Kwok Kin Poon

Dr. Kwok Kin Poon (潘國鍵, 1949- ) was born in Guangdong, China. He is a historian, a teacher, a Chinese calligrapher as well as a columnist. He studied under the renowned Chinese historian, Keng-wang Yen (), at the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) in the seventies, and eventually obtained his B.A., M.Phil. degrees, as well as a Diploma in Education from the CUHK. Subsequently, he obtained his M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Hong Kong, and a M.Ed degree from the University of Toronto. One of his major contributions to the studies of Chinese History is his book The Northern Wei State and Juan-juan Nomadic Tribe《北魏與蠕蠕關係研究》.

Aside from his academic achievements, Dr. Poon has studied and practiced Chinese Calligraphy for more than fifty years. At the age of 18, he won the First prize in the Hong Kong Chinese Calligraphy Open Competition in 1967. Between 1986-88, Dr. Poon held his first series of Chinese Calligraphy exhibitions in Hong Kong and in Toronto.

Dr. Poon was also an active columnist in the Chinese media both in Hong Kong and Toronto. He wrote for the Hong Kong between 1984-1987, Hong Kong Ming Pao Newspapers between 1992-1995, Canadian Ming Pao Newspapers between 1997-2002, and Canadian Singtao Newspapers between 2003-2005.

- BA 1971 The Chinese University of Hong Kong ( CUHK )

- MPh 1973 CUHK

- DipEd 1976 CUHK

- MA 1980 University of Hong Kong ( HKU )

- PhD 1983 HKU

- MEd 1990 OISE, University of Toronto, Canada

- Exhibition of Chinese Calligraphy by Kwok Kin POON 1986, Hong Kong.

- Exhibition of Chinese Calligraphy and Painting by Kwok Kin POON and His Students 1987, Hong Kong.

- Exhibition of Chinese Calligraphy and Painting by Kwok Kin POON and His Students in Toronto 1988, Toronto Canada.

- " On Chinese Calligraphy ", New Asia Life, Vol. 11, Hong Kong, 1968, pp. 3656–3657.

- " The Decree of Heaven and Struggle for Power ", New Asia Life, Vol. 13, Hong Kong, 1971, pp. 4427–4429.

- " On the Duties of Historians ", New Asia Life, Vol.14, Hong Kong, 1971, pp. 4628–4630.

-" A Study on the Age of Hsuan-zhuang's Travel to the West in Tang Dynasty ", Journal by the History Department Society of New Asia College ( CUHK ), Vol. 2, Hong Kong, 1972, pp. 29–46.

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