Wing-tsit Chan | |||||||||||||
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| 陳榮捷 | |||||||||||||
| Born | 18 August 1901 | ||||||||||||
| Died | 12 August 1994 (aged 92) Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States | ||||||||||||
| Nationality | American | ||||||||||||
| Citizenship | USA | ||||||||||||
| Alma mater | Lingnan University Harvard University | ||||||||||||
| Children | 3 | ||||||||||||
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| Fields | Chinese philosophy | ||||||||||||
| Institutions | Columbia University, Dartmouth College, Chatham University | ||||||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 陳榮捷 | ||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 陈荣捷 | ||||||||||||
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Wing-tsit Chan (Chinese: 陳榮捷; 18 August 1901 – 12 August 1994) was a Chinese scholar and professor best known for his studies of Chinese philosophy and his translations of Chinese philosophical texts. Chan was born in China in 1901 and went to the United States in 1924, earning a Ph.D. from Harvard University in 1929. Chan taught at Dartmouth College and Chatham University for most of his academic career. Chan's 1963 book A Source Book in Chinese Philosophy was highly influential in the English-speaking world, and was often used as a source for quotations from Chinese philosophical classics.