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Dr. Jinhua Chen, Professor
email: jinhua(at)mail.ubc.ca
Professor Chen studied at Beijing University (1983-1990) and the Graduate School of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (1990-1991) before coming to Canada in 1992 for further education. After receiving his Ph.D degree from McMaster University in 1997 with a dissertation on the formation of Tendai Esoteric Buddhism in Japan, he conducted his post-doctoral research at Kyoto University, Japan (November, 1997 - April, 2000). Starting from the summer of 2001, he has been a member in the Department of Asian Studies at UBC, where he was also appointed by the federal government of Canada as the Canada Research Chair in East Asian Buddhism (2001-2011). He also held short-term teaching positions at the University of Virginia (2000-2001) and the University of Tokyo (2003-2004).
As recipient of research grants and fellowships from different sources including Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC), Canada Research Chairs (CRC) Program, Killam Foundation, Bukkyō Dendō Kyōkai (BDK), Japan Society for the Promotion of Social Sciences (JSPS), Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, and the Academy of Korean Studies, he has been engaged in research projects related to East Asian state-church relationships, monastic (hagio/)biographical literature, Buddhist sacred sites, relic veneration, Buddhism and technological innovation in medieval China, and Buddhist translations.
EDUCATION:
January 1992-November 1997: McMaster University; Ph.D degree conferred in November 1997 with a dissertation titled “The Formation of Esoteric Buddhism in Japan: A Study of Three Japanese Esoteric Apocrypha” (supervised by K. Shinohara, R. Sharf and P. Granoff) (degree certificate dated Nov. 7, 1997).
September 1990-December 1991: Graduate School of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences; doctoral Student in Dept. Religious Studies, focusing on Chinese Buddhism.
September 1987-July 1990: Graduate School of Beijing University; MA degree in July 1990 with a MA thesis on the Development of the concept Sunyata in Indian Buddhism.
September 1983- July 1987: Beijing University, Dept. Philosophy; BA (Religious Studies) in July 1987.
CAREER EXPERIENCES:
July 2001- present: Assistant Professor (July 2001-June 2006), Associate Professor (July 2006-June 2011), Full Professor (July, 2011), Department of Asian Studies, University of British Columbia;
July 2001- June 2011: Canada Research Chair in East Asian Buddhism;
May–June, 2008: Foreigner researcher in the Institute of Research for Humanities, Kyoto University;
July-August, 2006: Foreigner researcher in the Institute of Research for Humanities, Kyoto University;
April–June, October-December, 2005: Foreigner researcher in the Institute of Research for Humanities, Kyoto University;
October-November, 2004: Foreigner researcher in the Institute of Research for Humanities, Kyoto University;
April 2003-March 2004: Associate Professor, Dept. Indology and Buddhology, University of Tokyo
August 2000- June 2001: Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Religious Studies, the University of Virginia;
April – July 2000: Sessional Instructor, Department of Religious Studies, McMaster University;
November 1997-April 2000: post-doctoral research in the Institute for Research in Humanities at Kyoto University as a fellow of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science;
December 1994-May 1997: Researcher in Kyoto, Japan; successively affiliated with Hanazono University, Kyoto University, and Italian Institute of East Asian Studies.
September 1990-December 1991: Part-time lecturer in Chinese Buddhism at the Chinese Academy of Buddhism in Beijing.
PUBLIC LECTURES, CONFERENCES ORGANIZED (marked with *) AND ATTENDED:
1. December 1998: “Legend and Legitimation: Some Remarks on the Formation of Tendai Esoteric Buddhism in Japan,” public lecture, Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations, Harvard University.
2. December 1999: “Sarira and Scepter: State-church Relationship under the Sui Dynasty,” public lecture, Center of the Religious Studies, University of Toronto.
3. November 2000: “Monks and Monarchs, Kinship and Kingship: Some Remarks on Sui-Tang Buddhism and Politics,” public lecture, Department of Asian Studies, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
4. 27 January 2001: “The Vision and Ambition of a Chinese Asoka: Sui Wendi’s (r. 581-604) Spread of Relics in the early 600s,” presented to the conference on Absence Made Tangible: Relics of the Buddha in India, China, and Japan. Los Angels, UCLA.
*5. May 2001: “Trouble-shooter and Peace-maker—The Political Career of the Buddhist Monk Fazang (643-712),” presented to the international conference on Buddhism and Peace. Vancouver, UBC.
