Academician Ying-shih Yu was named the recipient of the inaugural Tang Prize in Sinology on June 20, and he will receive the prize at a ceremony to be held in Taipei this September.

         Dr. Yu is widely recognized as the greatest living historian of China. His scholarship is as remarkably deep as it is widespread. For his tireless effort in academia, Dr. Yu was awarded the 2006 Kluge Prize in recognition of his lifetime achievements in the humanities. He was also elected as an Academia Sinica Academician in 1974.