Sun Ji (September 28, 1929-June 15, 2023), a native of Qingdao, Shandong, is a well-known cultural relics expert and archaeologist in China, graduated from the Department of History of Peking University, majoring in archaeology, and is a lifelong research librarian of the National Museum of China. He has profound attainments and rich research achievements in the fields of cultural relics identification, ancient clothing history, and history of science and technology.
Personal Experience:
1949: Entered North China Military and Political University.
1951: Began to study the history of ancient Chinese costumes with Mr. Shen Congwen, and assisted in sorting out ancient bronze mirror cultural relics.
1955: Admitted to the Department of History, Peking University, majoring in archaeology.
1960: After graduation, he stayed on to work.
1979: Transferred to the Department of Archaeology of the Chinese History Museum (now the National Museum of China).
1983: Named Associate Research Librarian.
1986: Named Research Librarian.
January 1990: Retired, enjoying the special allowance of the expert.
1995: Employed as a librarian of the ** Research Museum of Culture and History.
2005: Appointed as the vice chairman of the National Cultural Relics Appraisal Committee.
In 2008, he was hired as a member of the Leading Group for the Collation and Publication of Chinese Ancient Books, and in the same year, he was named "Outstanding Art Historian" by the Chinese Artists Association.
2009: The research results were included in the "Overview of the Academic Achievements of Famous Chinese Scientists in the 20th Century".
2012: Won the "Academic Achievement and Outstanding Contribution Award" of the National Museum of China.
2019: He was appointed as a lifelong research librarian and honorary director of the National Museum of China.
Social Appointments:
He is a lifelong research librarian at the National Museum of China.
Vice Chairman of the National Cultural Relics Appraisal Committee.
*Librarian of the Research Institute of Culture and History.
Member of the Leading Group for the Collation and Publication of Chinese Ancient Books.
Main Achievements:
Systematically summarize the cultural relics unearthed from the Han tombs and the documents of the Han Dynasty, and publish the "Illustrated Materials of the Material Culture of the Han Dynasty".
In the study of ancient car systems, he demonstrated the local origin of ancient Chinese cars, and presided over the design of the "Chinese Ancient Car Museum" in Zibo, Shandong.
In the study of ancient Chinese costumes, he systematically sorted out and elaborated and researched, and formed important treatises such as "Chinese Ancient Public Opinion Clothing Series" and "Chinese Clothing - Ancient Chinese Costume Culture".
In the study of the history of science and technology, he has conducted in-depth research on the material culture of ancient clothing, food, housing and transportation, and published "Ancient Chinese Material Culture".
In the research of the history of Sino-foreign exchanges, he published "The Chinese Sacred Flame: Chinese Ancient Cultural Relics and Some Issues in the Cultural Exchange between the East and the West".
Awards:
In 1992, he was awarded a special allowance.
In 2008, he was awarded the title of "Outstanding Art Historian" by the Chinese Artists Association.
2009: The research results were included in the "Overview of the Academic Achievements of Famous Chinese Scientists in the 20th Century".
2012: Won the "Academic Achievement and Outstanding Contribution Award" of the National Museum of China.
Social Contribution:
Mr. Sun Ji has a high reputation in the field of cultural relics appraisal and has made significant contributions to the appraisal and research of the collections of the National Museum.
He has cultivated many young scholars, especially in the field of public opinion service research.
As the vice chairman of the National Cultural Relics Appraisal Committee, he led the frontier direction of cultural relics appraisal research and made important contributions to the development of cultural relics museums.
Mr. Sun Ji is committed to the study of cultural relics, through which he understands the life of ancient society, and promotes the research and popularization of ancient Chinese material culture.
Character evaluation:
Mr. Sun Ji is known as an academic monument in the field of archaeology, cultural relics and art in China, and is a truly outstanding representative of Chinese literature and erudition.
His academic achievements are like Kunlun on the Chinese Plateau, and have had a profound impact on the study of ancient Chinese material culture.
Mr. Sun Ji's academic career and contributions are widely recognized, and his passing is seen as a great loss to the Chinese cultural relics community.