Ye Jiaying (R), famous scholar of Chinese literature, shakes hand with writer Pai Hsien-yung during an event to mark Ye's 90th birthday at Nankai University in Tianjin, north China, May 10, 2014. Ye is a professor of classical Chinese literature and also a tenured faculty member at the University of British Columbia in Canada. (Xinhua/Zhang Chenlin)

Poet Hsi Muren (R) takes photos at an exhibition about sholar Ye Jiaying during an event to mark Ye's 90th birthday at Nankai University in Tianjin, north China, May 10, 2014. Ye is a professor of classical Chinese literature and also a tenured faculty member at the University of British Columbia in Canada. (Xinhua/Zhang Chenlin)

Ye Jiaying (front), famous scholar of Chinese literature, visits an exhibition during an event to mark Ye's 90th birthday at Nankai University in Tianjin, north China, May 10, 2014. Ye is a professor of classical Chinese literature and also a tenured faculty member at the University of British Columbia in Canada. (Xinhua/Zhang Chenlin)