*6. February 2002: “Neidaochang: Buddhist Chapels within the Imperial Palaces of the Great Tang (618-907),” presented to the international conference on Monasticism: Asian Perspectives. Vancouver, UBC.
7. November 2003: “Buddhism’s Sociopolitical Functions in China at the beginning of the Eighth Century,” public lecture, International Institute for Advanced Buddhist Studies at the University of Soka.
8. December 2003: “Behind the Affair between an ‘Evil’ Indian Monk and a ‘Greedy’ Chinese Princess: Millennialism, Proletarianism, Commerce and Buddhism in the Tang Restoration (704-713),” presented to the international Conference on Cross the Border of China (a conference in honor of Victor Mair), Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania.
9. February 2004: “Some Remarks on Buddhism and Taoism’s Politico-economic Roles at the turn of the Eighth Century” (public lecture), Department of Indology and Buddhology, the University of Tokyo
10. May 2004: “Reentry through Retreat: Two Case Studies of Buddhist Nuns’ Religious and Sociopolitical Roles in Tang China,” presented to the international conference on “More Than Women: Historical Illuminations – Korean Nuns within the Context of East Asian Buddhist Traditions” at Hanmaun Seonwon headquarter temple in Anyang, South Korea.
*11. October 2004: “Images, Legends, Politics and the Origin of Great Xiangguo Monastery in Kaifeng: A Case-study of the Formation and Transformation of Buddhist Sacred Sites in Medieval China,” presented to the international conference on Buddhist Sacred Sites in Asia at University of British Columbia.
12. October 2004: “A Korean Biography of a Sogdian Monk in China, with a Japanese Commentary: Ch’oe Ch’iwŏn’s Biography of Fazang, Its Values and Limitations,” presented to the international conference on Korean Buddhism in East Asian Perspectives at University of Geumgang, Nonsan, South Korea.
*13. November 2004: “The Basilica of Layered Clouds: A Buddhist Chapel within Liang Wudi’s (r. 502-549) Imperial Park,” presented to the international Conference on Engaged Buddhism, Its History, Doctrines and Practices: An International Conference in Honor of Master Yin-shun’s 100th Birthday at the University of Tzu-chi, Hua-lien, Taiwan.
14. April 2005: “Monks, Magic and Market: Some Reflections on the Pancavarsika (Open-to-all Dharma Assembly) in Medieval China,” presented to the international conference on Manipulating Magic: Sages, Sorcerers, and Scholars Sponsored by the Council on East Asian Studies and the South Asian Studies Council at Yale University.
15. June 2005: “Buddhism’s Economic Roles in Medieval China: Several New Perspectives,” public lecture, UCLA Center for Buddhist Studies Colloquium, sponsored by Center for Buddhist Studies, UCLA.
16. June 2005: “Fazang and Yunjusi,” for the Conference on Chinese Buddhism sponsored by the University of West, LA, USA.
17. March 2006: “Millennialism in Chinese Buddhism at the Beginning of the Eighth Century,” public lecture at Harvard University, sponsored by Harvard Buddhist Studies Forum.
18. June 2006: “Daoxuan and Early Meditation Tradition in China,” for the international conference on “Bodhidharma and Chinese culture,” organized by the People’s University of China and the Hualin Temple in Guangzhou, China.
19. July 2006: “A Reconstruction of Fazang’s Life: What Historians Can Learn from Monastic Hagio-biography?” for the international conference on “Biography and Historiography in Chinese and Korean Buddhism,” Hamburg University.
*20. November 2006: “Formation of the Tendai Esoteric Buddhism in the Context of ‘International’ Buddhism,” paper presented to the international symposium on “Harmony in Discord: Buddhism’s Trans-cultural Roles,” Beijing University, Beijing, China.
21. January 2007: “Reading Chinese Buddhist Monastic Hagiographies: A New Approach,” public lecture, Center for Buddhist Studies, University of California at Berkeley.
22. June 2007: “Feminization of Avalokitesvara: A New perspective,” paper presented to the international Symposium “Lotus Sutra and Avalokitesvara” in Potuo 普陀, China, organized by Risshō Kōsei Kai 立正佼成会 (Society for Righteousness and Friendship), Japan.
23. May 2008: “A New Image of Fazang,” public lecture at Zhongshan University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
24. May 2008: “New Progresses in the study of Fazang’s Biographies” public lecture at the University of Hong Kong.
25. May 2008: “Meditation Tradition in Fifth to Sixth Century China,” public lecture at the University of Hong Kong.
26. May 2008: “Buddhabadra’s collaboration with Huiyuan in the casting of a Buddha-image Cave on Mount Lu: A New Reading of Old Evidence,” public lecture at the Institute for Research in Humanities, Kyoto University.
