On July 7, 2014 (June 11, 2014 in the lunar calendar), Buddhist philosopher Fang Litian passed away. Fang Litian was a native of Yongkang, Zhejiang Province, born on March 3, 1933. Due to ineffective medical treatment, he died at 9:26 on July 7, 2014 in Beijing at the age of 82. He was an important founder of the discipline of religion and Chinese philosophy at Renmin University of China, Professor Fang Litian, and one of the important founders of Chinese philosophy. Professor Fang Litian was admitted to the Department of Philosophy of Peking University in 1956 and studied under Feng Youlan, Tang Yongtong, Zhang Dainian, Ren Jiyu and other academic masters. In 1961, he was assigned to teach in the Department of Philosophy of Renmin University of China. He successively served as a teaching assistant and lecturer. In 1984, he was specially approved as a professor by the Degree Committee of the State Council. In 1987, he founded the Department of Religion of the Department of Philosophy of Renmin University of China and served as the director of the teaching and research section. In 1991, he founded the Institute of Religion of Renmin University of China and served as the director. In 1999, he founded the Institute of Buddhism and Religion Theory of Renmin University of China and served as the director. In 2009, he founded the Institute for Advanced Study of Religion of Renmin University of China and served as the dean. Professor Fang Litian has made significant contributions to the establishment, construction and development of the discipline of Religion and Chinese Philosophy of Renmin University of He experienced three major turning points in his life. The editor briefly introduces: First, the founding of New China "enabled me to join the revolution earlier and undergo revolutionary training." "I was brought into the cadre school of the financial system of East China by the wheel of the times to study and work." Second, in the autumn of 1956, Professor Fang Litian was admitted to the Department of Philosophy of Peking University. From 1956 to 1961, when he graduated from the university, the teachers of the Department of Philosophy of Peking University included Feng Youlan, Tang Yongtong, Zhang Dainian, Ren Jiyu, Zheng Xin, Hong Qian, Ren Hua, etc., all of whom were masters in the history of philosophy. Until the end of his life, Fang Litian still remembered his teachers. He said that many of his teachers had achieved great things, but he just caught up with the good times and had so many honors. In 1961, Fang Litian graduated from Peking University and was assigned to work in the teaching and research department of the history of Chinese philosophy in the Department of Philosophy of Renmin University of China. 3. Fang Litian's main research object was the philosophy of the Sui and Tang Dynasties of the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, including Confucianism, Taoism and Buddhism. At this time, Fang Litian decided to make Chinese philosophy and Chinese Buddhism his professional research direction, which was later praised by the academic community as "double farming". Fang Litian wrote a great book, and his "Essentials of Chinese Buddhist Philosophy" has far-reaching influence internationally. Hao Lixin, former dean of the School of Philosophy and current dean of the School of Marxism, said that Professor Fang Litian is a historian of philosophy, a religious scholar, and a Buddhist philosopher.