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Oldřich Král
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'''Oldřich Král''' (13 September 1930 – 21 June 2018), Chinese name '''Wang Heda''' (),<ref name=":0">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> was a Czech [[sinologist]], translator and writer.
== Biography ==
Král was born on 13 September 1930 in [[Prague]]. He entered [[Charles University]] in 1949 and began his studies in Chinese language and literature. In the 1950s and 1960s, he spent two period studying at [[Peking University]], and translated [[Ba Jin]]'s novel ''[[The Family (Ba Jin novel)|The Family]]'' and the [[Qing dynasty]] novel ''[[Rulin waishi]]''.<ref name=":0" /> After that, he devoted his life to the translation of Chinese literature and philosophical works into Czech.<ref name=":1">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> His translations include the [[I Ching]], [[Tao Te Ching]], [[Zhuangzi (book)]], [[Wu Men Guan]], [[The Literary Mind and the Carving of Dragons]], and [[Journey to the West]].<ref name=":0" /> His translation of [[Cao Xueqin]]'s classic novel [[Dream of the Red Chamber]] won the [[Czech State Award for Translation]] in 2010 and the Chinese Award for Translation in 2017.<ref name=":1" />
In 1993, Král became professor of sinology at Charles University. He travelled frequently to China, and his last trip to China was in June 2018, just before his death.<ref name=":1" />
Král died on 21 June 2018, at the age of 87. He had been working on translating the Chinese classic novel [[Jin Ping Mei]] before his death.<ref name=":0" />
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== Biography ==
Král was born on 13 September 1930 in [[Prague]]. He entered [[Charles University]] in 1949 and began his studies in Chinese language and literature. In the 1950s and 1960s, he spent two period studying at [[Peking University]], and translated [[Ba Jin]]'s novel ''[[The Family (Ba Jin novel)|The Family]]'' and the [[Qing dynasty]] novel ''[[Rulin waishi]]''.<ref name=":0" /> After that, he devoted his life to the translation of Chinese literature and philosophical works into Czech.<ref name=":1">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> His translations include the [[I Ching]], [[Tao Te Ching]], [[Zhuangzi (book)]], [[Wu Men Guan]], [[The Literary Mind and the Carving of Dragons]], and [[Journey to the West]].<ref name=":0" /> His translation of [[Cao Xueqin]]'s classic novel [[Dream of the Red Chamber]] won the [[Czech State Award for Translation]] in 2010 and the Chinese Award for Translation in 2017.<ref name=":1" />
In 1993, Král became professor of sinology at Charles University. He travelled frequently to China, and his last trip to China was in June 2018, just before his death.<ref name=":1" />
Král died on 21 June 2018, at the age of 87. He had been working on translating the Chinese classic novel [[Jin Ping Mei]] before his death.<ref name=":0" />
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