（University of Wisconsin-Madison Faculty Document 2008
5 November 2007）
MEMORIAL RESOLUTION OF THE FACULTY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON
ON THE DEATH OF PROFESSOR EMERITUS TSE-TSUNG CHOW
Beyond the University of Wisconsin’s confines, Professor Tse-tsung Chow was world renowned for his studies of traditional and modern Chinese literature and Chinese history. On campus he was respected both for his scholarship and his mentoring of young faculty. Those who didn’t know Professor Tse-tsung Chow may have sometimes been puzzled by this multi-faceted man. A prodigious poet, at ease writing classical Chinese verse (something like writing poetry in Latin) as well as working in modern English meter, his verse sang of wine and its pleasures, yet he seldom drank anything stronger than hot water. Although he was soft-spoken, he held strong convictions and, when convinced he was right, could not be swayed (ask any of the deans he worked with,
博彩!). This power perhaps came from Professor Chow’s fondness for the famed hot peppers of his home province; he would often eat them with meals much as one munches on a pickle.
