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Subject: China's Zhou Youguang, father of Pinyin writing system, dies aged 111
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/14/17 at 4:20 pm
Youguang Zhou, the Chinese linguist, sinologist, and supercentenarian, often credited as the "father of (Hanyu) Pinyin", the official romanization for Mandarin in the People's Republic of China, died today at the age of 111.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-38621697
Subject: Re: China's Zhou Youguang, father of Pinyin writing system, dies aged 111
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/14/17 at 4:26 pm
The age of his death at 111 brings to mind the lyrics of "Waltz For Eva And Che" from Evita.
"Oh what I'd give for a hundred years.
But the physical interferes.
Every day more, O my Creator
What is the good of the strongest heart.
In a body that's falling apart?"
Subject: Re: China's Zhou Youguang, father of Pinyin writing system, dies aged 111
Written By: LyricBoy on 01/14/17 at 4:28 pm
RIP Zhou Youguang. Gone all too soon...
Subject: Re: China's Zhou Youguang, father of Pinyin writing system, dies aged 111
Written By: LyricBoy on 01/15/17 at 2:39 pm
Having lived through 111 years of Chinese history, including the Mao era, for Zhou to have survived all this upheaval for so long, must mean that he indeed was a cunning linguist.