ZHANG  Xuesong

SCHOOL OF PHILOSOPHY RENMIN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA

Personal profile

Office Address: School of Philosophy, Renmin University of China, No. 59 Zhongguancun Street, Beijing 100872, P.R. China.

Email Address: 32431462@qq.com

EDUCATION

2008 Doctor of Philosophy in Religious Studies, The Chinese University of Hong Kong (2005-2008)

2005 Master of Philosophy in Religious Studies, Renmin University of China (2002-2005)

2002 Bachelor of Philosophy, Department of Philosophy, Renmin University of China (1998-2002)

PROFESSOINAL EXPERIENCE

2008-Present, Renmin University of China

Associate Professor, School of Philosophy, Renmin University of China (2012 to present)

Assistant Professor (2008-2012)

Full-time Researcher, Institute for the Study of Buddhism and Religious Theory, Renmin University of China(ISBRT,Key Research Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences in ministry of education Council Member of Religion Academy of China) (2008 to present)

2017-present, Peking University

Visiting Research Fellow, Center for Buddhist Studies (PKUCBS).

MAIN RESEARCH INTERESTS

1. The History of Chinese Religion

2. The History of Buddhist Thought in China

3. The Organization of Religious Clergies

4. Local Religion in China

PUBLICATIONS

Books A uthored

1. A Study of Master Yin-guang in the Histor ical Progress of Modern Chinese Buddhism ,Taipei: Fagu wenhua, 2011.[《法雨靈岩:中國佛教現代化歷史進程中的印光法師研究》,臺北:法鼓文化,2011年。]

2. The History of Chinese Buddhism Before Tang Dynasty, Beijing: China Fortune Press,2013.[《唐前中国佛教史论稿》,中国财富出版社,2013年。]

3. The History of Chinese Buddhis m in Han, Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties (Ji Xianlin, Tang Yijie ed. The History of Chinese Buddhism Vol 1,Shanxi Education Press,2014.[《汉魏两晋南北朝佛教史》(季羡林、汤一介主编“中华佛教史”第一卷),山西教育出版社,2014年。]

4. Buddhist Dharma Lineage:the Model of Religious Organizations in China ,Beijing: China Renmin University Press,2015.[《佛教法缘宗族研究:中国宗教组织模式探析》,中国人民大学出版社,2015年。]

5. The Spreading of Incoming Religious Cultures in Ancient China, Beijing: China Social Sciences Press,2020. [《有客西来 东渐华风:中国古代欧亚大陆移民及其后代的精神世界》,中国社会科学出版社,2020年。]

COMPETITIVE RESEARCH GRANTS

1. “The Influence of Chinese Traditional Patriarchal Rites on the Organizational System of Buddhism”[中国传统宗法礼教对佛教组织制度之影响] (YETP0224), Beijing University Young Talents Fund, 2013-2015. (Principal Investigator) (Completed)

2. “ The Biograph ies of Eminent Monks and the Study of the Group of Buddhist Monks in the Six Dynasties”[《高僧传》与六朝佛教僧人群体研究], Chinese National Social Science Fund Later-stage Funding, 2017-2019. (Principal Investigator) (Completed)

INTERNAL SERVICE

School of Philosophy

Head, Teaching and Research Sect of Religious Studies (2010-2014)

Institute for the Study of Buddhism and Religious Theory

Executive Editor, Studies on Religions (2009-2014)