Hans-Rudolf Kantor 康特
Professor
Graduate Institute of Asian Humanities 東方人文思想研究所
Huafan University, Taipei, Taiwan 華梵大學
kantorsan@hotmail.com kantorsan@gmail.com
• Citizenship: Germany
• Birth date: 11 Sep 1964
• Intellectual development and philosophy of Chinese Buddhist thought;
• Interaction between Buddhism and traditional Chinese thought;
• Philosophy of religion related to Mahāyāna doctrines
• Academic Languages: Excellent spoken and written German, English, and Chinese; Intermediate level in Japanese, and French (reading comprehension)
• Classical Languages: Expert in Classical Chinese; working knowledge of Buddhist Sanskrit, and Latin.
1998/2 Ph.D
Friedrich Wilhelms Universitaet, Bonn Germany
German Dr. phil. Dissertation (magna cum laude) / (Focus: Traditional Chinese Tiantai Buddhism and Its Interpretation according to the New Confucian Movement)
1993-1995 PH.D PROGRAMME
National Taiwan University, Faculty of Philosophy, Taipei, Taiwan
Studies in Chinese Buddhism, Pre-modern Chinese Philosophy and New Confucian Movement
1993/2 GERMAN MAGISTER (M.A.)
Friedrich Wilhelms Universitaet, Bonn, Germany
Major: Sinology; Minor: Philosophy, Comparative Religious Science, Japanese and Sanskrit Language Courses / Faculty of Philosophy
1986-1993 MASTER’S DEGREE PROGRAM
Friedrich Wilhelms Universitaet, Bonn, Germany
Sinology, Philosophy, Comparative Religious Science, Japanese and Sanskrit Language Courses
1987-1989 MASTER’S DEGREE PROGRAM
Chengdu Keji University & Xiamen University , China
Studies in Chinese Language, Culture and Philosophy
2013/2-Present Professor, Graduate Institute of Asian Humanities, Huafan University, Taipei, Taiwan
2022/2-2024/2 Adjunct Professor, Department of Philosophy, National Chengchi University, Taiwan
2019/3-2022/2 Visiting Chair Professor, Department of Philosophy, National Sishuan University, Chengdu, China
2011/5-2017/8 Chair of the Graduate Institute of Asian Humanities, Huafan University, Taipei, Taiwan
2006/8-2013/2 Associate Professor, Graduate Institute of Asian Humanities, Huafan University, Taipei, Taiwan
2007/9-2008/2 Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Religious Studies, Foguang University, Yilan, Taiwan
2006/9-2007/2 Adjunct Associate Professor, Fo Guang Shan, Tsung Lin University, International Department, English Buddhist College
2004/9-2005/7 Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of German Language, Tamkang University, Taipei,Taiwan
2000/8-2006/8 Assistant Professor, Graduate Institute of Asian Humanities, Huafan University, Taipei, Taiwan
2002/6-2002/9 Visiting Scholar, Sanskrit Center, Delhi University, India; Intensive Language Courses in Sanskrit at Delhi
1998/9-2000/7 Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, Komazawa University, Tokio, Japan (Humboldt Foundation and Japanese Society of Promotion of Science)
2015-Present Member of the editorial board of dharma drum journal of buddhist studies, Dharma-Drum Buddhist College, Taiwan
2006-2009 Executive Editor of the Huafan Journal of Humanities
2004-Present Reviews for Academic Periodicals and Publishing Companies in Comparative Philosophy and Buddhist Studies:
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation)
Publishing Company: Brill/China-Studies, Leiden/Boston, Netherlands and USA
Publishing Company: University of Hawai’i Press, Honolulu, Hawai’i
Reviews of research projects for the (NSC) National Science Council/ Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) in Taiwan
Philosophy East and West, A Quarterly of Comparative Philosophy
Journal of Chinese Philosophy
Dao: A Journal of Comparative Philosophy
Journal of Chinese Religions
台灣大學佛學研究中心學報 (Taiwan Journal of Buddhist Studies)
中華佛學院中華佛學學報 (The Journal of Chinese Buddhist Studies)
正觀雜誌社 (Zhengguan: Journal of Buddhist Research)
東吳大學哲學學報 (Soochow Journal of Philosophical Studies)
玄奘大學學報 (Hsuan Chuang Humanities Journal )
揭諦學刊 (Alethela)
漢學研究 (Chinese Studies)
政治大學出版社 (Chengchi University Press)
2021/8-2023/7 Research grant from Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST), Taiwan R.O.C. 科技部專題研究計畫:漢傳宗派佛教詮釋學對四句之判教探討—以天台、三論、華嚴為主的比對分析 (110-2410-H-211-001-MY2) (Research project: Doxographical Appropriation of the Catukoi in Chinese Buddhist Hermeneutics—A Comparative Analysis of the Tiantai, Sanlun, and Huayan Schools) NTD1,318,000
2017-2020 Award of Excellent Performance in Research from Huafan University
2019 Won 2018 Dao Best Essay Award “Incongruent Names: A Theme in the History of Chinese Philosophy,” (D'Ambrosio, Kantor, Moeller), in: Dao: A Journal of Comparative Philosophy, September 2018, Volume 17, Issue 3, pp. 305–330 (AHCI)
