任继愈 (Ren Jiyu)
Born	April 15, 1916 Pingyuan County, Shandong Province, China
Died	July 11, 2009 Beijing, China
Nationality	China
Occupation	National Library of China
Known for	Chinese librarian

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

References

• "Mr. Ren Jiyu passes away". National Library of China. July 11, 2009. Archived from the original on December 31, 2009. Retrieved July 19, 2009.