Biography of Ji Xianlin

Ji Xianlin (1911.8.6-2009.7.11) died at the age of 98 at 9:00 a.m. on July 11, 2009 at 301 Hospital in Beijing. He was an expert in languages, speaking English, German, Sanskrit and Pali, reading Russian and French, and was especially proficient in Tuvaluan, making him one of the only scholars in the world who was proficient in this language.

Mr. Ji has worked in a variety of academic fields and has studied and translated Sanskrit works and German and English classics, such as the Sanskrit masterpiece Shakuntala and the Ramayana, one of the two major epics of India that have attracted worldwide attention.

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Ji supported the development of Liaocheng University, once came to Liaocheng University several times, and was glad to be appointed as the honorary president, leaving an inseparable love with this university in his hometown.

In 1981, the second year after Liaocheng Teachers' College was officially established, Ji was invited to the college to attend the opening ceremony of the new students, and held an academic lecture "From Comparative Literature to Sino-Indian Cultural Exchanges", and became the first batch of part-time professors hired outside the college in the history of Liaocheng University's development.

October 10, 1982, was appointed honorary dean of the school, but also enthusiastically wrote "the highest school in western Shandong, Shandong bright pearl", "Liaocheng Normal College Library" inscription. 1999, the twenty-fifth anniversary of the founding of the school, and was invited to write the inscription. In 1999, the twenty-fifth anniversary of the founding of the school, and was invited to write the Liaocheng Teacher school motto "dedication, erudition, truth-seeking, innovation," and rushed from Beijing to participate in the activities of the school celebration.

After the approval of the Ministry of Education to change the name of Liaocheng University, he inscribed for the school, "The establishment of Liaocheng University is really a great move which is in line with the heavenly principle and human nature. Line will see peaches and plums all over Lucy, the literary style of the left side of the mountain, the flow of the wind and rhyme popularization of the Divine State carry on. Celebrate for Lushi, celebrate for Shandong, celebrate for the motherland! The congratulatory message.

On September 26, 2002, Liaocheng University inauguration ceremony, Peking University Vice President Hao Bin on behalf of Peking University and Mr. Ji Xianlin made a special trip to the school to participate in the ceremony, and brought Mr. Ji Xianlin in the People's Liberation Army San Zhen Yi Hospital in Beijing on the bed of the "Liaocheng University inauguration ceremony of the speech," he accepted on behalf of the honorary chancellor of the appointment letter of Ji Xianlin.

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