Personal profile

Wenliang Zhang was born in 1966, Zhao County, Hebei Province, China. He completed his Bachelor’s degree in Philosophy in 1987, and went on to earn his Master’s degree in Philosophy in 1990 from the Department of Philosophy at the Renmin University of China. both. In 2004, he achieved a PhD in Literature from the University of Tokyo in Japan. Currently, Currently, he holds a Professorship and serves as the Vice-Deputy Director at the Institute of Studies in Buddhism and Religious Theories, the Renmin University of China. He is also a Council Member of the Japan Association of the Indian and Buddhist Studies. His research areas include Chinese Buddhism and Japanese Buddhism. He has authored several research monographs, including “A Study of the Thought of Chengguan in Huayan Buddhism” (in Japanese), “A Critical Examination of Critical Buddhism (Hihan Bukkyō)” “Contemporary Buddhism in Japan,” “A Study of Huayan Buddhism from the Perspective of East Asian Buddhism,” and “A Study of the History of Thoughts on the Awakening of Faith in Mahayana”.