Biography of Ji Xianlin

Ji Xianlin (* 6. August 1911 in Linqing; † 11. July 2009 in Beijing) was a chinesischer Linguist, Paläograph, Indologe und Historiker. He was 97 years old. His education included 正誼中学, 济南第一中学, Tsinghua University and University of Göttingen. He worked at 济南第一中学, University of Göttingen and Peking University. He received 4 awards, including Lu Xun Literary Prize for Excellent Proses and Essays, Padma Bhushan. His cause of death was myocardial infarction.