School of Philosophy and Sociology • Lanzhou University • jint@lzu.edu.cn

Education

2008

Ph.D. in East Asian Languages and Cultures, University of Illinois at Urbana

Champaign

1999

M.A. in English (Literature), University of Memphis

1994

M.A. in English (Translation), Tianjin Foreign Languages Institute

1991

B.A. in English, Tianjin Normal University

Academic Appointments

2021 – Present

Professor, School of Philosophy and Sociology, Lanzhou University

2019 – 2021

Chair, Religion Department, Illinois Wesleyan University

2014 – 2021

Associate Professor (with tenure), Illinois Wesleyan University

2008 – 2014

Assistant Professor (tenure-track), Illinois Wesleyan University

1995 – 1997

Lecturer, Tianjin Foreign Languages Institute

1994 – 1995

Assistant Professor, Tianjin Foreign Languages Institute

Courses at Lanzhou University

1. Buddhist Philosophy

2. Introduction to Religion

3. Buddhist Studies in the West

4. The Awakening of Faith in Mahāyāna

5. Buddha Nature

6. Classics in Overseas Sinology

Courses at Illinois Wesleyan University

1. REL 130: Asian Religious Literature

2. REL 131: Chinese Religions

3. REL 135: Zen

4. REL 231: Cults, Divination and Popular Religions in East Asian Societies

5. REL 292: Religion in Contemporary Japan

6. REL 331: Buddhism in East Asia

7. REL 335: Reading Buddhist Texts

8. REL 490: Senior Seminar in Religion

9. GW 100: The Democracy of Gods in East Asian Cultures2

Earlier Courses

University of Illinois

1. REL/EALC 122: History of East Asian Religions

2. REL/EALC 132: Zen

3. EALC 135: Understanding East Asian Cultures and Societies

4. HIS/EALC 170: East Asian Civilizations

5. CLIT/EALC 175: Masterpieces of East Asian Literature

University of Memphis

ENGL 1101: English Composition

Tianjin Foreign Languages Institute

1. English Composition

2. Intensive Reading in English

Publications

2020.10

Review: Treatise on Awakening Mahāyāna Faith. Eds. & trans. by John Jorgensen, Dan Lusthaus, John Makeham and Mark Strange. Oxford Chinese Thought. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2019. H-Net Reviews (2020): 1-9.

2020.08

“The Concept of ‘Three (Aspects of) Greatness (sanda 三大) in Essence, Attributes and Function (ti, xiang and yong 體相用)’ in Its Exegetical Interpretation.” Dongya foxue pinglun 東亞佛學評論 (Review of East Asian Buddhist Studies) 5 (2020): 120- 174.

2020.07

“Zhongguo fojiao zhushu zhong wenben jiegou de biaoxu fangfa: yi mingdai jiaoguang zhenjian ganzhibiaokefa weizhongxin zhi yanjiu” 中國佛教注疏中文本結構的標序方法: 以明代交光真鑑干支標科法為中心之研究 (“How Did the Chinese Buddhist Exegetes Mark up the Three-Dimensional Structures of Their Commentaries? Zhenjian 真鑑 and His Gan-zhi 干支 Method”), Zhongguo wenhua yanjiusuo xuebao 中國文化研究所學報 (Journal of Chinese Studies) 71 (2020): 21- 45.

2020.05

“Fazang dasheng qixinlun yiji zhi shuji chuancheng” 法藏《大乘起信論義記》之 疏記」傳承 (“The ‘Shu-ji’ Transmission of the Fazang Commentary on the Awakening of Fain in Mahāyāna”). Dongya foxue pinglun 東亞佛學評論 (Review of East Asian Buddhist Studies) 4 (2020): 100-129.

2017.12

“The ‘Mahāyāna’ in the Awakening of Faith in Mahāyāna: Its Meaning and Use, and the Confusion thereof.” Critical Review for Buddhist studies ？？？？？ 22 (2017): 151-190.

2017.06

“The Self-Imposed Textual Organization (Kepan 科判) in Qixinlun: Some Major Forms and a Few Possible Problems.” Fagu foxue xuebao 法鼓佛學學報 (Dharma Drum Journal of Buddhist Studies) 21 (2017): 1-39.

2015.09

“The Awakening of Faith in Mahāyāna: A New English Translation (Part II).” Indian International Journal of Buddhist Studies 16 (2015): 235-79.

2014.10

“The Awakening of Faith in Mahāyāna: A New English Translation (Part I).” Indian International Journal of Buddhist Studies 15 (2014): 249-92.

2014.04

“Qixinlun dayi shu: hehe xinfa zhi shuo yu xiu” 起信論大意述：和合心法之說與修 (“The Dharma of the Compound-Mind in Theory and Practice: a Thematic Analysis of Qixinlun”). Renjian fojiao yanjiu 人間佛教研究 (International Journal for the Study of Humanistic Buddhism) 6 (2014): 1-33.