2018/8-2021/7 Research grant from Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST), Taiwan R.O.C. 科技部專題研究計畫:漢傳中觀學註釋中的悖論式論辯之形成及實用性—以『即』為主題的哲學討論 (107-2410-H-211 -002 -MY3) (Research project:Formation and Relevance of Paradoxical Discourse in Chinese Madhyamaka Exegesis—A Philosophical Examination of “Ji” (即)) NTD 2,070,000
2017/8-2019/7 Research grant from Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST), Taiwan R.O.C. 科技部專題研究計劃:華文哲學百科 (協同主持人:撰寫佛教哲學詞條) (105-2420-H-194-013) 網址http://mephilosophy.ccu.edu.tw/
2015/8-2018/7 Research Grant from Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST), Taiwan R.O.C. 科技部專題研究計劃:觀照與盲點—漢傳佛教詮釋學中詞義學與語文實用學 (104-2410-H-211-006-MY3)(Research project: Dealing with the Invisible Part of Our World – Semantics and Pragmatics in Chinese Buddhist Thought) NTD 1,425,000
2014/6 Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) funding for the International Conference: Language in the Traditions of Madhyamaka Thought NTD 500,000
2012/8-2015/7 Research grant from Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST), Taiwan R.O.C. 科技部專題研究計劃(整合型研究計畫):當代西方詮釋學與東方漢語哲學當代經典詮釋,-分別與不二 — 漢傳佛教中觀學觀點的考察(101-2410-H-211-002-MY3)(Research project: Non-Duality yet Difference – A Chinese Buddhist Perspective)TD 1,303,000
2011-2015 Award of Excellence in Research from Huafan University
2009/8-2011/7 Research grant from National Science Council (NSC), Taiwan R.O.C. 國科會專題研究計畫(整合型研究計畫)《西方當代詮釋學與東方漢語哲學當代經典詮釋:文化際義理理解與經典詮釋:中國佛教「智慧心」之語文表述與「實踐意含」》NSC-98-2410-H-211-002 (Research project: Concepts of Language and Linguistic Strategies in Chinese Buddhism) NTD 887,952
2009/8-2012/7 Research grant from National Science Council (NSC), Taiwan R.O.C. 國科會專題研究計畫(整合型研究計畫;共同主持人)《哲學學門人才培育計畫:六-七世紀印度佛教思想在中國的發展》NSC-98-2410-H-004-182-MY3. (Research project: IndianBuddhist Thought in 6th – 7th Century China; program co-manager ) NTD 6,750,000
2008/8-2009/7 Award of Excellence in Research from Huafan University
2008/8 Travel grant from National Science Council (NSC), Taiwan R.O.C. (Research Project and Conference Article: Rhetoric in Chinese Tiantai-, Sanlun-, and Huayan-Buddhism) Conference: Zen Texts as “Public”-Documents; Zen Rhetoric in a Diachronic and Comparative Perspective; Norway, Oslo University NTD 90,000
2008/6 Huafan University funding for participating at the International Conference:6/20~6/28 XVth Congress of the International Association of Buddhist Studies (IABS),Atlanta, USA. NTD 60,000
2007 Award of Excellence in Administrative Service from Huafan University
2006/8-2007/7 Research grant from National Science Council (NSC), Taiwan R.O.C. 國科會專題研究計畫《中國大乘佛學天臺宗的符號學》 NSC-95-2411-H-211-002(Researchproject: Semiotics in Chinese Tiantai Buddhism) NTD 120,000
2005/8-2006/7 Research grant from National Science Council (NSC), Taiwan R.O.C. 國科會專題研究計畫《天臺宗的時間觀》NSC-94-2411-H-211-004(Research project: The Concept of Time in Chinese Tiantai Buddhism) NTD 120,000
2004 Award of Excellence in Research from Huafan University, Faculty of Fine Arts
2003/8/-2004/7 Research grant from National Science Council (NSC), Taiwan R.O.C. 國科會專題研究計畫《有關天臺教義脈絡中的存有學義》NSC-92-2411-H-211-004(Research project: The Issue of Ontology in Chinese Tiantai Buddhism) NTD 120,000
2002/8-2003/7 Research grant from National Science Council (NSC), Taiwan R.O.C. 國科會專題研究計畫《東西哲學對話: 語言的界限》NSC-91-2411-H-211-003(Research project: Language and the Inexpressible in Chinese Tiantai ) NTD 120,000
1998-2000 Scholarship from Germany’s Humboldt Foundation and Japan’s Japanese Societyof Promotion of Science (JSPS)
1993-1994 Full Scholarship from German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)
20. 1988-1989 Full Scholarship from German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)
大乘佛典義理研究 (Studies of the Doctrines in Mahāyāna-Scriptures)
天臺宗思想研究 (Studies on the Tiantai-School)
華嚴宗思想研究 (Studies on the Huayan-School)
三論宗思想研究 (Studies on the Sanlun-School)
中觀思想專題討論 (Seminar on Madhyamaka)
中國早期唯識論 (Early Chinese Yogācāra-Buddhism)
佛學心識說 (Theories of Consciousness in Buddhism)
中國佛學佛性論 (The Concept of Buddha-nature in Chinese Buddhism)
佛學語言哲學 (Philosophy of Language in Buddhism)
摩訶止觀研究 (Studies on the Great Calming and Contemplation)
京都學派佛學研究 (Buddhist Studies in the Kyoto-school)
當代新儒家的佛學研究 (Buddhist Studies of the New-Confucians)
儒佛經典與詮釋 (Canonical Literature and Hermeneutics in Buddhism and Confucianism)
佛學研究史料暨方法 (Methods and Historical Sources in Buddhist Studies)
研究方法 (Methods of Research)
人文思想專題 (Seminar on Ideas in Humanism)
經典語言:梵文上下 (Classical Sanskrit I&II)
佛學日文 (Buddhist Japanese)
漢學英語導讀 (Reading Practice of Sinological Studies in English)
西方儒家道家學術研究 (Western Studies on Confucianism and Daoism)
當代新儒家思想研究 (Studies on the Philosophy of the New-Confucians)