27. August 2008: “The Non-Avatamsaka Career of the Avatamsaka Translator Buddhabhadra,” paper presented to the international Symposium “Huayan Studies: New Perspectives,” Paris, organized by l’École française d’Extrême-Orient (EFEO) (paper submitted, not attended in person due to schedule conflict).
28. December 2008: “The Fate of a Chinese Text in Japan: Yakushun’s藥雋 (?-1110+) Criticisms of Haiyun’s海雲 (?-834+) Account of Esoteric Lineages in Tang China,” paper presented to the international Symposium “Cutting Edge Research on Chinese Translations of Buddhist Scriptures” in Tokyo, organized by The International College for Postgraduate Buddhist Studies, Japan.
29. February 2009: “A Forgotten ‘Kashmiri’ Meditation Tradition in China,” paper presented to the international Symposium “Buddhism Across Asia: Networks of Material, Intellectual and Cultural Exchanges,” organized by The Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS), Singapore.
30. April 2009: “Buddhism’s Political Roles in Medieval China: New Perspectives and New Evidence,” invited lecture for the Department of Philosophy, Seoul National University.
31. April 2009: “Notes on Buddhism’s Economical and Commercial Roles in Medieval China,” invited lecture fro the Department of Philosophy, Seoul National University.
32. April 2009: “Several Case Studies of East Asian Buddhist Biographical and Hagiographical Literature,” invited lecture for the Department of Philosophy, Seoul National University.
33. April 2009: “Korea or China?: The Provenance of Xylography in the light of Evidence from Chinese Buddhism,” public lecture for the Kyujanggak colloquium series, Seoul National University.
34. April 2009: “An Esoteric Master from China, Korea, or Nowhere?: A Myth about a Religious Lineage from China to Japan Through Silla,” public lecture, The Academy of Korean Studies.
35. April 2009: “In What Sense Can One Speak of Esoteric Tradition in Tang China?” Public lecture at University of Toronto, Numata Lecture Series.
36. April 2009: “Crossfire: Conflicts between Shingon and Taimitsu as Reflected in a Twelfth Century Tendai Polemic,” workshop presentation sponsored by the University of Toronto and McMaster University, Numata Lecture Series.
*37. December 2009: “Buddho-Daoist Medico-meditative Forms Inspired by Wuxing,” paper presented to the international Symposium “Monk and Medicine,” co-sponsored by the University of British Columbia and People’s University of China, held in Beijing.
*38. July 2010: “Fact and Fiction: The Creation of the ‘Third Chan Patriarch’ and His Legends,” paper presented to the international Symposium “Buddhist Mythology,” co-sponsored by the University of British Columbia and Beijing University, held in Beijing.
SERVICES
1. Aug, 2007— : Series in India-China Relations, Anthem Press. Member of Editorial Board.
2. Aug, 2007— : Routledge Critical Studies in Buddhism Series. Member of Editorial Board.
3. Jan, 2007— : Journal of the International Association of Buddhist Studies. Member of Editorial Board.
4. Jan, 1996—Dec, 2002: Extra-canonical Buddhist Texts. Member of Editorial Board.
5. Jun, 2005— : Société Asiatique. Member.
6. Jan, 2008— : Tang Studies. Member.
PUBLICATIONS:
1. Sole-authored Books:
1.1. (1999): Making and Remaking History: A Study of Tiantai Sectarian Historiography. Studia Philologica Buddhica Monograph Series no. 14, Tokyo: The International Institute for Buddhist Studies in Tokyo, 202 pages. Reviewed by [1] Timothy H. Barrett, Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society XI.3 [2001]: 405-7; [2] Li-ying Kuo, Revue bibliographique de sinologie II.19 (2001): 432-3; [3] Mathias Ober, Orientalistische Literaturzeitung (2001) 96:4-5, 629-32; [4] G. Salat, ACTA ORIENTALIA 56.2-4 [2003]: 468-9; [5] Tansen Sen, T’oung Pao XC.3-5 [2004]: 400-5;
1.2. (2002): Monks and Monarchs, Kinship and Kingship: Tanqian in Sui Buddhism and Politics. Kyoto: Italian School of East Asian Studies, 310 pages. Reviewed by [1] John McRae, Journal of Chinese Religions 31 [2003]: 223-6, [2] John Kieschnick, Bulletin of School of Oriental and African Studies LXVII.1 [2004]: 109-12; [3] James Robson, T’oung Pao XC.3-5 [2004]: 405-12; [4] Linda Penkower, http://www.h-net.org/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=180241121188002 [May 2005]; [5] Huaiyu Chen, Tang Yanjiu 唐研究 X [2005]: 584-8.
