My comment: As the Xinhua text starts with I just want to "pay tribute now to a man who truly believed in giving his knowledge to others". This year I learned that this is probably one of the most noble causes that any human human being can do along his or her life.
And few compare to Ren Jiyu. Someone known by his humbleness as much as for his wisdom. Peace and best wishes. Xi CCTV report http://www.cctv.com/program/cultureexpress/20090719/102464.shtml Ren Jiyu's funeral held in Beijing http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-07/19/content_11731577.htm BEIJING, July 19 -- We pay tribute now to a man who truly believed in giving his knowledge to others. Mr. Ren Jiyu, a low-profile but outstanding philosopher, passed away on July 11 in Beijing at the age of 93. Ren Jiyu was a renowned religion scholar, and historian, as well as the honorary director of the National Library of China. His funeral was held on Friday morning in Beijing's Babaoshan Funeral Parlor. Ren Jiyu was born in 1916 in Pingyuan County in China's eastern Shandong province. Ren got his masters degree from the Arts Institute of Peking University in 1941. Ren remained there as a professor in the Philosophy Department until 1964. At that point, Ren founded China's first religion research center: the Institute of World Religions of Chinese Academy of Sciences. In 1999, Ren became an academician of International Eurasian Academy of Sciences. From 1987 to 2005, Ren acted as the director of the National Library of China. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "World-thread" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/world-thread?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
