On this day 46 years ago, on August 1, 1979 (June 9, 1979), Li Ji, the father of Chinese archaeology, passed away. Li Ji (1896.6.2-1979.8.1) anthropologist, modern Chinese archaeologist, and father of Chinese archaeology. The word received it, and later changed to Ji. Hubei Zhongxiang Yingzhong. In 1911, he was admitted to Tsinghua Academy, a preparatory school in the United States. In 1918, he studied psychology at Clark University in Massachusetts. The following year, he changed his major to demography. After receiving a master's degree in sociology in 1920, he transferred to Harvard University in the United States, where he studied anthropology and received a doctorate in philosophy. In 1922, Li Ji graduated from Harvard University and returned to his motherland. He was employed at Nankai University as a professor of anthropology and sociology. In 1924, he began field archaeology. In 1925, at the age of 29, Li Ji served as a lecturer in anthropology at the Institute of Sinology of Tsinghua University, and co-taught the whip with the four famous tutors (Liang Qichao, Wang Guowei, Chen Yinke, and Zhao Yuanren). In 1926, Li Ji excavated the Neolithic ruins of Xiyin Village, Xia County, Shanxi Province. This was the earliest independent archaeological excavation conducted by Chinese scholars. In early 1929, he applied for the position of director of the archaeological group of the Institute of History and Language of Academia Sinica, and led and participated in the field archaeological excavations such as Yinxu in Anyang and Chengzi Cliff in Zhangqiu, which put the excavation work on a scientific track and created the first batch of high-level archaeologists in China. In 1936, he went to Europe to give lectures. In 1938, he was elected as an honorary member of the Royal Society of An From 1949 to 1950, he concurrently served as a professor at Taiwan University and hosted the Department of Archaeological Anthropology. From 1955 to 1972, he served as the director of the Institute of History and Language in Taiwan Province. In 1946, he also participated in the work of the Chinese government delegation in Japan to retrieve Chinese cultural relics looted during the Japanese invasion of China. Together with Wu Jinding, he investigated the site of Chengzi Cliff (Wu Jinding discovered it in the early stage and has made many surveys) and made the first small-scale excavation. He is one of the pioneers of archaeological work in Shandong and the editor-in-chief of the book "Chengzi Cliff". He is mainly dedicated to the study of Yinxu pottery and bronzes. He is the author of "Xiyin Village Prehistoric Remains", "Yinxu Utensils A Compilation ¡¤ Pottery", the first volume, "Li Ji Archaeological Essays" and so on. He also co-authored the Special Issue on the Study of Ancient Artifacts with others.