108 years ago today, on August 9, 1917 (June 22, 1917), Jao Zongyi, a famous contemporary historian and archaeologist in our country, was born. Jao Zongyi is a famous contemporary historian, archaeologist, writer, scribe, educator and painter in our country. He is a great scholar who combines academics and art, and an outstanding translator. The Vice-President of the University of Hong Kong once commented on him: "If there was a Jao Zongyi in Hong Kong, it would not be a cultural desert." And he modestly evaluated his life achievements with "hard work". Mr. Rao and Ji Xianlin are equally famous, and the academic community calls them "South Rao and North Ji". Rao Zongyi, August 9, 1917. Born in Chao'an, Guangdong. Character Gu'an, number Xuantang, native of Chaozhou, Guangdong. Young in literature and art, at the age of 18, he continued to write Chaozhou Art and Literature, written by his father, which was published in Lingnan Journal. Later, he served as a professor at Wuxi National University, Guangdong College of Arts and Sciences, and South China University. He moved to Hong Kong in 1949 and taught at the University of Hong Kong. He has successively engaged in research at the Bandaga Oriental Institute in India, and has also served as a professor at the University of Singapore, Yale University in the United States, and the French Institute for Advanced Study. In 1973, he returned to Hong Kong and served as a chair professor and head of the department at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. Professor Rao was awarded the Rulian Award for Chinese Studies in 1962. In 1982, he was awarded an honorary doctorate of literature by the University of Hong Kong Professor Rao has a wide academic range, including oracle bones, Dunhuang, ancient writing, ancient history, ancient history of the Near East, art history, music, ci, etc. He has monographs, published 40 kinds of books, and has over 300 academic papers. In terms of art, he has particularly deep attainments in painting and calligraphy. In terms of painting, he is good at landscape painting, sketching life and in foreign mountains and rivers, regardless of one method, but has his own face. Figure painting is based on the method of white painting, which has opened a new path outside Li Longmian, Qiu Shizhou, and Chen Laolian, and has a great impact. In terms of calligraphy, it is rooted in text, while cursive calligraphy is integrated into the rhyme of various masters in the late Ming Dynasty. The "Tianxiao Building" in Jao Zongyi's family has a collection of more than 100,000 volumes, making it the most famous library in eastern Guangdong at that time. In 1997, he was awarded the first Lifetime Achievement Award by the Hong Kong Arts Development Council. In 2000, he was awarded the "Grand Bauhinia Medal" by the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government. In 2003, the "Jao Zongyi Academy" of the University of Hong Kong was completed. Taiwan's Xinwenxing Publishing Company published "Jao Zongyi's 20th Century Academic Papers", which is divided into 14 volumes and 20 volumes.