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Zhao Muhe is a 105-year-old man from
Taiwan. Praised by many people as an ideal role model, Zhao's motto is that
it's never too late to learn. He is now auditing(旁听)classes
at National Tsing Hua University in Taiwan as he prepares to earn a PhD.
Zhao entered Open University of Kaohsiung
in Taiwan in 1999.He went to school by bike every day, never missing a single
class. He studied late into the night, and it only took Zhao four years to
finish the 128 academic credits required to graduate, which he did at the age
of 91.
Several years later, Zhao decided to
continue his studies. He passed the entrance examination for Nanhua University
in Taiwan and got a master's degree two years later. The 98-year-old set a
Guinness World Record as the oldest postgraduate in the world.
In 2016, Zhao started classes at National
Tsing Hua University. He lives alone on the fourth floor of an old apartment
building. He does his own shopping, cooking and laundry, refusing other's help
because he thinks it would make him feel old.
Zhao was born in Shandong Province in 1912.
Influenced by traditional Chinese culture, he studied at a private school and
started to study calligraphy(书法)when he was 14.Years
of practice made him a calligraphy master. Over the decades, he has donated
plenty of money raised by calligraphy charities to people in need.
Zhao held a calligraphy exhibition in Hong
Kong in 2013, and also published an autobiography. As he couldn't use a
computer at that time, the autobiography was written by others, based on Zhao's
oral narration. After the book was written, Zhao decided that he should learn
how to use the Internet. Now he can buy his own tickets online.
