Tang Yijie

Tang Yijie
汤一介
Tang Yijie with wife Yue Daiyun in 1953
Born(1927-02-16)16 February 1927
Tianjin, China
Died9 September 2014(2014-09-09) (aged 87)
Alma materPeking University
SpouseYue Daiyun (乐黛云)
Scientific career
Fields
InstitutionsPeking University

Tang Yijie (Chinese: 汤一介; pinyin: Tāng Yījiè; Wade–Giles: T'ang I-chieh; 16 February 1927 − 9 September 2014) was a Chinese scholar and professor at Peking University, who has been described as China's top scholar on philosophy and Chinese studies.[1] He spearheaded the Confucian Canon project, seeking to compile all known classical works on Confucianism, and was the first director of the Institute of Confucian Studies at Peking University.[2]

  1. ^ Luo, Chris (2014-09-10). "China's top philosophy scholar and 'Sinology master' Tang Yijie dies at 87". South China Morning Post.
  2. ^ "Tang Yijie". Phoenix Television (in Chinese). 2014-09-10. Retrieved 20 September 2014.