2013.06

“The Transmission Discourse of Qixinlun.” Taida foxue yanjiu 臺大佛學研究 (Taiwan Journal of Buddhist Studies) 25 (2013): 99-178.

2013.04

“What It Means to Interpret: A Standard Formulation and Its Implicit Corollaries in Chinese Buddhism.” Philosophy East and West 63.2 (2013): 153-75.

2013.03

“The Confucian Reading of Buddhist Teaching: Two Truths, Li Shizheng and the Intellectual Milieu of Buddhism in the Early Tang.” Xuanzang foxue yanjiu 玄奘佛學研究 (Hsuan Chuang Journal of Buddhist Studies) 19 (2013): 113-46.

2009.10

“The Formulation of Introductory Topics and the Writing of Exegesis in Chinese Buddhism.” Journal of the International Association of Buddhist Studies 30.1-2 (2007/2009): 33-79.

2008.05

"Through the Lens of Interpreters: The Awakening of Faith in Mahāyāna in Its Classical Re-presentations." University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Ph. D. dissertation, 2008.

Publications: Chinese Translations of Prof. Zong-qi Cai’s English Articles

2008

From: “Wen and the Construction of a Critical System in Wenxin Diaolong.” Chinese Literature: Essays, Articles, and Reviews 22 (2000): 1-29.

To: 〈《文心雕龍》中「文」的多重含義及劉勰文學理論體系的建立〉，《人文中國學報》14 (2008): 139-172。

2007

From: “Mencius’ Theory of Reconstructive Interpretation” (unpublished)

To: 〈從「斷章取義」到「以意逆志」——孟子復原式解釋理論的產生與演變〉, 《中山大學學報》 47.6 (2007): 44-50。

2007

From: “The Multiple Vistas of Ming and Changing Visions of Life in the Works of Tao Qian,” in The Magnitude of Ming: Command, Allotment, and Fate in Chinese

Culture, edited by Christopher Lupke. (Hawaii: University of Hawaii Press, 2005), pp. 169-202.

To: 〈陶潛作品中「命」的視角與隨之而變化的人生畫面〉, 《中國中世文學研4究論集》，第二卷，章培恆主編。（上海：上海古籍出版社，2006 年）， 頁 936-972。

2004

From: “A Case Study of Chinese Hermeneutics: Three Interpretive Approaches in the Study of Confucius’ Four Terms about the Book of Poetry” (unpublished)

To: 〈中國古代闡釋學的個例研究：闡釋「興、觀、群、怨」的三種模式〉, 《九州學林》2.3 (2004): 26-41。

Works in Progress

1. “The Awakening of Faith in Mahāyāna in the Western-Language Scholarship: Problems and Orientations”

2. The Awakening of Faith in Mahāyāna: A Textual Study and Annotated Translation

3. Dasheng qixinlun fazangshu kezhu 大乘起信論法藏疏科注 (Fazang’s Commentary on the Awakening of Faith in Mahāyāna: Annotated and Outlined)

Presentations (selected)

2021 (accepted)

“How Did the Chinese Buddhist Exegetes Mark out the Three-Dimensional Structures of Their Commentaries? Zhenjian 真鑑 and His Gan-zhi 干支 Method.” Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Religion, San Antonio, TX (11/20-23, 2021)

2020 (postponed to 2021 due to Covid-19)

“The Translation of the Awakening of Faith in Mahāyāna in Western Languages: Stances, Strategies and Stylistics”, Symposium on the Translation of Chinese Classics, Pekin University, Beijing, China (10/16-17, 2020)

2020 (postponed to 2021 due to Covid-19)

“The Awakening of Faith in Mahāyāna in the Western-Language Scholarship: Problems and Orientations”, Panel 25: New Studies on the Awakening of Faith, XIXth Congress of the International Association of Buddhist Studies, Seoul National University, Korea (08/16-21, 2020)

2019

“The Concept of ‘Three (Aspects of) Greatness (sanda 三大) in Essence, Attributes and Function (ti, xiang and yong 體相用)’ in Its Exegetical Interpretation”, 澄觀與東 亞佛教研究國際研討會 (International Conference on the Study of Chengguan and East Asian Buddhism), Beijing, China (07/06-07, 2019)

2018

“Fazang dasheng qixinlun yiji zhi shuji chuancheng” 法藏《大乘起信論義記》之 「疏記」傳承 (“The ‘Shu-ji’ Transmission of the Fazang Commentary on the Awakening of Fain in Mahāyāna”), 法藏與東亞佛教研究國際研討會 (International Conference on the Study of Fazang and East Asian Buddhism), Xi’an, China (08/17- 18, 2018)

2017 5

“The ‘Mahāyāna’ in the Awakening of Faith in Mahāyāna: Its Meaning and Use, and the Confusion thereof”, Religion Department Student-Faculty Colloquium, Illinois Wesleyan University (11/13, 2017)

