REMEMBRANCES OF LI XUEQIN (1933–2019)

[...]he suggested we collaborate in publishing them. [...]began a series of projects that we worked on together over the subsequent decades. [...]I think the reason he was so successful as a scholar was the sheer pleasure that he took in learning new things and the delight he took in solving intelle...

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Published in:Early China 2019, Vol.42, p.25-37
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Chinese languages
Collaboration
Inscriptions
Learning
Li Xueqin
Museums
Novels
Obituaries
Scholarly communication
Scholars
Social sciences
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Summary:[...]he suggested we collaborate in publishing them. [...]began a series of projects that we worked on together over the subsequent decades. [...]I think the reason he was so successful as a scholar was the sheer pleasure that he took in learning new things and the delight he took in solving intellectual problems. Because his knowledge was so extensive, he could make leaps of imagination and then back his ideas up with solid evidence. For many more years I felt guilty for not pursuing a career in classical Chinese and having instead gone into journalism. Because of this, for decades, I avoided meeting him, feeling guilty for my betrayal, and unsure of how wise it was to seek him out now that I was a journalist in China. [...]over twenty years after we had parted in late 1989, I went to visit him at Tsinghua University.
ISSN:0362-5028
2325-2324
DOI:10.1017/eac.2019.13