CNews Issue 3, 2009

58 In Memoriam Professor Lo Hong-lit 羅慷烈 羅慷烈教授於二零零九年六月十二日逝世，享年九十五歲。 羅慷烈教授於一九四零年畢業於廣州中山大學文學院中文系，一直從事中文教育。曾任香港培正 中學教師和羅富國師範學院講師，一九六六年起在香港大學中文系任教，直至一九八三年退休。 羅教授對中國古典詩、詞、曲的研究，在香港和國內學術界，無人不知。羅教授對經、史、 文字學、音韻學等，都有極高的造詣，因此他曾多次在香港大學講授《周易》、《尚書》、 《三家詩》、《春秋三傳》等。 羅教授著述甚豐，分別在國內、香港和台灣出版。其中《元曲三百首箋》一書，面世以來， 一直為兩岸三地多間大學的指定參考讀物。單篇論文數量逾六十篇，散見於國內和香港的一級 學術雜誌和論文集，備受學術界重視。 Professor Lo Hong-lit 羅慷烈 (left) and his student Professor Richard Ho Man-wui 何文匯 at the Kowloon Walled City Park 九龍寨城公園 in 2004. Photo: Leisure and Cultural Services Department Professor Lo Hong-lit, one of the most revered classical Chinese scholars, passed away on June 12, 2009 at the age of 95. Professor Lo joined the Department of Chinese, HKU in 1966 and retired in 1983. He was held in high regard within academia, first and foremost for his achievements in classical Chinese poetry spanning from the shi of the Tang Dynasty to the ci of the Song Dynasty and the qu of the Yuan Dynasty. His wide-ranging scholarship extended beyond poetry to the Confucian classics, Chinese history and historiography, different philosophical traditions and the great anthologies, as well as classical philology and phonology. A prolific and versatile researcher, Professor Lo was author of over sixty monographs published in leading journals and reputable collections.