2005.10-2007.9 Department of Philosophy, Tsinghua University; Post-doctoral Fellow

2007.4-2007.7 The Shin Buddhist Comprehensive Research Institute 真宗綜合研究所, Ōtani University, Japan; Special Research Fellow

2007.10-2008.11 Department of Philosophy, Nanjing University; Assistant Professor

2008.3 The 2nd World Buddhist Forum; a member of the preparatory committee

2008.3 Office of the World Buddhist Forum, State Bureau of Religious Affairs; the Vice-Director of Procedure Department

2008.12-2012.2 Department of Philosophy, Nanjing University; Associate professor, Supervisor of Master students

2012.1 Office of the World Buddhist Forum, State Bureau of Religious Affairs; the Vice-Director of Planning Department

2012.3- 2017.7 Department of Philosophy, Tsinghua University; Associate Professor

2014.7-present Department of Philosophy, Tsinghua University; Vice Department Head

2017.7-present Department of Philosophy, Tsinghua University; Tenure Professor

2017.8-2017.11 Department of Asian Studies, The University of British Columbia; Visiting Professor

2017.11 Chief Expert of the National Social Science Fund Major Project “Social Life History of Han Chinese Buddhist Monastics” (國家社會科學基金重大專案“漢傳佛教僧眾社會生活史”)

2017.12 Appointed Deputy Director of the Department of Philosophy, Tsinghua University]

2019.6 Appointed Member of the Academic Degree Committee, School of Humanities, Tsinghua University

2019.10–2019.12 Visiting Scholar at the Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, University of Cambridge, UK.

2020.11-2023.12 Deputy Director of the Department of Philosophy, Tsinghua University

2023.4-present Associate Dean of the Institute for Moral and Religious Studies, Tsinghua University

Editor-in-Chief, Buddhist Studies

Deputy Editor-in-Chief, The Voice of Dharma Magazine

General Editor of the International Buddhism and Chinese Religions Series, Zhongxi Publishing House 中西書局“國際佛教與中國宗教”叢書

Deputy Editor of the Studies on Humanistic Buddhism series and the Humanistic Buddhist Thought Library published by Religious Culture Publishing House 宗教文化出版社“人間佛教研究論叢” “人間佛教思想文庫”

Editorial Board Member, Studies in Chinese Religions, Taylor & Francis Publishing

Advisor for the Studies on East Asian Religions series, Brill Publishing

Member of the Steering Committee for the Research Project on Buddhism and East Asian Religions, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada

International Reviewer for the International Buddhist Studies Project, Otani University, Japan

2017.10, Appointed Distinguished Researcher at the High-End Think Tank for United Front Work, Central Institute of Socialism 中央社會主義學院統一戰線高端智庫

2017.11, Appointed as an Executive Director of the Religious Sociology Professional Committee of the Chinese Sociological Association 中國社會學會宗教社會學專業委員會常務理事

August 2018.8, Appointed as a Member of the Religious Studies Discipline Committee of the Journal Evaluation Expert Committee, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences Evaluation Institute 中國社會科學評價研究院期刊評價專家委員會宗教學科委

2018.11, Member of the Chinese Philosophy Discipline Group of the National Textbook Committee 國家教材委員會中國哲學學科組委員

2020.9, Appointed as Distinguished Research Fellow of the United Front High-End Think Tank at the Central Institute of Socialism 中央社會主義學院統一戰線高端智庫

2024.11, Appointed as Special Research Fellow at the High-End Think Tank on Religious Affairs of the United Front Work Department of the CPC Central Committee 中央統戰部宗教工作高端智庫

2024.8, Appointed Deputy Director of the Eastern Philosophy Committee, China National Foreign Philosophy History Society 中國全國外國哲學史學會東方哲學專業委員會

2024.10, Editorial Board Member, Religions Journal (AH&CI)

1.2007.8, Doctoral Dissertation “She lun xuepai yanjiu” 攝論學派研究 (Study on the Mahāyānasaṃgraha-śāstra School) awarded "Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation of Nanjing University 2007" 南京大學優秀博士學位論文.

2.2007.8, Doctoral Dissertation “She lun xuepai yanjiu” 攝論學派研究 (Study on the Mahāyānasaṃgraha-śāstra School) awarded “Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation of Jiangsu Province" 江蘇省優秀博士學位論文.

