Bulletin Summer 1977

• Interview • Prof. Jao Tsung-i of Chinese Department Professor Jao Tsung-i, born o f a scholarly family, was tutored by his father in his early years. A fte r his Bibliographical Notes o f Chao Chow appeared in the Journal o f Lingnan University, he was appointed by the Sun Yat-sen University as an editor o f the Kwang- tung T'ung-chih fo r three years at the age o f twenty. He subsequently taught at various institutions o f higher education in China, including Wusih Sinology College, Kwangtung Provincial College o f Arts and Science and Nan-hwa College ， and served as a member o f the Kwangtung Provincial Documents Committee ， and Chief Editor o f the official topography o f Chao Chow. Professor Jao joined the Department o f Chinese, University o f Hong Kong, in 1952 and was promoted Reader in 1966. In 1962, he was awarded the Stanislas Julien Prize by the Academie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres o f France. During his visit to India to study Sino-Indian culture, he became a life member o f the Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute, Poona. In 1965, he was engaged as an Attach é at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France to study the Tun-huang manuscript. In 1968 he was appointed the firs t Chair Professor o f Chinese Studies at the University o f Singapore (concurrently Head o f the Department )， and was Visiting Professor o f the Hall o f Graduate Studies, Yale University from 1970 to 71. Professor Jao was Visiting Fellow o f the Insti tute o f Philology o f History ， Academia Sinica (1972), and is now an honorary member o f Ecole Francaise d'Extr ê me-Orient. He joined this University in 1973 and is now Professor o f Chinese and concurrently Head o f the Department o f Chinese Language and Literature. Professor Jao is a voluminous writer. His works include Oracle Bone Diviners o f Yin Dynasty; Some Oracle Bones Collections (in the Main Museums o f Europe, America and Asia); Textural Criticism o f Wen-hsüan (Tun-huang Manuscript); A Study o f Hsiang-er Commentary of Tao-Te-Ching (Tun-huang Manuscript); Airs de Touen-Houang; Examination o f Documents Relating to Tz'ú ; Chronological Table on the Tz'ú o f Ch'ing Dynasty; A Symposium on the Ancient Musical Notations o f Tz'ú ; Researches on the Geographical Names o f Ch'u-Tz'u; A Bibliography of Works on Ch'u-Tz'ú ; The Influence o f Ch'u Tz'ú on Lyric Poetry, Dramatic Poetry and Music; A Study of Ch'u Silk Manuscripts; Kowloon in Historical Records o f Sung Dynasty; Bibliography o f Rare Books, Fung Ping Shan lib ra ry o f University o f Hong Kong; and over a hundred articles in leading journals on oriental studies.