Section of Buddhism and Taoism
- You ZHAO
- Assistant Professor
- Office:Peking University Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies 304 Lee Shau-Kee Humanities Building 2
- Email: zhaoyou@pku.edu.cn
- Education: PhD, Peking University, 2015
- Areas of Research:Buddhist Studies, Indian Philosophy, Sanskrit Literature.
- Bio
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Zhao You
EDUCATION
2017
University of Oxford, Oriental Institute
MPhil (Distinction) in Buddhist Studies (Sanskrit and Tibetan）
2015
Peking University, Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies
PhD in Religious Studies
Dissertation: A Study on the Figure of Vimalakīrti 维摩诘形象研究
*Recognized Student, University of Oxford, Oriental Institute (2013-14)
2010
Peking University, Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies
BA in Philosophy
Summer school
Classical Tamil Summer school at EFEO Pondicherry (2016)
ICSCC-Fudan Summer School on Buddhism and Chinese Religions (2013)
École Normale Supérieure Summer School in French and Philosophy (2010)
EMPLOYMENT
2017-
Peking University
Assistant Professor
Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies
2010-2012
Peking University
Teaching Assistant, History of Indian Buddhism
Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies
PUBLICATION
Books
In Progress
The Figure of Vimalakīrti: A Chinese Ideal of Lay Buddhist in Formation
Articles
2018
[Peer-reviewed] “Time in Early Indian Philosophy: From Patañjali to Bhartṛhari” (早期印度哲学中时间概念的演变——从波檀阇利到伐致呵利), Foreign Philosophy (外国哲学, CSSCI), No. 35, The Commercial Press, Beijing.
2016
“A Review of Studies on Vimalakīrtinirdeśa” (维摩诘研究综述), Humanistic Religion (人文宗教研究), Vol. 7, Religious Culture Press.
2015
[Encyclopedia entry] “Mahāprajñāpāramitopadeśa” (大智度论), Encyclopedia of China-India Cultural Contacts (中印文化交流百科全书), Vol. II, ed. Encyclopedia of China Publishing House.
2013
[Peer-reviewed] “On the Criticism upon the School of Jise in the Treatise on the Unreal-Void” (论《不真空》之评破即色宗), co-authored with Shuai Chen, New Century Religious Studies (新世纪宗教研究), Vol. 11, No. 1, Taiwan.
2012
“Shiran’s Theory of Beyond-Good-and-Bad, and its Impact on Japanese Culture” (亲鸾超善恶思想及其对日本文化的影响) , Jue Qun (觉群), Vol. 64, Shanghai.
Translations
2017
[English translation] “The Typology of Buddhist Robes in the Anyue Grottoes”, Yuexin Chen, Chinese Cultural Relics, Vol.1, no. 4.
2015
[Chinese co-translation] John Kieschnick, The Impact of Buddhism on Chinese Material Culture (Princeton, 2003): 柯嘉豪，《佛教对中国物质文化的影响》，中西书局.
FUNDED PROJECT
2018-2021
Peking University Junior Fellow Research Fund
“Time in Indian Philosophy: A Study of Kālasamuddeśa”
2018-2023
National Social Science Fund of China
[No.18ZDA286] “Fine arts and literary theories in Classical Sanskrit Literatures: Translation and Studies on Fundamental Works” (Member of 2nd Sub-group on image, architecture, and music theories)
2008-2009
Taizhao Undergraduate Research Fund
“Catholic Community in Ningxia Hui-Muslim Province” (with Lvjie Wang)
ACADEMIC PRESENTATION
2018
Buddhist Philosophy Panel: “Fruit in the Vessel: How to Read a Simile in Śāstric Text”, 24th World Congress of Philosophy, Beijing.
2017
“Some Early Mādhyamika Discussions on Motion and Time”, Buddhist Graduate Studies Seminar, Oriental Institute, Oxford.
2017
“Remaking Vimalakīrti”, American Oriental Society 227th Annual Meeting, Los Angeles.
AWARDS & GRANTS
2015-2017
Hertford Scholarship in Oriental Studies
2015-2017
Lingyin Graduate Scholarship in Buddhist Studies
2017
Max Müller Memorial Fund Study Grant
2017
American Oriental Society Student Travel Grant
2017
Hertford College Graduate Travel Grant
2017
Hertford College Book Prize
2016
Max Müller Memorial Fund Study Grant
2016
Hertford College Graduate Travel Grant
2015
Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation, Peking University
2014
Oxford Centre for Buddhist Studies Grant
2010-2015
Chancellor’s Graduate Full-Scholarship, Peking University
2010-2015
Huaiyun Graduate Scholarship in Buddhist Studies
2010
Outstanding Undergraduate Thesis, Peking University
2010
Second Prize, “Challenge Cup” Undergraduate Research Competition
2009
Excellent Editor of Faculty Gazette, Peking University
2009
Canon Undergraduate Scholarship
2009
First Prize, Philosophia Essay Competition, Peking University
2008
First Prize, Philosophia Essay Competition, Peking University
2008
Yang Qinqing Undergraduate Scholarship
2007
Leo Koguan Undergraduate Scholarship
2006
Hume Scholarship in Philosophy, Peking University
COURSES TAUGHT
Yenching Academy
Spring 2019
Chinese Buddhism: Scrolls, Society, and Soteriology (Graduate lecture)
Peking University
Fall 2018
Madhyamakakārikā with Commentaries (Graduate seminar)
Fall 2018
Indian Buddhist Texts in Chinese Translation (Undergraduate seminar)
Spring 2018
Indian Philosophy and Religion (Undergraduate lecture)
Spring 2018/2019
Buddhist Text in Sanskrit (Graduate seminar)
ADVISING
Undergraduate Advisor
Graduate Advisor
Yifan Gu (Peking University, Department of Philosophy), 2019
Elif Yildirim (Yenching Academy), 2020
SERVICE TO PROFESSION
Executive Editor, Beida Journal of Philosophy (2018- )
Programme Assistant, Harvard-Yenching Summer School “Buddhism and Ethnicity in the Period of Sixteen Kingdoms and Northern Dynasties” (2018- ）
LANGUAGE SKILLS
Classical Languages: Sanskrit, Pali, Classical Chinese; Tibetan, Classical Tamil
Modern Languages: Chinese, English, French.