2017

“The Presentation of the Compound Consciousness and the Basic Orientation in Qixinlun”, 49th Annual Conference of the Society for Asian and Comparative Philosophy, Peking University, Beijing, China (06/09-12, 2017)

2014

“The Self-Imposed Textual Organization (Kepan 科判) in Qixinlun: Some Major Forms and a Few Possible Problems”, 2014 the 9th Young Scholar Symposium of Buddhist Studies & International Conference on the Studies of Chinese Buddhism, Hong Kong, China (07/25-28, 2014)

2013

“The Self-Imposed Textual Organization (Kepan 科判) in Qixinlun: Some Major Forms and a Few Possible Problems”, Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Religion, Baltimore (11/23-26, 2013)

2012

“The Transmission Discourse of Qixinlun”, Senior Forum on Translation History in China, Chengdu-Mianyang, China (11/1-4, 2012)

2011

“The Awkward Position of ‘Earth’ in the Chinese Trinity of ‘Heaven, Earth and Man’”, Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Religion, San Francisco

(11/19-22, 2011)

2011

“The Transmission of Fazang’s Commentary on Qixinlun: Its Accepted and Evolving Traditions”, XVIth Congress of the International Association of Buddhist Studies, Dharma Drum Buddhist College, Taipei (06/20-25, 2011)

2011

“What It Means to Interpret: A Standard Formulation and Its Implicit Corollaries in Chinese Buddhism”, XVIth Congress of the International Association of Buddhist Studies, Dharma Drum Buddhist College, Taipei (06/20-25, 2011)

2009

“Buddhist Teachings Serving Confucian Needs: The Reformulation of the Buddhist Theory of Two Truths by the Non-Buddhist Elite in the Early Tang”, Annual Meeting of the Association of Asian Studies, Sheraton, Chicago (03/26-29, 2009)

2008

“Hermeneutics in the Reconstruction of Scriptural Basis in Early Qixinlun Commentaries”, XVth Congress of the International Association of Buddhist Studies, Emory University, Atlanta (06/23-28, 2008)

2007

“Primary Sources and the Interpretation of Scripture in Early Qixinlun Commentaries”, Annual Meeting of the Midwest AAR, River Forest, Illinois (03/30- 31, 2007)

2006

“The Textual Organization of Qixinlun in Its Early Commentaries: An Instance of Buddhist Scholasticism”, Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Religion, Washington, DC (11/18-21, 2006)

2006

“With or Against the Flow of Sa？sāra: The Evolution of Mind in Early Qixinlun Commentaries”, 8 th Buddhist Studies Graduate Student Conference, University of West, Los Angeles (10/13-15, 2006)

2005

“The Formulation of Exegetical Issues and Writing of Exegesis in Early Qixinlun Commentaries: An External Tradition”, Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Religion, Philadelphia (11/19-22, 2005)

Awards and Grants

2018

Artistic and Scholarly Development Grant (IWU)

2016

Artistic and Scholarly Development Grant (IWU)

2014 (Fall)

Sabbatical

2014

Artistic and Scholarly Development Grant (IWU)

2012 (Fall)

Junior Faculty Leave (IWU)

2011

Artistic and Scholarly Development Grant (IWU)

2009 – 2012

Curriculum Development Grant – US Department of Education & Faculty

Development Committee at IWU

2008-2009

Mellon Foundation Writing Intensive Curriculum Development Grant

Service at Illinois Wesleyan University (selected)

1. Chair, Religion Department (2019-2021)

2. Elective Committees

a. Hearing Committee, 2014-2018 (On leave, Fall 2014)

b. Nominating Committee, 2011-2013

3. Appointive Committees

a. Study Abroad Advisory Committee, 2009-2012; 2015-2018

b. Library Advisory Committee, 2009-2010; 2018-2019

c. Bookstore Advisory Committee, 2018-2019

d. John Wesley Powell Research Conference Committee, 2013-2014

e. University Council on Religious Life, 2009-2010

4. Asian Studies Coordinator, 2010-2012

5. Asian Studies Team, 2008- present

6. First Year Adviser, 2010-2011

7. Department Assessment Liaison, 2013-20167

Organization of Conferences or Conference Panels

2020

Organizing an Awakening of Faith panel in the XIXth Congress of the International

Association of Buddhist Studies, Seoul, Korea, 2020 (postponed)

2019

Contributed to the organization of the International Symposium on Chengguan and

East Asian Buddhism, Beijing, China, 2019

2018

Contributed to the organization of the International Symposium on Fazang and East

Asian Buddhism, Xi’an, China, 2018

2013

Organized an Awakening of Faith panel in the Annual Meeting of the American

Academy of Religion, Baltimore, 2013

Professional Memberships

1. American Academy of Religion

2. International Association of Buddhist Studies

3. Association of Asian Studies