宗教哲學 (Philosophy of Religion)
存在主義 (Existentialism)
現象學 (Philosophical Phenomenology)
語言哲學 (Philosophy of Language
2007-Present: The International Association of Buddhist Studies (IABS) member
1988-Present : The Alexander von Humboldt Foundation member
2020-Present :The American Philosophical Association (APA) member
2016-Present :European Association for Chinese Studies (EACS) member
2014-Present :Academie du Midi member
Books (auther/editor)
(Accepted, forthcoming in 2024) Die Lehre des “universalen Dekonstruierens” im chinesischen Tiantai-Buddhismus, Hamburg: Felix Meiner Verlag, (German)
Words, Concepts, and the Middle Way: Language in the Traditions of Madhyamaka Thought, New York: Springer, Special Edition of the Journal of Indian Philosophy 47, issue 4, editor: Hans-Rudolf Kantor & Mattia Salvini, 2019/8
Die Heilslehre im Tiantai-Denken des Zhiyi (538-597) und der philosophische Begriff des ‘Unendlichen’ bei Mou Zongsan (1909-1995); Die Verknuepfung von Heilslehre und Ontologie in der chinesischen Tiantai, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, 480 p (German).1999
Book Chapters (peer reviewed)
“Tiantai Doctrine in China: Practice qua Exegesis” in: Chinese Transformation of Buddhism & Crossborder Transmission of Buddhism: Pan-Asian Spread of Tiantai/Ch’ŏnt’ae/Tendai Texts, Ideas and Practices and Its Position in East Asian Society, 3rd Volume of “Famed Mountains and Great Monasteries” (English),; editor: Jing YUE淨月, Jinhua CHEN陳金華, Song WAN王頌. Publisher: World Scholastic Publishers, Singapore, 2022/4/15, p.141-176, ISBN: 978-981-18-4152-1
〈吉藏三論宗二諦思想〉,《線上華文哲學百科》(2021版本),王一奇(編),台北:台灣科技部、國立中正大學。URL=http://mephilosophy.ccu.edu.tw/entry.php?entry_name=吉藏三論宗二諦思想。 2021/10
"Harmony and Paradox: The Tiantai Buddhist View of the "Round/Perfect (yuan圓)" in: Harmony in Chinese Thought: A Philosophical Introduction, edit. Chenyang Li, USA, Rowman & Littlefield Publishers 。p211-236, 2021/3
〈僧肇二諦思想〉,《華文哲學百科》(2020 版本),王一奇(編),台北:台灣科技部、國立中正大學。URL=http://mephilosophy.ccu.edu.tw/entry.php?entry_name=僧肇二諦思想 2020/6
“The Philosophical Significance of ‘root and traces’(benji本跡) in the Exegetical Traditions of Chinese Madhyamaka Thought”;《中國哲學義理的詮釋類型與論爭》;台北:中央研究院中國文哲研究所 (Academia Sinica) ,p.241-294 , 2019/11
〈漢譯佛典二諦思想〉,《線上華文哲學百科》(2019 版本),王一奇(編),台北:台灣科技部、國立中正大學。URL=http://mephilosophy.ccu.edu.tw/entry.php?entry_name=漢譯佛典二諦思想 2019/05
“Dynamics of Practice and Understanding—Chinese Tiantai Philosophy of Contemplation and Deconstruction,” in: Dao Companions to Chinese Buddhist Philosophy: Dharma and Dao, Vol. 9, Chapt. 12, New York: Springer Publishing, edit. Youru Wang, Sandra Warytko, pp. 265-295, 2019/01
“The Daoist-Buddhist Discourses on Things, Names, and Knowing in China’s Wei-Jin Period,” in: Dao Companions to Chinese Buddhist Philosophy: Dharma and Dao, Vol. 9, Chapt. 5, New York: Springer Publishing, edit. Youru Wang, Sandra Warytko, pp. 103-135 , 2019/01
《首屆天台佛教學術研討會-唐宋天台佛教論文集》:〈唐朝天台宗湛然『文字解脫』的語言觀〉;上海書店出版社,寧波:七塔寺佛學院, 頁 79-100 , 2018/09
“Emptiness of Transcendence—The Inconceivable and Invisible in Chinese Buddhist Thought,” in: Transcendence and Immanence in Intercultural Philosophy, London/ New York: Palgrave MacMillan, pp. 125-153 ,2016/09
“Buddhist Concepts of Reality,” in: Chinese Metaphysics and Its Problems, Chicago, DePaul University: Cambridge University Press; edit. Chen Liyang, Franklin Perkins; pp 194-224. 2015/05
“Philosophical Aspects of 6th Century Chinese Buddhist Debates on Mind and Consciousness” in: A Distant Mirror – Articulating Indic Ideas in Sixth and Seventh Century Chinese Buddhism; Hamburg University Press, edit. Lin Chen-kuo and Michael Radich, pp.335-395. 2014/12
《語言、心性、實踐 — 西方詮釋學與漢語哲學》:〈何謂虛、實?— 論漢傳中觀學「破立不二」的觀法〉(頁125-頁175)台北:台灣基督教文藝出版社 (中原大學宗教研究所)陸敬忠編輯, 2014/03
“Identity and Transformation in the Chinese Mahāyāna Traditions”; in: Selfhood East and West: De-Constructions of Identity; edit. Guenther Wohlfart, Hans-Georg Moeller, Jason Dokstader; Nordhausen: Traugott Bautz , p.71-93, 2012/03
《理解、詮釋與儒家傳統:比較觀點》:〈當代新儒家的佛學詮釋──關於牟宗三存有學概念的評論〉中央研究院文哲所,頁129-161(“Critical Comments on Mou Zongsan’s Study of Buddhism”; in: Understanding, Hermeneutics and Confucian Tradition: Comparative Viewpoints; ed. Li Minghui, Taipei: Academia Sinica), p.129-161 ( Chinese) 2012
“Zhiyi’s Contemplating Mental Activity as the Inconceivable Realm,” in: Buddhist Philosophy – Essential Readings, edit. Jay Garfield & William Edelglass, New York: Oxford University Press, pp. 334-348, 2009
“Praxis der Ruhe und des Segens,” in: Das Grosse Lexikon des Buddhismus; (EKO-Haus der Japanischen Kultur); Muenchen: Iudicum Verlag 2006, p. 47-56 (Translation from Japanese into German).
