Ren Jiyu

Ren Jiyu (Chinese: 任继愈; born April 15, 1916 - died July 11, 2009) in Pingyuan County, Shandong Province was a philosopher, scholar in religious studies, historian, member of the Chinese Communist Party, and honorary director of the National Library of China. He died at 4:30 on July 11, 2009 in Beijing, at the age of 93.

Main Works

• Collection of Buddhist Thinking during the Han and Tang Dynasties, 1963
• A History of Chinese Philosophy (ed.), 4 vols., 1963
• A brief History of Chinese Philosophy, 1973
• History of the Development of Chinese Philosophy, 1983
• Chinese Daoist Philosophers, 1990
• Mozi and Mohist, 1994, reprinted 2009