About Jao Tsung-I
Lived 1917 – 2018 (aged 100). Jao Tsung-I was a painter, sinologist, archaeologist, calligrapher and chinese calligraphy.
Jao Tsung-I or Rao Zongyi (; 9 August 1917 – 6 February 2018) Jao has won many awards including the Grand Bauhinia Medal, the highest honour bestowed by the Hong Kong government. The Jao Tsung-I Petite Ecole of the University of Hong Kong, the Jao Studies Foundation, and the Jao Tsung-I Academy in Kowloon have been founded in his name. into a scholarly Teochew family of Hakka ancestry.
He also used the courtesy names Gu'an and Bolian, and the art name Xuantang. he learnt cuneiform and spent ten years translating the Akkadian epic Enūma Eliš into Chinese, filling a major gap in Chinese knowledge of ancient Babylon. In 2000, he was awarded the Grand Bauhinia Medal, the highest honor bestowed by the Hong Kong government.
Death He died on 6 February 2018, at the age of 100 (101 by East Asian age reckoning).
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Who was Jao Tsung-I?
Hong Kong Sinologist (1917-2018)
When was Jao Tsung-I born?
Jao Tsung-I was born on 9 August 1917 in Chaozhou.
When did Jao Tsung-I die?
Jao Tsung-I died on 6 February 2018 in Hong Kong.
What was Jao Tsung-I's occupation?
Jao Tsung-I was a painter, sinologist, archaeologist, calligrapher and chinese calligraphy.
What nationality was Jao Tsung-I?
Jao Tsung-I's recorded nationality: British Hong Kong.
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