Tan Sitong
In 1910 he founded the Buddhist Research Society (佛學研究會 "fóxúe yánjiù hùi") and served as its head. The lay Buddhist Ouyang Jian () studied under Yang at this time, and after Yang's death in 1911 Ouyang would reestablish Yang's old publishing house and school as the Chinese Inner Studies College (支那內學院 "zhīnà nèi xúeyuàn"). Yang Wenhui had many students over his lifetime, including several well-known figures such as Zhang Taiyan, Tan Sitong, and Taixu.