3.2008.8, Doctoral Dissertation “She lun xuepai yanjiu” 攝論學派研究 (Study on the Mahāyānasaṃgraha-śāstra School) awarded “2008 National Excellent Doctoral Dissertation” 2008年全國優秀博士學位論文.

4.2008.11, Selected as “Young Indespensible Teacher of Nanjing University 2008” 南京大學2008年度“青年骨干教師”.

5.2009.9, “She lun xuepai yanjiu”《攝論學派研究》 (Study on the Mahāyānasaṃgraha-śāstra School) awarded the Third Prize of the Ministry of Education's Scientific Research Outstanding Achievement Award for Higher Education Institutions (Humanities and Social Sciences) 教育部高等學校科學研究優秀成果獎（人文社會科學）三等獎.

6.2009.12, Awarded Huazang Teaching Award Fellowship for the academic years 2008-2009華藏獎教金).

7.2012.11, Zhongguo Fojiao Tongshi (15 Juan) 中國佛教通史（15卷） (A General History of Chinese Buddhism (15 volumes)), edited by Lai Yonghai 賴永海, awarded Jiangsu Province 12th Philosophy and Social Sciences Outstanding Achievement First Prize 江蘇省第十二屆哲學社會科學優秀成果一等獎.

8.2012年12月，获清华大学第五届青年教师教学大赛一等奖 2012.12, Awarded First Prize in the 5th Young Teachers Teaching Competition of Tsinghua University 清華大學第五屆青年教師教學大賽一等獎).

9.2013.3, Zhongguo Fojiao Tongshi (15 Juan) (di 5 wancheng ren) 中國佛教通史（15卷）（第5完成人） (A Comprehensive History of Chinese Buddhism (15 volumes) (5th contributor)) awarded the First Prize of the 6th Ministry of Education Scientific Research Outstanding Achievement Award for Higher Education Institutions (Humanities and Social Sciences)in Religious Studies 第六屆教育部高等學校科學研究優秀成果獎（人文社會科學）宗教學一等獎.

10.2013.12, Selected candidate for Tsinghua University “Basic Research Young Talent Support Program” 清華大學“基礎研究青年人才支持計劃”).

11.2013.12, Zhongguo Fojiao Tongshi (15 Juan) (di 5 wancheng ren) 中國佛教通史（15卷）（第5完成人） (A Comprehensive History of Chinese Buddhism (15 volumes) (5th contributor)) awarded the China Government Publication Award (Book Award) 中國出版政府獎（圖書獎）.

12.Awarded “2013 Outstanding Worker of the School of Humanities, Tsinghua University” 清華大學人文學院2013年先進工作者)

13.2015.2, Participated in “Exploration and Innovation on the Construction of the Religious Studies Curriculum System and Teaching Model”宗教学课程体系建设及教学模式的探索与创新, ranked third, and awarded the second prize of the 2014 Tsinghua University Teaching Achievement Award 清華大學教學成果獎二等獎.

14.2016.8, Hosted the Innovation in the Comprehensive Undergraduate Thesis Training Model of the Philosophy Department 哲學系本科綜合論文訓練模式創新and awarded the Second Prize of the 2016 Tsinghua University Education and Teaching Achievement Award 清華大學2016年教育教學成果獎二等獎.

15.2017.7, Awarded “Excellent Master's Thesis Supervisor of Tsinghua University” 清華大學優秀碩士論文指導教師.

16.2018.4, Ranked third for Innovation and Integration of Teaching Models in Philosophy Major Education and General Education 哲學專業教育與通識教育教學模式的創新與融合 and awarded the 2017 Beijing Higher Education Teaching Achievement Award 北京市高等教育教學成果獎.

17.2019.8, Ranked second in The Classic Original Texts Seminar Course on Cultivating and Enhancing Students' Research Abilities經典原著研討課對學生科研能力的培養和提升and awarded First Prize of Teaching Achievement of Tsinghua University 2019 清華大學2019年教學成果一等獎.

18.2021.1, Zhongguo fojiao Xinyang yu shenghuo tongshi中國佛教信仰與生活通史A History of Chinese Buddhist Faith and Life awarded second prize for the 16th Beijing Philosophy and Social Sciences Outstanding Achievement Award 北京市第十六屆哲學社會科學優秀成果獎二等獎.

19.2021.8, Ranked first in The Graduate Training Model of Humanities from the Perspective of Research and Student Development 科研育人視野下的人文研究生培養模式 and awarded the 2021 Tsinghua University Teaching Achievement Award, Second Prize 清華大學教學成果獎二等獎.