《佛教文化與當代世界》:〈天臺宗心識說──以「聖凡不二」為內涵的救度學義〉,現代佛教學會,臺北︰文津出版社2005 年,頁217-231,(2003 年國科會補助研究計劃︰ NSC-92-2411-H-211-004), (“Theory of Consciousness in Tiantai Buddhism”; in:Buddhist Culture and Modern World; Taipei: Wenjin 2005, pp.217-231), (Chinese).
“Contemplation: Practice, Doctrine and Wisdom in the Teaching of Zhiyi (538-597),” in: Creeds, Rites and Videotapes—Narrating Religious Experience in East Asia, edit. DeVido & B. Vermander, Taipei: Ricci Institute 2004, pp.213-235, (English).
Articles in Academic Periodicals (peer reviewed)
“Doxographical Appropriation of Nāgārjuna’s Catuṣkoṭi in Chinese Sanlun and Tiantai Thought” in Religions 2021, 12(11), 912 ;Special Issue: Exploring Buddhist Traditions in Literature; editor: Vesna Wallace (AHCI); 2021/ 11; https://doi.org/10.3390/rel12110912
“Reflections on Incongruent Names, Including the Name “Best Essay,” in Response to Respondents” (Ambrosio, Kantor,Moeller) in: Dao: A Journal of Comparative Philosophy, December 2020, Volume 19, Issue4, pages645–655 (AHCI); 2020/12
“Tiantai Buddhist Elaborations on the Hidden and Visible,” in: Asiatische Studien/Études Asiatique Vol. 74, Issue 4, p.883-910, editor: Rafael Suter, Universität Zürich, Boston/Berlin: Walter De Gruyter ; 2020/10
“What/Who Determines the Value of Buddhist Philosophy in Modern Academia?” in: Newsletter—The American Philosophical Association, Special Issue “Asian and Asian-American Philosophers and Philosophies,” guest editor: Rafal Stepien, Vol. 19, No 1 ,P.8-11 , 2019/10
“Incongruent Names: A Theme in the History of Chinese Philosophy,” (D'Ambrosio, Kantor, Moeller), in: Dao: A Journal of Comparative Philosophy, September 2018, Volume 17, Issue 3, pp. 305–330 (AHCI), edit. HUANG Young, Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2018/09 (2018 Dao Annual Best Essay Award)
“Referential Relation and Beyond: Signifying Functions in Chinese Madhyamaka,” in: Journal of Indian Philosophy 47, issue 4 , (AHCI), New York/Dordrecht (Springer Netherland); (2017/6 online published, pp. 1-65; paper edition in vol. 47, pp. 851–915, 2019/9)
Book Review: Conceiving the Indian Buddhist Patriarchs in China by Stuart Young (Honolulu: Hawai’i University Press 2015), in: China Review International, Vol 23, pp. 97-102, Hawai’i University Press 2016/12
“Textual Pragmatics in Early Chinese Madhyamaka,” in: Philosophy East & West (AHCI), vol.64, no. 3, June 2014, pp. 759-784 (English), edit. R. Ames, Honolulu: University of Hawai’i, 2014/06
“Contradiction and Ambiguity in Chinese Buddhist Philosophy,” in: Huafan Journal of Humanities 《華梵人文學報》Taipei: Huafan University, vol. 43, no. 2, June,2013, pp. 82-123. (English) (THCI)
“Ambivalence of Illusion – A Chinese Buddhist Perspective,” in: Journal of Chinese Philosophy (A&HCI), Vol 38, No 2 June 2011, 274-293, (English)
“Right Words Are Like the Reverse – The Daoist Rhetoric and Linguistic Strategies in Early Chinese Buddhism,” in: Asian Philosophy (A&HCI), Vol 20, No 3, November 2010, P.283-309(English)
〈虛假當念的時間構造─以天臺宗與華嚴宗為主〉,《台大佛學研究中心學報》(2008年12 月出版) 頁171-228。[“Time-Construction of Illusory Presence of One-Moment-Thought—Perspectives according to the Chinese Tiantai and Huayan Schools”], in: Taiwan Journal of Buddhist Studies) (THCI), pp. 171-228, (Chinese)
〈中觀學的時間觀〉《正觀,佛學研究雜誌》2008第46 期,南投,頁39-87。(Concepts of Time in Madhyamaka Thought; in: Zhengguan: Journal of Buddhist Research) pp.39-80),(THCI)
〈從天臺宗『法華玄義』「本跡」詮釋方法上探討「指涉」的宗教哲學問題〉《正觀,佛學研究雜誌》第三十六期,南投,2006 年,頁5-45, (‘Meaning and Reference’ from the Standpoint of the Tiantai Commentaries on the Lotus Sutra; in: Zhengguan: Journal of Buddhist Research), pp. 5-45, (Chinese) (THCI).
