aʊtsˈaɪd ʌv hɪz ɹˈaɪɾɪŋ, jˈɑːŋ wʌz səksˈɛsfəl æz ɐn ˌækədˈɛmɪk ænd bɪkˌeɪm ðə tʃˈɛɹmən ʌvðə tʃaɪnˈiːz dᵻpˈɑːɹtmənt ˈæftɚ ðə ɹɪˌoːɹɡɐnᵻzˈeɪʃən ʌv beɪdʒˈɪŋ jˌuːnɪvˈɜːsᵻɾi.
Outside of his writing, Yang was successful as an academic and became the chairman of the Chinese department after the reorganization of Beijing University.