Ouyang Zhongshi () (October 1928 – 5 November 2020) was a Chinese actor, calligrapher, and singer. Biography He was director of Chinese Calligraphers Association and associate professor in Capital Normal University. Graduated from high school, Ouyang Zhongshi studied at Fu Jen Catholic University which merged into Beijing Normal University in 1952. A year later, he transferred to Philosophy Department of Peking University. His tutor was the Chinese philosopher and logician, Jin Yuelin. After graduating from Peking University in 1954, he started his teaching career in middle schools. In 1982, he was transferred to Beijing Teachers’ School, which now is Capital Normal University, to teach calligraphy. In 2013 Zhongshi was the winner of the gold medal for the first Confucius Art Prize, an addition to the Confucius Peace Prize. He died on 5 November 2020, aged 92. References 1928 births 2020 deaths 20th-century Chinese calligraphers 20th-century Chinese male actors 20th-century Chinese male singers 21st-century Chinese calligraphers Artists from Shandong Academic staff of the Capital Normal University Chinese male Peking opera actors Fu Jen Catholic University alumni Male actors from Shandong People's Republic of China calligraphers Peking University alumni People from Feicheng Singers from Shandong