“Ontological Indeterminacy and Its Soteriological Relevance: An Assessment of Mou Zongsan’s (1909-1995) Interpretation of Zhiyi’s (538-597) Tiantai Buddhism,” in: Philosophy East & West (A&HCI), ed. R. Ames, 2006, Vol. 56. No. 1, pp. 16-69.
〈天臺宗的「圓極架構」-關於天臺宗圓教所統攝之救度學、存有學與語言用法三方面的脈絡線索之探究〉《華梵人文學報》第二期,臺北,2004 年,頁23-95, (Entelechy in Tiantai Buddhism; in: Huafan Journal of Humanities) pp. 23-95, (Chinese), (THCI).
〈天臺宗的可說與不可說〉《正觀,佛學研究雜誌》第二十七期,南投,2003 年,頁 13-85, (The Expressible and Inexpressible in Tiantai Buddhism; in: [Zhengguan: Journal of Buddhist Research], pp. 13-85, (Chinese) (THCI).
〈價值觀與辯證法在智者大師中的表現〉《世界中國哲學學報》第二期,佛光人文社會學院2001 年1 月,頁211-221, (Dialectic of Values in Zhiyi’s (538-597) Systematical Expression; in: Academic Journal of Chinese Philosophy), pp. 211-221. (Chinese)
Conference Articles (published)
《有關天臺教義脈絡中的存有學義》【天臺學會第五屆研討會專輯】,華梵佛學研究所︰原泉,臺北︰2003 年,頁101-129。(2003 年國科會補助研究計劃︰NSC-92-2411-H-211-004); (The Issue of Ontology in Tiantai’s Doctrinal System, Taipei: Huafan Buddhist Research Institute; The Fifth Academic Conference in Tiantai Buddhism, 2003 January), pp.101-129, (Chinese).
“The ‘Inconceivable Realm’ in Chinese Tiantai Buddhism,” in: Special Edition of the 14th Symposium of Buddhist Education, Taipei: Huafan University 2002; pp. 131-158, (English).
“Tiantai Buddhismus und seine Relevanz fuer Mou Zongsans praktische Ontologie,” in: Der Konfuzianismus, Urspruenge Entwicklungen Perspektiven, Mitteldeutsche Studien zu Ostasien, Leipzig: Ostasiatisches Institut, Universitaetsverlag, Taipei: Academia Sinica 1998; pp. 216-235, (German).
“Die Lehre von der boesen Natur im Tiantai Buddhismus,” in: Tradition und Moderne—Religion, Philosophie und Literatur in China, edit. C. Hammer u. B. Fuehrer, Dortmund: Projekt Verlag 1997; pp. 61-83, (German).
“Die Rezeption Kants und die Einheit von Wissen und Handeln bei Mou Zongsan,” in:Chinesisches Selbstverstaendnis und kulturelle Identitaet, edit. C. Hammer u. B. Fuehrer, Dortmund: Projekt Verlag 1996; pp. 109-127, (German).
Lectures, Seminars, Papers Presented at International Academic Conferences
Global Sinology Forum at National Sun Yat-Sen University 「跨文化漢學之島:國際漢學平台在中山」教育部標竿計畫, 2021/11/24-11/27
Online Lecture Series for Chengdu, Sichuan University, PR China, 2021/11/5-2022/1/7, 四川大學哲學系講座:
Online Lecture Series for Chengdu, Sichuan University, PR China, 5/22-6/26,2020, 四川大學公共管理學院講座:天台思想研究系列講座
APA (American Philosophical Association—Eastern Division); Philadelphia USA; 8-11 January; Symposium on 2018 Dao Annual Best Essay Award Winner for “Incongruent Names: A Theme in the History of Chinese Philosophy” (Dao 17.3: 305-330) 2020/01
International Symposium of Tiantai Studies (國際天台學大會:從天台到比叡); Peking University, The Centre for Buddhist Studies (PKUCBS, 北京大學佛教研究中心), PR China, 7-8 December; Tiantai Buddhist Elaborations on the Hidden and Visible, 2019/12
Buddhist texts in Sanskrit and Chinese (Bhavasaṁkrāntisūtra / Abhidharmakoṣabhāṣya) July 2019 (7/5-7/29), Mahidol University, Thailand (Hans-Rudolf Kantor& Mattia Salvini) 2019/07
Lecture Series at Chengdu, Sichuan University, PR China, 6/14-7/3,四川大學公共管理學院講座:漢傳佛學中觀學思想形成二 2019/06
Lecture Series at Chengdu, Sichuan University, PR China, 4/11-4/23,四川大學公共管理學院講座:漢傳佛學中觀學思想形成一 2019/04
Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, School of Humanities, 13-15 December, International Workshop: “Conceptions of Harmony in Chinese Thought,” Yuan圓—Harmony and Paradox from a Tiantai Buddhist Point of View , 2018/12
中央研究院中國文哲研究所,台北,工作坊:「佛教存有論」,〈A Constructivist Approach to Ontological Indeterminacy in Chinese Buddhist Thought〉 2018/12
University of Macau, Faculty of Arts and Humanities, 29 November—2 December, Speech: What/Who Determines the Value of Buddhist Philosophy in Modern Academia? (2018/12)
Ningbo寧波, PR China, 浙江寧波七塔寺/ 中國人民大學佛教與宗教學理論研究所 (11/9-11/12),第二屆天台佛教學術研討會—四明知禮與送到天台佛教,〈天台宗「即」字的悖論涵義—以四明知禮之思想為例〉 2018/11
Foguang-University佛光大學佛教研究中心、國立台灣大學,Taipei台北 20-21 October (10/20-10/21), 大智度論的世界(國際學術研討會),〈大智度論的二諦思想〉 2018/10
Lecture Series at Chengdu, Sichuan University, China,25-28 September 2018, 四川大學公共管理學院講座:二諦思想的哲學探討。 演講主題一:漢譯佛典二諦思想的哲學探討—以《中論》、《大智度論》、《大般涅槃經》為主; 演講主題二:漢傳宗派佛學二諦思想的哲學探討—以僧肇、吉藏三論宗、智顗天台宗為主 2018/09
Toronto, Canada, University of Toronto, 21-25 August,2017, XVIIIth. Congress of the International Association of Buddhist Studies (IABS): The Hermeneutical Approach in the Exegetical Traditions of Chinese Madhyamaka Thought
Ningbo 寧波, PR China, 浙江寧波七塔禪寺/寧波大學人文與傳媒學院,18-20 August 2017, 首屆天台佛教學術研討會:〈唐朝天台宗湛然『文字解脫』的語言觀〉
Three Lectures at National Taiwan University NTU 台灣國立大學, Taipei, 3-5 August 2017, SDCF summer course, 3 August, Chinese Buddhism I: Huayan; 4 August, Chinese Buddhism II: Tiantai; 5 August, Chinese Buddhism III: Chan.
