Jao Tsung-I or Rao Zongyi (Chinese: 饒宗頤; 9 August 1917 – 6 February 2018)[1] was a Hong Kong sinologist, calligrapher, historian and painter.

His research covered a vast range of humanities, including oracle bones, archaeology, epigraphy, folklores, religion, art history, musicology, literature, and Near Eastern Studies.

[3] In 1959, he published Yindai zhenbu renwu tongkao (殷代貞卜人物通考; 'Oracle Bone Diviners of the Yin Dynasty'), which earned him the Prix Stanislas Julien from the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres in 1962.

[7] In 2000, he was awarded the Grand Bauhinia Medal, the highest honor bestowed by the Hong Kong government.

[3] In August 2017, the Hongkong Post issued a set of six special stamps featuring Jao's paintings and calligraphy.