20.2022.7, Awarded Outstanding PhD Dissertation Supervisor of Tsinghua University 2022 清華大學2022年優秀博士學位論文指導教師.

21.2023.7, Awarded Excellent Doctoral Dissertation Supervisor of Tsinghua University 2023 清華大學2023年優秀博士學位論文指導教師.

22.2024.3, Nanbei-chao Di Lun xuepai sixiang shi 南北朝地論學派思想史 (A Historical Study of the Doctrine School of the Land in the Northern and Southern Dynasties) awarded second price in the 9th Ministry of Education Higher Education Scientific Research Outstanding Achievement Award (Humanities and Social Sciences) in Religious Studies第九屆教育部高等學校科學研究優秀成果獎（人文社會科學）宗教學, Second Prize 第九屆教育部高等學校科學研究優秀成果獎（人文社會科學）宗教學二等獎.

23.2025.3, Awarded Nomination Award for Excellent Doctoral Dissertation of Beijing 2024 as Supervising Professor 北京市2024年優秀博士學位論文提名獎指導教師).

1.A Study on Buddhist schools of the South and North dynasties南北朝佛教學派研究, The National Social Science Fund of China for Young Scholars 國家社科基金青年專案, 2007.6-2012.8

2.Research on the Dharmadhātu School, Talent Introduction and Training Fund Project of Nanjing University 南京大學人才引進培養基金專案

3.A Study on administrative policies of Buddhist temples in Singapore新加坡佛教寺院管理, State Bureau of Religious Affairs 國家宗教事務局, 2008.4-2010.4

4.A Study on Chinese Buddhist schools of South and North dynasties 南北朝佛教學派研究, Foundation for the Authors of National Excellent Doctoral Dissertation of PR China 2008教育部2008年度全國優秀博士學位論文作者專項資金資助專案,2009.1-2013.12

5.Project Leader of the sub-project Comprehensive History of Chinese Buddhism under the major project of the Religious and Cultural Innovation Base, Phase II of the National 985 Program 國家985二期南京大學宗教與文化創新基地重大專案《中國佛教通史》, Nanjing University

6.Zhao Puchu and Humanistic Buddhism 趙朴初與人間佛教, a research project of the Institute of Chinese Culture 南京大學中華文化研究院, Nanjing University.

7.Sub-project Leader of the Major Research Project on Philosophy and Social Sciences by the Ministry of Education 教育部哲學社會科學重大攻關專案(2010) Anthology of a Century's Essence of Buddhist Studies “百年佛學研究精華集成” (10JZD0004)

8.A Study on the Daśabhūmikasūtra-śāstra school 地論學派研究,Cultural Restoration and Creation fund for young scholars of Tsinghua University 清華大學文化傳承創新基金青年項（2012WHQN002）, 2012.7-2013.11

9.A Study on the Daśabhūmikasūtra-śāstra school 地論學派研究, A General Project of the National Social Science Fund of China國家社科基金一般專案（14BZJ014）, 2014.6-2016.12

10.A Study on Chinese belief in Buddhism and life中國佛教信仰與生活研究, Stimulating Fund for Humanities and Social Science of Tsinghua University清華大學人文社科振興基金後期資助專案（2014WKHQ008）, 2014.6-2016.12

11.General History of Beijing Buddhism北京佛教通史, A Major Project of Beijing Municipal Social Science Foundation北京市社會科學基金重點專案（15ZXA007）,2015.6-2018.6

12.Image Inscriptions across East Asia基於敦煌遺書、藏經、石窟、刻經等資料的北朝佛教綜合研究, A sub-project of “From the Ground Up: East Asian Religions Through Multi-media Sources and interdisciplinary perspectives”，Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada(SSHRC)加拿大社會科學與人文研究基金會項目“基於多元媒質資料和跨學科視野下的東亞宗教綜合研究”子項目, 2016.6-2023.12.

