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L: 39 in(99cm) W: 9 1/2 in(24cm) Jao Tsung-I or Rao Zongyi (9 August 1917-6 February 2018) was a Hong Kong-based Chinese 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. 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 honor 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.
