue with Chinese as the medium, and served as editor-in-chief. Co-sponsored by Chongyirao Academic Museum of HKU, Tsinghua University Institute of International Sinology, China Cultural Research Center of Sun Yat-sen University and institute of chinese studies of Chongsheng University in Thailand, eight issues have been published so far.
He said that it is best to write papers in Chinese to study China's traditional knowledge, and papers published in China are highly valued by international academic circles.
In the interview, the author mentioned that some scholars in mainland China are opposed to the traditional concept, referring to Zhuge Liang, a well-known loyal minister, whose views on world affairs remain unchanged, and Yue Fei is not a national hero. How should we view these "research results"? Teacher Rao didn't answer directly, but simply said: historical figures should be treated in the historical environment. The History of the Three Kingdoms was compiled by people in the Jin Dynasty. For example, it is necessary to find out whether the words in Longzhong Dui are the original words before the mountain or the words summarized by later historians. Otherwise, if we look at time from a later perspective, it will really become "after the event."
Zong Yirao attaches great importance to the "national foundation", which can connect ancient and modern China and foreign countries. Commentators commented: "Rao's academic era, from ancient prehistory to Ming and Qing dynasties, is almost blank." Proficient in Chinese, Fujian and Guangdong dialects, English, French, Japanese, German and Indian languages. He is also proficient in ancient Sanskrit and Babylonian cuneiform, which even his own people rarely know. Therefore, he has extensive historical knowledge, understands the history and culture of some countries in the West and the East, and can communicate with each other in the comparison of ancient and modern Chinese and foreign cultures, constantly inventing, putting forward and answering new questions about China's history and culture, thinking what others have never thought of and saying what others have never said. Once published, it will be considered by adults and its views will be recognized by the world.
Taking his achievements in overseas sinology dissemination as an example, he was the first person to catalogue Chinese inscriptions in Singapore and Malaysia, and initiated overseas epigraphy. He was the first person to publish a series of Dunhuang dharma books in Tokyo, Japan, to talk about Dunhuang anthology in international academic circles, and to talk about Maha's entry into Tibet in Zen history according to Dunhuang documents in London. Now, "Dunhuang is in China and Dunhuang studies are in Japan" has become history; He is the first person to speak internationally about the Oracle bones and the notes of the five ministers of the Japanese manuscript "Selected Works" in Paris; It is the first person to prove that the exchange of calligraphy between China and Japan did not begin in the Tang Dynasty with Japanese stone carvings. He was the first person to talk about Vietnamese history, Biography of Japan and South China. The first person to identify and translate the ancient place names of Singapore and write the ancient history of Singapore; The first person to supplement Myanmar's history with China's ancient documents; Wait a minute. All these reflect his broad international vision in academic research. He not only pays attention to the study of various forms of China's history and culture and the classics spread overseas, but also makes unremitting efforts to explore the source of its history and culture in China. 1956, The Two Notes on Old Xiangzi in Dunhuang, a secret book of early Shi Tian Taoism collected in London, was published and annotated, which triggered a wave of European scholars studying ancient Taoism in China.
He was not always the first in ancient China. For example, according to his research, the proud Qin Shihuang unified the six countries and established a county system. He ruled all the people together with Ju Lushi, the father of Darius I, the Persian Empire. After conquering Babylon in 539 BC, he carved stones on the columns, calling the people blackheads * * * *, and thought that "from 22 BC to 0 BC, the emperor * * was twenty-six years old, and * * * unified the world and carved stones.
Other assessments
Shen Jianhua: There are always a group of people who have respect and affection for China culture.
Zheng Huixin: Hong Kong is a blessed land of Rao Gong.
Wang Su: This is an era when it is difficult to produce masters.
Li Junming: Rao Gong's heart is still very close to the people.
Li Zhuofen: Gong Yao has an ancient curiosity.
Zhang Jingyi's evaluation of his calligraphy is "omnipotent"
Lin Lunlun's evaluation of Mr. Rao: Mr. Rao "is proficient in six studies before he can prepare for nine abilities."