Elderly honoree aged 94 challenges students to surpass his achievements
China DailyZhang Jinfan Zhang Jinfan, who reads and writes every day even at the age of 94, has not yet retired from teaching Chinese legal history. As the founder of Chinese legal history studies, he has built a bridge between China's past and future with his academic research and helped introduce the country's development of its rule of law to the world. Although his vision worsened due to macular disease in 2002, he still pays attention to legal news and measures taken by the country, because in his view, students of Chinese legal history must understand the changes from ancient times to the present, so as to find references in history to meet modern needs, according to the magazine. "The volumes are not only a collection of Zhang's academic achievements, but also a summary of the academic development of Chinese legal history over the past 70 years," Zhu Yong, a professor at the China University of Political Science and Law, told Fangyuan.