13.A Study Aiming to Properly Solve the Problem of Commercialization of Buddhism and Daoism妥善解決佛教道教商業化問題研究, A Research Project of State Bureau of Religious Affairs 國家宗教事務局科研項目(GK1703) ,2017.3-2017.11

14.A Study on the Communication and Integration of Sino-Tibetan Buddhism from the Perspective of Chinese Culture漢藏佛學交流交融與中華文化研究, A Major Project of the Advanced Think Tank on the United Front Work, The Central Institute of Socialism中央社會主義學院統一戰線高端智庫重大課題, 2017.6-2018.12

15.The Translation of A New History of Chinese Buddhism: With a Focus on Its Faith and Monastic Life 中國佛教信仰與生活史 and International Co-operations in Buddhist Studies, 《中國佛教信仰與生活史》英譯暨佛學研究的國際合作, Leading Talent Fund of the Tsinghua University Initiative Scientific Research Program 清華大學自主科研計劃領軍人才支持專案(2016THZWLJ07), 2017.1-2019.12.

16.Buddhism and East Asian Culture Postgraduate International Exchange Program “佛教與東亞文化”研究生國際交流, Tsinghua University Postgraduate Education and Teaching Reform Project 清華大學研究生教育教學改革項目（201709J029）, 2018.1-2019.12

17.“Social Life History of Chinese Buddhist Monks”漢傳佛教僧眾社會生活史, 2017 Major Grant of the Chinese National Social Sciences Fund 2017年度國家社會科學基金重大項目（17ZDA233）2017.11-2022.12

18.A New History of Chinese Buddhism: With a Focus on Its Faith and Monastic Life《中国佛教信仰与生活史》, National Social Sciences Fund for the Project of Translating Chinese Academic Works 國家社科基金中華學術外譯項目（17WZJ002）, 2018.1-2019.10.

19.A Comparative Study Between Buddhist Sinification and the Spread of Christian in Western Europe佛教中國化與基督教西歐傳播比較研究, Project of Advanced Think Tank on the United Front Work, The Central Institute of Socialism中央社會主義學院統一戰線高端智庫項目（ZK20180301）, 2018.11-2019.9

20.Historical Materials on the Social Life of Chinese Mahāyāna Buddhism, Tsinghua University Independent Research Program in Humanities (2019THZWYX15), 2019.12–2022.12, Head Organizer

1.History of Chinese Philosophy - Tsinghua University undergraduate core course in philosophy

2.Selected Readings in Chinese Philosophical Classics - Tsinghua University undergraduate elective in philosophy

3.Foundations in Religious Studies - Tsinghua University general elective course, cross-departmental

4.Classics in Chinese Philosophy - Tsinghua University foundational course for the humanities)

5.Introduction to Buddhist Philosophy - Tsinghua University general elective course

6.Research in Buddhist Philosophy - Tsinghua University graduate course in the Department of Philosophy

7.Selected Readings in Buddhist Classics - Tsinghua University graduate course in the Department of Philosophy

8.Introduction to Buddhism - Nanjing University graduate core course in the Department of Philosophy

9.Research Materials and Methods in Buddhist Studies - Nanjing University graduate elective in the Department of Philosophy

10.Selected Readings in Classical Chinese Philosophy - Nanjing University undergraduate core course, cross-listed

1.Shandao dashi de chanhui sixiang yu lizan yi善導大師的懺悔思想與禮贊儀 (Master Shandao’s Thoughts on Repentance and Rituals for Hymns). Taibei: Taiwan foguang chubanshe, 2001

2.Xinu’aile – fojiao qingxuguan喜怒哀樂——佛教情緒觀(Joy, Anger, Sorrow, and Happiness — Buddhist Perspectives on Emotions). Beijing: Zongjiao wenhua chubanshe, 2002, 2012.

3.Sidajingtu bijiao yanjiu四大淨土比較研究 (Comparative Study of the Four Great Pure Lands).Taipei: Taiwan faming chubanshe, 2003.

4.Zhongguo fojiao chanfa yanjiu 中國佛教懺法研究 (Study on Repenting Practices of Chinese Buddhism). Beijing: Zongjiao wenhua chubanshe, 2004;

5.Wuhui rensheng – fojiao chanhui guan 無悔人生——佛教懺悔觀 (A Life Without Regrets — Buddhist Perspectives on Repentance). Zongjiao wenhua chubanshe, 2005; 2012.

6.Shelun xuepai yanjiu 攝論學派研究 (Study on the Mahāyānasaṃgraha-śāstra School). Beijing: Zongjiao wenhua chubanshe, 2006;

7.Jintang Mituo jintu de sixiang yu xinyang 晉唐彌陀凈土的思想與信仰 (Thoughts and Beliefs in Amitâbha Pure Land During Jin-Tang Dynasties). Beijing: Zhongguo shehui kexue chubanshe, 2009.

