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Jao Tsung-I was born on 9 August, 1917 in Xiangqiao, Chaoshan, China, is a Hong Kong sinologist and calligrapher. Discover Jao Tsung-I's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 100 years old?
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Sinologist, historian, palaeographer, calligrapher, painter |
| Age |
100 years old |
| Zodiac Sign |
Leo |
| Born |
9 August 1917 |
| Birthday |
9 August |
| Birthplace |
Xiangqiao, Chaoshan, China |
| Date of death |
6 February, 2018 |
| Died Place |
Ruttonjee Hospital, Hong Kong |
| Nationality |
China
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He is a member of famous historian with the age 100 years old group.
Jao Tsung-I Height, Weight & Measurements
At 100 years old, Jao Tsung-I height not available right now. We will update Jao Tsung-I's Height, weight, Body Measurements, Eye Color, Hair Color, Shoe & Dress size soon as possible.
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Who Is Jao Tsung-I's Wife?
His wife is Chen Ruonong
| Family |
| Parents |
Rao E |
| Wife |
Chen Ruonong |
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| Children |
2 |
Jao Tsung-I Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Jao Tsung-I worth at the age of 100 years old? Jao Tsung-I’s income source is mostly from being a successful historian. He is from China. We have estimated Jao Tsung-I's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
| Salary in 2024 |
Under Review |
| Net Worth in 2023 |
Pending |
| Salary in 2023 |
Under Review |
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Not Available |
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| Source of Income |
historian |
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Jao Tsung-I or Rao Zongyi (9 August 1917 – 6 February 2018) was a Hong Kong sinologist, calligrapher, historian and painter.
A versatile and prolific scholar, he contributed to many fields of humanities, including history, archaeology, epigraphy, folklores, religion, art history, musicology, literature, and Near Eastern Studies.
He published more than 100 books and about 1,000 academic articles over a career spanning more than 80 years.
Jao and Ji Xianlin were considered China's two greatest humanities academics by their contemporaries.
Called the "pride of Hong Kong" by Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, 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.
Jao was born in 1917 in Chao'an (now Xiangqiao) into a scholarly Teochew family of Hakka ancestry.
He also used the courtesy names Gu'an and Bolian, and the art name Xuantang.
Largely home-schooled and self-taught, he wrote The Scholastic Journals of Gu Tinglin at the age of 14.
Jao taught at several Chinese mainland colleges before moving to Hong Kong in 1949.
In the following years, he taught at the University of Hong Kong, the National University of Singapore, Institute of History and Philology of Academia Sinica in Taiwan, the Chinese University of Hong Kong, École française d'Extrême-Orient, École pratique des hautes études of Paris, and Yale University in the US.
He was also honorary professor at several prestigious Chinese universities including Peking University, Fudan University, Nanjing University, and Zhejiang University.
Jao was a highly versatile and prolific scholar.
His research covered a vast range of humanities, including oracle bones, archaeology, epigraphy, folklores, religion, art history, musicology, literature, and Near Eastern Studies.
Over his 80-year-long career, he published more than 100 books and about 1,000 scholarly papers.
Under the influence of the French Assyriologist Jean Bottéro, 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 1959, he published Yindai zhenbu renwu tongkao, which earned him the Prix Stanislas Julien from the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres in 1962.
In 2000, he was awarded the Grand Bauhinia Medal, the highest honor bestowed by the Hong Kong government.
In addition to his academic pursuits, Jao was also a renowned calligrapher, painter, and musician.
He created his own calligraphic style called Jao's Clerical Script.
His calligraphic art installation, "The Wisdom Path", has become a landmark in Ngong Ping, Hong Kong.
He was a master performer of the ancient Chinese instrument guqin.
In August 2017, the Hongkong Post issued a set of six special stamps featuring Jao's paintings and calligraphy.
He died on 6 February 2018, at the age of 100 (101 by East Asian age reckoning).