Changrong University 長榮大學, Tainan 台南, 基督教與文化研究中心, 2 May 2017, 科技部人文司哲學(含宗教)學門研究傑出成果發表會:〈Referential relation and beyond—漢傳中觀學本跡觀〉
University of Zuerich, Institute of Asian and Oriental Studies—Chinese Studies and URPP Asia and Europe, 24-26 November 2016, Workshop “Vision and Visuality in Buddhism and Beyond”; Non-duality of the Visible and Invisible—Ambiguities and Paradoxes of “Observation” in Chinese Mahāyāna Thought
University of Macau, Faculty of Arts and Humanities, 16-17 2016 September, “Contemporary Perspectives on Critical and Systems Theory,” A Comparative Discussion on Paradoxes in Buddhist Thought and Systems Theory
Institute of Chinese Literature and Philosophy, ACADEMIA SINICA, Taipei, Taiwan (中央研究院文哲所); 9-8 September 2016, Conference: “ (Hermeneutics and Debates of Modern Chinese Philosophy on the Classics「當代中國哲學經典之詮釋與論爭」)”; “Root and Traces” in Chinese Madhyamaka Thought (漢傳中觀學佛經詮釋中的語言哲學—論僧肇、吉藏、智顗 的『本迹』概念)
European Association for Chinese Studies (EACS) 2016, 21st Biennial Conference, St. Petersburg (Russia), 23-28 August 2016, Panel: “Terms and Concepts of Intuition in Chinese Philosophy,” ‘Contemplation Suspending Correlative Dependence’ (juedai guan 絕待觀) according to Tiantai Buddhist Thought
Academie du Midi, 2016 in Alet-les-Bains (France), Conference: “Imagination East and West”, 14-15 May 2016, Supernormal Performance of an ‘Imaginary Invalid’—Imagination in the Vimalakīrti-nirdeśa-sūtra and its Chinese Commentaries
The 11th Annual Meeting of The Comparative & Continental Philosophy Circle, National Taiwan University, Taipei, 24-26 March, 2016; Emptiness of Transcendence – The Inconceivable and Invisible in Chinese Buddhist Thought
University of Macau, Department of Philosophy, workshop: “A Workshop on Paradox,” 6th November 2015, Inseparability qua Differentiation – The Pragmatic Sense of a Paradox in Chinese Buddhist Thought and Practice
Macau University, Department of Philosophy, Conference: “Transcendence and Immanence in Intercultural Philosophy,” 16 April 2015, Emptiness of Transcendence – The Inconceivable and Invisible in Chinese Buddhist Thought
Gaoxiong Foguang shan 高雄佛光山, Yilan Foguang University 宜蘭佛光大學, Taiwan, 1-3 September 2014, “The International Conference on the Vimalakīrti Sūtra and East Asian Culture” (維摩詰經與東亞文化), Jizang’s (吉藏549-623) Reading of the Vimalakīrti-nirdeśasūtra
Vienna University, 17th Congress of the International Association of Buddhist Studies (IABS), Vienna, 17–24 August 2014, Panel: “Buddhist Rhetoric”, The Functioning of Performatives in the Rhetoric of Chinese Tiantai and Huayan Texts, (August 20)
Huafan University 華梵大學, Graduate Institute of Asian Humanities 東方人文思想研究所, Taipei: “Language in the Traditions of Madhyamaka Thought”, 27–29 June 2014, Reference Relation and Beyond: Signifying Functions in Chinese Madhyamaka (June 29 2014)
Academie du Midi, France, Alet-les-Bains: “Wisdom East and West”, June 9 – 13, 2014, Notion of Wisdom in Mahāyāna Thought (June 9)
(15 May 2013) Lecture at Fagushan Buddhist College: “Buddhist Notions of Time”
(4/26-4/28)2013 年第二屆華嚴專宗國際學術研討會(2013 International Conference of the Huayan College, panel-moderator )
Gaoxiong/Taiwan (April 15-20, 2013): Foguang University, Center for Buddhist Studies Inaugural Symposium: Chinese Buddhism: Past, Present, and Future; “Difference yet Non- Duality – A Chinese Madhyamaka Perspective,” 16 April
Singapore, Nanyang Technological University: An International Interdisciplinary Symposium on “Conceptions of Reality: Metaphysics and Its Alternatives in Chinese Thought” 29-30 March 2013; “Concepts of Reality in Chinese Buddhism”
Chengchi-Kyoto Joint Workshop on Buddhist Analytic Philosophy, February 18 2013, “Reading the Wubuqian lun(物不遷論)”
「東亞視野下的日本哲學」國際學術研討會: 主持人;主辦:國立台灣大學人文社會高等研究院;9 月1-2, 2012;(International Conference: Japanese Philosophy in the East Asian Perspective; panel-moderator; hosted by: Institute for the Advanced Studies in Humanities and Social Sciences, National Taiwan University; Taipei NTU, Sept. 1-2)
