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Top 10 farewells 2009
(chinadaily.com.cn)
Updated: 2009-12-14 13:39
6. Ren Jiyu, great master of Chinese philosophy
Ren Jiyu, a great master in Chinese philosopher, passed away on Saturday, July 11 at 93. He has long been considered as standard bearers of Chinese academia.
The most distinctive academic achievement of Ren Jiyu is identifying Confucianism, Taoism and Buddhism as the three spiritual supports of Chinese culture and pointing out that they exert a deep influence on Chinese people.
Ren was also the first to suggest that Confucianism was the religion of China in ancient times, shattering the belief that Chinese people have never had religious faith and evoking great controversy in academic circles even today.
He claimed that China would produce no great academics until the education system was reformed, and had great insight into the shortcomings of the modern education system.
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