Tag Archives: Ji Xianlin

Remembering Ji Xianlin

Posted on 2009-07-13 by Joel Martinsen

Ji Xianlin dies. He was a ‘national treasure,’ but was he a ‘master of national learning’?

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My secretary stole from my art collection:
Scholar Ji Xianlin confirms rumors

Posted on 2008-12-09 by Eric Mu

Video evidence shows that Ji Xianlin, a professor who is suspected of having his art collection stolen by his secretary, was aware of the theft. Peking University still denies the theft took place.

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Scholar Ji Xianlin confirms rumors

Danwei Picks: Globalization through scholarship

Posted on 2008-01-30 by Joel Martinsen

Ji Xianlin and the Tocharian language (吐火罗语); deaths in Olympic construction; Olympic boxer Zou Shunli (邹顺利)

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What makes a master?

Posted on 2007-02-11 by Joel Martinsen

A new book by Ji Xianlin (季羡林), Li Ao (李敖) on the mainland’s lack of cultural elite, a six-point definition of a great master in academia, and a review of a new Southern Metropolis Daily book that talks to elderly literary folk, The Last of the Cultural Nobility (最后的文化贵族).

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