Workshop des Forums fuer Asiatische Philosophie : Philosophie in der Vielfalt ihrer Sprachen: Einsicht zwischen Sprache und jenseits von Sprache; Vienna (Austria), August, 2-4, 2012; (German)
第四屆東方人文思想國際學術研討會-天台思想與實踐:〈天台宗觀心論之破義〉;華梵大學; (“The Fourth International Conference on Tiantai Buddhism at The Graduate Institute of Asian Humanities – Tiantai Thought and Practice: The Significance of Deconstruction in the Tiantai Practice of Contemplation,”Huafan University, Taipei, June 17-18 2012; (Chinese)
A Lecture Series on Chinese Buddhist Thought and History at Cork University, Ireland, from July 21 until August 17 2012; (English)
西方當代詮釋學與東方漢語哲學;文化際義理理解與經典詮釋第三年度學術研討會:〈「空」之「歧義」以及「空」之「弔詭」– 以《中論》、《大智度論》、及《肇論》為立場討論中觀學的語言觀〉(“Western Hermeneutics and Chinese Philosophy, Doctrinal Understanding and Interpretation of Canonical Scriptures from a Cross-Cultural Perspective”: Paradox and Ambiguity in Chinese Madhyamaka Texts); 宗教系Department of Religious Studies;中原大學Zhongyuan Uiniversity,臺灣 Taiwan, June 15 2012; (Chinese
台灣第三屆華嚴國際學術研討會 華嚴學:古代與現代的交會:〈講評:Frederic Girard, The Kegon Doctrinal Background of the No’s Conception of Zenchiku (1405-1470)〉,台北,5 月28 日;(The 3rd International Conference on Huayan in Taiwan– Huayan Study: The Interaction of the Classic and the Contemporary), Taipei, May 28 2012; (English)
On Language, Emptiness and Silence in Chinese Madhyamaka Texts, “Workshop of Philosophy of Language in Buddhism,” Nanhua University, Taiwan, April 28 2012, (English)
Workshop: “Indian Buddhist Thought in 6th – 7th Century China”: Philosophical Aspects in 6th Century Chinese Buddhist Thought on ‘Mind and Consciousness’, National Chengchi University, Taipei, Dec 1-4 2011
The XVIth Congress of the “International Association of Buddhist Studies” (IABS): (1) Debating on “Mind and Consciousness” in 6th Century Chinese Buddhism 6/22, (2) The Intertextual Understanding and Linguistic Strategies in Tiantai Buddhism 6/24, (3) Philosophy of Language in Chinese Buddhism 6/25; Dharma Drum Buddhist College, Jinshan, Taiwan, June 20-25 2011, (English)
“Workshop “Indian Buddhist Thought in 6th – 7th Century China”: The Linguistic Pragmatics and Sign-System according to the Chinese Huayan-School; Department of Philosophy, National Cheng-chih University, June 19 2011 (English)
西方當代詮釋學與東方漢語哲學;文化際義理理解與經典詮釋第二年度學術研討會:〈天臺宗文本際的理解與語文策略〉(“Western Hermeneutics and Chinese Philosophy, Doctrinal Understanding and Interpretation of Canonical Scriptures from a Cross-Cultural Perspective”: The Inter-textual Understanding and Linguistic Strategies in Tiantai Buddhism); 宗教系 Department of Religious Studies;中原大學Zhongyuan Uiniversity,臺灣 Taiwan, June 17 2011 (Chinese)
“The International Association for Philosophy and Literature” (IAPL), May 23-29, “East/West, Indifference”: Indifference of Realness and Falseness according to the Buddhist Understanding of Emptiness; National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, May 25 2011(English)
“Theory and Philosophy Summer School”(TAPSS), “Representation”: Three Lectures on Madhyamaka Thought in Chinese Buddhism: (1)Representation, (2)Reference, (3)Language; School of Sociology and Philosophy, Cork University, Ireland; May 1 – 7 2011 (English)
Workshop: “Indian Buddhist Thought in 6th Century China”: Debating on “Mind and Consciousness” in 6th Century Chinese Buddhism; Hamburg University, Center of Buddhist Studies, Germany, April 14,2011 (English)
Silence and the Ineffable: The Rhetoric of Silence in Chinese Buddhist Language; Taipei, National Taipei University of Technology, Department of English; November 26 2010;(English, 英文)
Asiatische Traditionen zwischen Religion und Philosophie:Religionsphilosophische Themen, Ansaetze und Fragestellungen in den buddhistischen Traditionen Chinas; August 29-30 2010, Bern-University, Switzerland; (German, 德文)
Four Online Lectures for Renjian University, Taipei: (1) Nagarjuna, (2) Seng Zhao, (3) Zhiyi, (4) Dushun; 2010 May 26 and June 2,16, 23; (中文,Chinese)
第一屆西方當代詮釋學與東方漢語哲學圓桌學術研討會2010-06-19 (“The First Round-Table Symposium on Contemporary Western Hermeneutics and Eastern Sino-Philosophy”) 中原大學宗教研究所; ( Graduate Institute of Religous Studies, Zhongyuan University,Taoyuan, Taibei, June 19 2010)(中文,Chinese)
