國學大師

饒宗頤教授 (Eminent Chinese Scholar Jao Tsung-I)

饒宗頤，漢學家。廣東省潮安縣，幼承家學，青年時整理其父親遺著《潮州藝文誌》，刊登於《嶺南學報》，為士林所稱頌。

饒宗頤教授在學術研究與藝術文化方面成就超卓，享譽全球。饒教授治學範圍極為廣泛，所涉及的領域包括古文字學、敦煌學、考古學、金石學、史學、詞學、音樂史、宗教史、楚辭學、目錄學、方志學等等，著作等身，已出版的各類專著逾八十種，發表論文五百餘篇。其中代表著作包括《殷代貞卜人物通考》、《詞籍考》、《敦煌曲》、《中國史學上之正統論》、《中印文化關係史論集》、《老子想爾注校證》、《文轍》、《畫　》、《梵學集》及《新加坡古事紀》等。此外，饒教授的詩詞書畫亦享盛名，除先後出版過二十餘種詩詞集外，還多次在香港、日本、韓國、廣州及北京舉辦個人書畫展，並出版多種書畫集。

饒宗頤教授對中國學術的貢獻馳譽國際，曾獲多項獎項、榮譽博士及榮譽教授銜，包括法國法蘭西學院漢學儒蓮獎、法國索邦高等研究院首位華人榮譽人文科學博士、印度班達伽東方研究所永久會員、法國遠東學院院士、巴黎亞洲學會榮譽會員、中國敦煌研究院榮譽研究員、北京大學古代文明研究中心學術顧問、中國國務院古籍整理小組顧問、台灣中央研究院文哲研究所諮詢委員及法國文化部藝術文化勳章、香港特別行政區大紫荊勳章及國家文物局敦煌文物保護研究特殊貢獻獎等。

Professor Jao Tsung-I is a world renowned Chinese sinologist who has dedicated nearly eight decades of his life to scholarly research, art and education. He is well recognized for his versatile scholarship, which can be classified into 13 fields or categories, namely Ancient Chinese History, Oracle Bones, Bamboo & Silk Scripts, Confucian Classics, Confucian Rituals, Religions, Chu Ci (The Songs of the South, a grand anthology of Chinese verse dating back to 4th century BC), Regional History, Sino-Foreign Cultural Relationships, Dunhuang Studies, Bibliographic Research, Chinese Classical Literature and Art History.

In his prolific scholarly life, he has published over 80 books and around 900 papers. He also excels in poetic writing, calligraphy, Guqin (an ancient Chinese musical instrument) playing and Chinese painting, with publication of over 10 poetic collections and dozens of artistic catalogues.

Aided by his proficiency in traditional Chinese literary texts as well as in several other languages, and by his profound understanding of the importance of historical facts and the scientific approach of textual criticism, Professor Jao has been constantly contributing new findings and insights to various fields of sinology research. Many of his studies have led to acclaim and profound impact in the international academic community. His scholarly contributions to sinology and to Chinese civilization studies are widely regarded as extraordinary.