Oldřich Král (13 September 1930 – 21 June 2018), also known by his Chinese name Wang Heda (Chinese: 王和达),[1] was a Czech sinologist, translator and writer.
In 1993, Král became professor of sinology at Charles University and reestablished a Comparative Literature as a field of study there. He travelled frequently to China, and his last trip to China was in June 2018, just before his death.[2]
Král died on 21 June 2018, at the age of 87. He had been working on translating the Chinese classic novel Jin Ping Mei before his death.[1]