1.3. (2007): Philosopher, Practitioner, Politician: The Many Lives of Fazang (643-712). Series Sinica Leidensia 75, Leiden: Brill Academic Publisher. 539 pages. Reviewed by (1) Max Deeg, Journal of Chinese Religions 36 (2008): 134-139; (2) Imre Hamar, Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies 72 (2009): 408-410.
1.4. (2009): Legend and Legitimation: The Formation of Tendai Esoteric Buddhism in Japan (Mélanges Chinois et Bouddhiques, vol. 30, Brussels: Institut Belge des Hautes Etudes Chinoises). Louvain: Peeters Press. 424 pages. Reviewed by Paul Swanson, Japanese Journal of Religious Studies 37.2 (2010): 383-385 (http://nirc.nanzan-u.ac.jp/publications/jjrs/pdf/855.pdf); Shinya Mano, Center for the Study of Japanese Religions (CSJR) Newsletters (SOAS, London University) 20-21 (2010):28-29 (http://www.soas.ac.uk/csjr/newsletter/file63302.pdf)
1.5.(2010): Crossfire: Shingon-Tendai Strife as Seen in Two Twelfth-century Polemics, with Special References to Their Background in Tang China. Studia Philologica Buddhica Monograph Series no. 25. Tōkyō: The International Institute for Buddhist Studies in Tōkyō. 372 pages.
2. Books Co-edited
2.1. (2007a): Buddhism and Peace: With a Focus on the Issues of Violence, Wars and Self-sacrifice. Co-edited with James Benn. Hua-lien (Taiwan): Tzu-chi University Press, 2007 (208 pages).
2.2. (2007b): Development and Practice of Humanitarian Buddhism: Interdisciplinary Perspectives. Co-edited with Mu-chu Hsu and Lori Meeks. Hua-lien (Taiwan): Tzu-chi University Press, 2007 (310 pages).
2.3. (2010a): Images, Relics, and Legends: The Formation and Transformation of Buddhist Sacred Sites, Essays in Honor of Professor Koichi Shinohara. Edited with James Benn and James Robson Oakville: Mosaic Press, 2010.
2.4. (2010b): Buddhism Across Borders: Essays in Memory of Antonino Forte. Edited with Tansen Sen. Singapore: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, forthcoming in 2010.
3. Book Chapters
3.1. (2004): “Shengshansi kaolun” (An Investigation on the Provenance of the Shengshan Monastery) (in Chinese), for Zhexue, Zongjiao yu renwen (Studies in Chinese Philosophy, Religions and Culture: Essays Collected on the Occasion of Celebrating Profess Lou Yulie’s Seventieth Birthday (edited by Li Silong, et al, Beijing: Shangwu yinshuguan, 2004), pp. 471-510 (40 pages) (a slightly modified Chinese version of 2006 c).
3.2 (2007a): “Buddhist Establishments within Liang Wudi’s (r. 502-549) Imperial Park.” In Development and Practice of Humanitarian Buddhism: Interdisciplinary Perspectives (edited by Mu-chu Hsu, Jinhua Chen and Lori Meeks, Hua-lien: Tzu-chi University Press, 2007), pp. 13-29.
3.3. (2007b): “Fazang (643-712) as a Peace-maker and Trouble-shooter.” In Buddhism and Peace: With a Focus on the Issues of Violence, Wars and Self-sacrifice (edited by Jinhua Chen and James Benn, Hua-lien: Tzu-chi University Press, 2007), pp. 131-205.
3.4. (2009): “Fotuobatuo gong Huiyuan gou foyingtai shi zaikao” 佛陀跋陀共慧遠構佛影臺事再考 (A Reexamination on the Role Buddhabhadra played in collaborating with Huiyuan in Constructing the Buddha-image Cave in Mount Lu.” (in Chinese). In Guoxue yu foxue: Lou Yulie jiaoshou qizhi jinwu songshou wenji國學與佛學樓宇烈教授七秩晉五頌壽文集 (ed. Li Silong 李四龍. Beijing: Jiuzhou chubanshe 九州出版社, 2009), pp. 55-64 (a Chinese version of 3.10 [2011b]).