8.Zhongguo fojiao tongshi (di san juan) ji qita juan de bufen zhangjie 《中國佛教通史》（第三卷）及其他卷的部分章節 (A Comprehensive History of Chinese Buddhism (Volume 3) and Selected Chapters from Other Volumes). Nanjing: Jiangsu renmin chubanshe, 2010

9.Fojiao xiandaihua yu huaxiandai 佛教現代化與化現代(The Modernization and Modernizing of Chinese Buddhism). Beijing: jincheng chubanshe, 2014.

10.Zhongguo fojiao xinyang yu shenghuo shi中國佛教信仰與生活史 (A New History of Chinese Buddhism: With a Focus on Its Faith and Monastic Life). Nanjing: Jiangsu renmin chubanshe, 2016.

11.Zhongguo hanchuan fojiao liyi 中國漢傳佛教禮儀 (Rituals of Chinese Buddhism). Beijing: Zongjiao wenhua chubanshe, 2001;

12.A History of Chinese Buddhist Faith and Life, Leiden;Boston:Brill, 2020.

13.Zhongguo hanchuan fojiao liyi (zengdingban) – 中國漢傳佛教禮儀（增訂版） (Ritual Practices of Chinese Han-Transmission Buddhism [Revised Edition]). Beijing: Shangwu yinshuguan, 2020.

14.Nanbeichao dilun xuepai sixiang shi 南北朝地論學派思想史 (A Historical Study of the Doctrine School's Thought in the Northern and Southern Dynasties). Beijing: Zongjiao wenhua chubanshe, 2021.

15.Fojiao guannianshi yu shehuishi yanjiu fangfalun 佛教觀念史與社會史研究方法論 (Methodology of Research on the History of Buddhist Concepts and Social History). Beijing: zongjiao wenhua chubanshe, 2022.

16.She lun xuepai yanjiu 攝論學派研究 (Research on the Abhidharma School). Beijing: Shangwu Yinshuguan, 2023.

17.Renjian fojiao sixiang wenku: Zhao Puchu人間佛教思想文庫•趙樸初卷(Series for the Ideas of Humanistic Buddhism: Zhao Puchu)，Beijing: Zongjiao wenhua chubanshe，2017. (ed.)

18.Yidai yilu gaoseng zhuan “一帶一路”高僧傳 (Biography of Eminent Monks Along the Belt and Road), Beijing: Zongjiao wenhua chubanshe，2018. (eds. with Yang Jianxiao)

19.Renjian chaoyin: tuxiang shi yu guannian shi shiyu zhong de Taixu 人間潮音：圖像史與觀念史視域中的太虛 (The Tide Sounds of the Human World: Taixu in the Perspectives of Image History and Intellectual History) (Shao Jiade 邵佳德, Sheng Kai 聖凱). Beijing: Zongjiao wenhua chubanshe, 2019.

20.Sheng Kai (ed.), Han chuan fojiao siyuan yu Yazhou shehui shenghuo kongjian 漢傳佛教寺院與亞洲社會生活空間 (Han Buddhism Temples and the Social Life Spaces of Asia). Beijing: Shangwu yinshuguan, 2021.

21.Sheng Kai (ed.) Hanchuan Fojiao yu Yazhou Wuzhi Wenming 漢傳佛教與亞洲物質文明 (Chinese Buddhism and Asian Material Civilization). Beijing: Shangwu yinshuguan, 2021.

22.Chanxin wuyu 禪心無語 (Silence of the Chan Mind). Zongjiao wenhua chubanshe, 2005; Beijing: Shangwu yinshuguan, 2021.

23.Xinxin 信心 (The Mind of Faith). Beijing: Shangwu yinshuguan, 2021.

24.Huixin慧心 (The Mind of Wisdom). Beijing: Shangwu yinshuguan, 2018 First Edition; 2020 Third Print.

25.Jingjin xin 精進心 (The Mind of Diligence). Beijing: Zongjiao wenhua chubanshe, 2015.

26.Nianxin (zengding ban) 念心 (增訂版) (The Mind of Mindfulness, Revised Edition). Beijing: Shangwu yinshuguan, 2022.

27.Dingxin 定心 (The Mind of Concetration). Beijing: Zongjiao wenhua chubanshe, 2014; Beijing: Shangwu yinshuguan, 2022.

Philosophy department, Humanity school, Tsinghua University,

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