Tang Yongtong

Tang Yongtong
湯用彤
Tang Yongtong.
Born	(1893-08-04)August 4, 1893 Weiyuan County, Gansu, Qing China
Died	May 1, 1964(1964-05-01) (aged 70) Beijing, China
Resting place	Babaoshan
Alma mater	Tsinghua School Shuntian School Harvard University
Occupation(s)	Educator, scholar, philosopher
Organization	Academia Sinica
Spouse	Zhang Jingping
Children	Four, including Tang Yijie
Parent	Tang Lin (father)
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	湯用彤
Simplified Chinese	汤用彤
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Tāng Yòngtóng
Xiyu
Traditional Chinese	錫予
Simplified Chinese	锡予
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Xīyǔ

Tang Yongtong (Chinese: 湯用彤; pinyin: Tāng Yòngtóng; 4 August 1893 – 1 May 1964) was a Chinese educator, philosopher and scholar best known for studying Chinese Buddhism.^[1][2] Tang was proficient in Sanskrit, Pali, English and Japanese.^[3]

Tang attended the Tsinghua School and Shuntian School before he pursued advanced studies in the United States. While studying at Harvard University, he became known as "one of the three Outstanding Persons of Harvard" along with Chen Yinke and Wu Mi.

He was an academician of the Academia Sinica. He was a member of the 1st National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. He was also a delegate to the 1st, 2nd and 3rd National People's Congress.