About Me
Job Title:
Associate Professor
Department of East Asian Studies, College of Humanities
The University of Arizona
Major Fields:
Chinese religions, Chinese
Buddhism, Chinese intellectual history
Teaching Responsibilities:
Worlds of Buddhism
Chinese Civilization
Buddhist Meditation
History of East Asian Buddhism
Research Methods and Historical Sources of Chinese Buddhism
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Recent Activities
“From the ‘Cult of the Book’
to the ‘Cult of the Canon’: a Neglected Tradition in Chinese Buddhism.”
“Spreading Buddha’s Words in
“What is Wrong or Right with
the Lotus Sutra? On the Confucian Failure to Appreciate Religious Imagination.”
2011 International Seminar on the Lotus Sutra, organized by Rissho Koseikai,
“Shilun
Yongzhengdi de Chanxue jiqi xiangguan zhuzuo” 試論雍正帝的禪學及其相關著作(On Yongzheng’s Chan Buddhism and his related works). The Complexities and Challenges of Rulership:Emperor
Yongzheng and His Accomplishments in His Time (Weijunnan: Yongzheng qiren, qishi, jiqi shidai 為君難—雍正其人其事及其時代). Taibei:
“Yongzheng de ‘Diwang chan.’” 雍正的“帝王禅”（The Royal Zen of
Emperor Yongzheng）. The
Monasteries.”(“当代大陆佛寺的宗教地理学分析”), School of
Philosophy, Renmin University, Beijing. May 31, 2010
(Delivered in Chinese)
“Chinese Monks and Japanese Society: With Focus on Yinyuan Longqi and Early Edo
(“中國禪僧與日本社會——以隱元隆琦與早期江戶時代的日本社會為中心”), Japan Institute,
“Yonzheng’s Imperial Zen”(“雍正帝的帝王禅”). Department
of Philosophy,
Chinese)
“A Greater Vehicle to the Other Shore: Buddhism and Maritime Trade in the Seventeenth Century Fourth International Workshop of the Research Group "Monies, Markets, and Finance in China and East Asia, 1600-1900," University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany. April 14-16, 2010.
Contact Information
E-mail address: jiangwu@email.arizona.eduMailing Address: Department of East Asian Studies,
The University of Arizona, P. O. Box 210105, 1512 First Street, Tucson,
AZ 85721.