3.5. (2010a). “Jiang Zhiqi and the Miaoshan Legend: A Case Study of the Roles Played by Laymen in Constructing Buddhist Sacred Sites in Medieval China.” In Images, Relics, and Legends: The Formation and Transformation of Buddhist Sacred Sites, Essays in Honor of Professor Koichi Shinohara (eds. James Benn, Jinhua Chen and James Robson; Oakville: Mosaic Press, 2010).
3.6. (2010b): “Buddhism under the Northern Qi.” In Echoes of the Past: The Buddhist Cave Temples at Xiangtangshan (Ed. Katherine Tsiang. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 2010), pp. 93-104.
3.7. (2010c): “The Political Career of a Central Asian Monk in the Central Kingdom.” In Buddhism Across Borders (eds. Jinhua Chen, Tansen Sen. Singapore: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, 2010), forthcoming.
3.8. (2010d): “Meditation Tradition in Fifth Century Northern China: With a Focus on a Forgotten ‘Kashmiri’ Meditation Tradition Brought to China by Buddhabhadra (359-429).” In Across Asia: Networks of Material, Intellectual, and Cultural Exchange (ed. Tansen Sen. Singapore: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, 2010), forthcoming.
3.9. (2011a): “Esoteric Buddhism and Monastic Institution.” in Esoteric Buddhism and the Tantras in East Asia (ed. Charles Orzech. Leiden: Brill, 2011).
3.10.(2011b): “Buddhabhadra’s (359-429) Collaboration with Huiyuan (334-416) in Transplanting the Nagarahāra Image-cave to China: A Reexamination.” In a volume edited by Funayama Toru and tentatively titled “Chūgoku Indo shūkyōshi, tokuni Bukkyō shi ni okeru shomotsu no ryūtsū denpa to jinbutsu idō no chiiki tokusei” 中国印度宗教史とくに仏教史における書物の流通伝播と人物移動の地域特性 (publication expected in March 2011).
4 Journal Articles
4.1. Peer-reviewed
4.1.1 (1998a): “The Construction of Early Tendai Esoteric Buddhism: The Japanese Provenance of Saicho’s Transmission Documents and Three Esoteric Buddhist Apocrypha Attributed to Subhakarasimha.” Journal of the International Association of Buddhist Studies 21.1 (1998): 21-76.
4.1.2. (1998b): “The Stories from the Life of Chi-tsang (549-623) and Their Use in T’ien-t’ai Sectarian Historiography.” Asia Major (3rd Series) 11/1 (1998): 53-98.
4.1.3. (1999): “One Name, Three Monks: Two Northern Chan Masters Emerge from the Shadow of Their Contemporary, the Tiantai Patriarch Zhanran (711-782).” Journal of the International Association of Buddhist Studies 22.1 (1999): 1-91.
4.1.4. (2000-2001): “The Birth of a Polymath: The Genealogical Background of the Tang Monk-Scientist Yixing (673-727).” Tang Studies 18-19 (2000-2001): 1-39.
4.1.5. (2001): “Holy Alliance: The Court-Appointed ‘Monks of Great Virtue’ and Their Religious and Political Role under the Sui Dynasty (581-617).” Tang Yanjiu (Journal of Tang Studies) 7 (2001): 19-38.
4.1.6. (2002a): “Sarira and Scepter: Empress Wu’s Political Use of Buddhist Relics.” Journal of the International Association of Buddhist Studies 25.1-2 (2002): 33-150.
4.1.7. (2002b): “Pusaseng (Bodhisattva-monks): A Peculiar Monastic Institution at the Turn of the Northern Zhou (557-581) and Sui Dynasties (581-618).” Journal of Chinese Religions 30 (2002): 1-22.
4.1.8. (2002c): “An Alternative View of the Meditation Tradition in China: Meditation in the Life and Works of Daoxuan (596-667).” T’oung-p’ao: Revue internationale de sinologie 88.4-5 (2002): 332-395.
4.1.9. (2002d): “Family Ties and Buddhist Nuns in Tang China: Two Studies.” Asia Major 15.2 (2002): 51-85.
4.1.10. (2003): “More Than a Philosopher: Fazang (643-712) as a Politician and Miracle-worker.” History of Religions 42.4 (May 2003): 320-358.
