Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v2.c15.s2.t24.6

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After 1978, he served as the Vice President of Peking University, holding the post of Director of many societies, such as Chinese Association for South Asia Studies, Chinese Language Society, China English Language Education Association, Chinese Dunhuang Turpan Society and Chinese Asia and Pacific Society. He died of illness on July 11, 2009 in Beijing. He won many overseas honours: the highest honourary award “Samman Patra” given by the Indian Varanasi Sanskrit University in 1992; the title of honourary academician given by Sahitya Akademi in 1999; the gold certificate of doctoral degree issued by Georg-August Universität Göttingen in 2000; World Laureate elected at the 19th World Congress of Poets in 2005; the Padma Bhushan awarded by the Government of India in 2008.