Recent Books

Enlightenment in Dispute: The Reinvention of Chan Buddhism in Seventeenth-century China. New York: Oxford University Press, 2008.

Refereed Journal Articles

 “Knowledge for What? The Buddhist Concept of Learning in the Śūramgama Sūtra,” Journal of Chinese Philosophy 33.4 (December 2006): 491-503. 12 pages. Translated into Chinese by Xiaoyi Liu as “Duowen wugong lun: Lengyanjing zhong Fojiao de zhi yu xue” 多闻无功论—《楞严经》中佛教的知与学.” Kant and Wisdom of Confucianism, edited by Center for Chinese Philosophy and Comparative Philosophy of Renmin University of China. Beijing: Renmin University Press 2008.

 “Building a Dharma Transmission Monastery in Seventeenth-Century China: The Case of Mount Huangbo,” Journal of East Asian History 31 (June 2006): 29-52. 23 pages.

“Leaving for the Rising Sun: The Historical Background of Yinyuan Longqi’s Migration to Japan in 1654,” Asia Major (Third Series) vol. 17, part 2(2004): 89-120. 31 pages.

 Buddhist Logic and Apologetics in 17th century China: an Analysis of the Use of Buddhist Syllogisms in an Anti- Christian Polemic,” Dao: A Journal of Comparative Philosophy  II.2 (June 2003): 273-289. 16 pages.

“What is Jingjie? Defining Confucian Spirituality in the Modern Chinese Intellectual Context,” (Review article) Monumenta Serica 50 (2002): 441-462. 21 pages.

 

Reviews in Academic Journals

Review of Victor Hori’s Zen Sand: The Book of Capping Phrases for Kōan Practice, Journal of Buddhist Ethics vol. 13, 2006. (E-journal at http://www.Buddhistethics.org/13/current13.html.) 4 pages.

Review of Yifa’s The Origins of Buddhist Monastic Codes in China: An Annotated Translation and Study of the Chanyuan qinggui, Journal of Asian Studies 62. 3 (Aug. 2003): 947-949. 2 pages.

Review of Feng Yaoming Chaoyue neizai de misi: Cong Fenxi zhexue guandian kan dangdai Xin Ruxue 超越内在的迷思:從分析哲學觀點看當代新儒學 (The Myth of Transcendent Immanence: Contemporary New Confucianism from the Perspective of Analytic Philosophy), Dao: A Journal of Comparative Philosophy  IV. 4 (Winter 2004): 168-171. 3 pages.

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