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Tang Yijie
Tang Yijie (; 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. 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.
Life and career.
Tang was born in Tianjin in 1927. His father, Tang Yongtong, was a scholar of Chinese traditional philosophy and President
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Tang Yijie fell ill in 2013 and died on 9 September 2014 in Beijing, at the age of 87.
External links.
- Phoenix Media page for Tang Yijie