4.1.11. (2004a): “The Location and Chief Members of Siksananda’s (652-710) Avatamsaka Translation Office: Some Remarks on a Chinese Collection of Stories and Legends Related to the Avatamsaka Sutra.” Journal of Asian History 38.2 (2004): 121-140.
4.1.12. (2004b): “The Indian Buddhist Missionary Dharmaksema (385-433): A New Dating of His Arrival in Guzang and of His Translations.” T’oung-p’ao: Revue internationale de sinologie 90.4-5 (2004): 215-263.
4.1.13. (2004c): “Tang Buddhist Palace Chapels.” Journal of Chinese Religions 32 (2004): 101-173.
4.1.14. (2005a): “Some Aspects of the Buddhist Translation Procedure in Early Medieval China: With Special References to a Longstanding Misreading of a Keyword in the Earliest Extant Buddhist Catalogue in East Asia.” Journal Asiatique 293.2 (2005): 603-662.
4.1.15. (2005b): “Fazang the Holy Man.” Journal of the International Association of Buddhist Studies 28.2 (2005): 11-84.
4.1.16. (2005c): “Images, Legends, Politics and the Origin of the Great Xiangguo Monastery in Kaifeng: A Case-study of the formation and Transformation of Buddhist Sacred Sites in Medieval China.” Journal of the American Oriental Society 125.3 (2005): 353-378.
4.1.17. (2006a): “Fazang and Wuzhen si: With a Special Reference to Fazang’s Daoist Ties.” Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, Series 3, 16.2: 179-197.
4.1.18. (2006b): “A Daoist Princess and a Buddhist Temple: A New Theory on the Causes of the Canon-delivering Mission Originally Proposed by Princess Jinxian (689-732) in 730.” Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies 69.2: 267-292.
4.1.19. (2006c): “Pañcavārṣika Assemblies in Liang Wudi’s Buddhist Palace Chapel.” Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies 66.1 (2006): 43-103.
4.1.20. (2006d): “The Statues and Monks of Shengshan Monastery: Money and Maitreyan Buddhism in Tang China.” Asia Major 19.1-2 (a Special Issue in Honor of Victor Mair): 111-160.
4.1.21. (2007): “A Korean Biography of a Sogdian Monk in China, with a Japanese Commentary: Ch’oe Ch’iwŏn’s Biography of Fazang, Its Values and Limitations.” Journal of Asian History 41.2 (2007): 156-188.
4.2. Non-Peer-reviewed (Invited Contributions)
4.2.1 (1998): “Chuan Shanwuwei suoyi sanbu mijiao yigui chuchu ji niandai kao” (An Investigation of the Provenance and Dates of the Three Esoteric Texts Attributed to Subhakarasimha) (in Chinese). Zangwai fojiao wenxian (Extra-canonical Buddhist Texts) 4 (1998): 231-266.
4.2.2 (2004): “Another Look at Tang Zhongzong’s (r. 684, 705-710) Preface to Yijing’s (635-713) Translations: With a Special Reference to Its Date,” Indo Tetsugaku bukkyogaku kenkyu (Studies in Indian Philosophy and Buddhism, Tokyo University) 11 (2004): 3-27.
4.2.3 (2009): “Fazang xin huaxiang” 法藏新畫像 (A New Portrait of Fazang) (in Chinese). Hanyu foxue pinglun 漢語佛學評論1 (2009): 173-194.
4.2.4 (2010): “Yixing 一行 and Jiugong 九宮: One Case of Chinese Reformation of Indian Ideas.” China Report: A Journal of East Asian Studies 46.2 (2010) (a special issue in memory of Professor Ji Xianlin 季羨林).
5. Book Reviews
5.1. (2003): Review of: Dharma Bell and Dhāraṇī Pillar: Li Po’s Buddhist Inscriptions (by Paul Kroll. Kyoto: School of East Asian Studies, 2001. 95 pages). Journal of Chinese Religions 31 (2003): 268-269.
5.2. (2006): “Borders Remapped and Transcended: Reexamining Korea’s Position in Medieval East Asian Buddhism.” Review of: Currents and Countercurrents: Korean Influences on the Buddhist Traditions of East Asia (ed. by Robert Buswell. Honolulu: Hawaii University Press, 2005. 294 pages) H-net Buddhism. 31 (2006).
5.3. (2009): Review of: The Making of a Savior Bodhisattva: Dizang in Medieval China (by Zhiru Ng. Honolulu: Hawaii University Press, 2007. 305 pages). The Journal of Asian Studies 68 (2009): 951 - 952.