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Distinguished Scholarship Award Distinguished sch。如-ship Award, 1985 Derk Bodde - Em例tus Professor of Chinese Studies.and founder of East Asian Studies at the University of Pennsylvania renowned for pioneering scholarsh伊 in a wide range of Sinological fields: Your work in such diverse areas as the institutions, history, thought, festivals, law, and literature of pre-modern China 加s， since the 1930s, set standards for the study of Chinese texts and provided much of the ground'叩ork on which succeeding generati﹒。ns ofscholars 加ve based their research. Your studies of Chinese influence on the thinking of Henry Wallace and Leo Tolstoy and the impad of the Communist revolution on traditional Chinese culture have added an international and modern scope to your scholarship with a breadth that few others in the China βeld can rival. At the same time you have never been willing to remain closeted in your study and ignore the plight of your fello叩 man. Your struggles for academic freedom and the prl。但dion of civilliberties, especially during the McCarthy era, and your efforts for world peace have demonstrated qualities of comp的ion and personal integrity that mark a true scholar. For you. scholarship has been more than jωt an answer to the need to knoω. lt has been a source of inspiration for self-cultivation and the shaping of a better world. Representing in a very personal way the best 01 Chinese and American traditions, your example has had a profound effect on all who have come to know you. Perhaps the 叩ords of Confucius in the Lun-yu state it best: Assiduous in the Pursuit of Learning Tireless in the Teaching of Others 37 ...

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