Tan Xiyong has been familiar with music, chess, calligraphy and painting, medical divination, astrology, and Western Taoism since he was a child. He has also studied Ziping Bazi and Yili. He once studied with Master Liu Huicang of Zhongzhou School, Ziwei Dou Shu, and learned his true teachings, which he promoted in Hong Kong. On the one hand, he recruited 40 disciples and established the Ziwei Dou Mathematics Society to engage in academic research; on the other hand, he also pointed out various theories of Ziwei Dou Mathematics that were circulating in Hong Kong at that time in his columns in Ming Pao and his books. problems and their drawbacks.
In the 1980s, Wang Tingzhi wrote the column "Information" for more than ten years in the supplement of "Ming Pao", which was a favorite reading book for schools and intellectuals. As a result, ordinary citizens talked about Xi Yong's other identity. "Wang Tingzhi" is more familiar. In this column, Wang Tingzhi often analyzes and discusses the current ills at that time. Among them were issues such as the "correct pronunciation of Cantonese" and the development of Hong Kong's political system at that time. After moving to Canada, he continued to publish columns in the Toronto Sing Tao Daily.
In recent years, the "North American Sino-Tibetan Buddhism Research Association" has been launched. More than 20 internationally renowned Buddhist scholars have joined the organization, and the "Sino-Tibetan Buddhism Research Series" and "Sino-Tibetan Buddhism" are co-organized with the School of Chinese Studies at Renmin University of China. annual. He is currently a visiting professor at the School of Chinese Studies at Renmin University of China, where he directs the "Sino-Tibetan Buddhist Research Center" and is committed to training young scholars to engage in Sino-Tibetan Buddhist research.