“18th Symposion Acadiemi du Midi, Institut fuer Philosophie: ‘Self and Identity East and West’”; Transformation and Identity in Chinese Mahāyāna-Buddhism; May 24 to 28 2010, in Alet-les-Bains, Carcassone; France. (English, 英文)
Workshop on “Indian Buddhist Thought in 6th-7th Century China”: Sixth Century Yogācāra Buddhism and Its Influence on the Formation of Buddhist Schools in China; March 27-28 2010, National Cheng-chi University & Foguang University; Sponsor: National Science Council, Taiwan; 國科會哲學學門人才培育計劃;六-七世紀漢語文化圈的印度佛教思潮;政治大學及佛光大學;(English, 英文)
“Daoist Salon 首届道学沙龙”, Right Words Are Like the Reverse – The Daoist Rhetoric and Linguistic Strategies in Early Chinese Buddhism; Zhengzhou 鄭州, China 中國, March 22-26 2010;(English)
人間大學網路學院,遠距教學:《大乘佛學的時間觀》11/4 及 11/11 2009;(中文,Chinese)Two Online Lectures for Renjian University, Taipei: Concepts of Time in Mahāyāna Buddhism; Nov. 4 and Nov. 11; (Chinese)
臺灣哲學會,批判與反省:〈文本與行動〉;臺灣大學,9/11/2009;Taiwan Association of Philosophy, Critiques and Reflection: Text and Action, National Taiwan University, Sept. 9; (Chinese)
Annual Conference of the “Deutsches Forum fuer ostasiatische Philosophie”: Uebung und Kultivierung; “Linguistic Expression und Cultivation in Chinese Buddhism”; Aug. 29 – Sept. 3/2009; Hamburg-Neversdorf (English)
詮釋學與中國哲學; 國科會跨校整合型專題研究案; 成果發表圓桌學術研討會; 中原大學,六月十二日;評論:郭朝順〈從「遊戲」到圓融三昧;論天臺智顗與高達美的實踐理論〉.Conference: Hermeneutics and Chinese Philosophy, Review on Guo Chaoshun’s From ‘Game’to the ‘Perfect Samadhi,’ On Theory and Practice according to Tiantai Zhiyi and HG Gadamer; Taibei: Zhongyuan University, June 12 2009. (Chinese)
Woodenfish Workshop: Three Lectures on Chinese Mahāyāna-Buddhism; Foguang Shan,Gaoxiong, May 26-30 2009; (English)
Truth and Illusion in the “Parable of the Phantom City” and Its Significance in the Context of Interfaith (Risshō Kōsei-kai: International Lotus Sutra Seminar 2009—Kona, Hawai’i; Conference Theme: The Lotus Sutra and Interfaith Relations; March 17-22) (English)
〈中國中觀學智慧心之文本語言與超文字語言-以僧肇《肇論》為主〉;(中國哲學的現代詮釋工作坊(三)現象學與新漢語哲學,臺北:國立政治大學哲學系,11 月18 日14 2008).Conference on Phenomenology and Chinese Philosophy, Cheng-chi University, Taipei, Nov. 18: Textual and Meta-Textual-Strategies in the Zhao Lun
Ambiguity and The Problem of Language in Chinese Buddhist Philosophy (Chan Texts as Public Documents – Chan-Rhetoric, August 29 to September 2 2008, University of Oslo, Norway Rosendal)
The Rhetoric of Contradiction in Chinese Buddhism, (XVth Congress of the International Association of Buddhist Studies, June 23 to 28 2008, USA: Atlanta, Emory University); (English).
Workshop on Cross-cultural Philosophy, Academia Sinica, monthly meeting since April 2008.
《中國大乘佛學諸時間觀之對比》;華梵大學,儒佛會通學術研討會:東西方的政治哲學;(A Comparative Study on Diverse Concepts of Time in Chinese Mahāyāna Buddhism, Taipei: Huafan University; Conference on Political Philosophy East and West) 2008;(Chinese).
《宗教哲學―― 以佛學及京都學派觀點為立場之探討》; 中央研究院文哲所,(Philosophy of Religion: Topics Discussed by the Kyoto School and Buddhism, Taipei: Academia Sinica); (Chinese).2007
《以宗教哲學為立場看待中國佛學》;中央研究院文哲所:跨文化動態; (Chinese Buddhism Viewed From the Standpoint of Philosophy of Religion, Conference on Transcultural Dynamism, Taipei: Academia Sinica); (Chinese).2007
Ambiguity and the Concern of Language in the Traditions of Chinese Buddhist Schools, (American Political Science Association, Voegelin Group) Chicago August 27 2007; (English)
《在此分析與中國佛教》;台南:國立成功大學中文系:心理治療與佛教,8 月;(‘Daseinsanalyse’ and Chinese Buddhism, Conference on Psychotherapy and Buddhism, Tainan: Chenggong University, Department of Chinese Studies) August 2007; (Chinese)
Sanskrit Language Workshop with Sanskrit Instructor Mattia Salvini at the Graduate Instituteof East Asian Humanities, Huafan University, June to July 2007
《中國大乘佛學之語文表式及其在實踐上之作用》;華梵大學哲學系「意義、詮釋與文化價值研究室;詮釋與政治時間」論壇;5 月 (Linguistic Expression in Chinese Buddhism and Its Practical Relevance, Taipei: Huafan University, Department of Philosophy) May 2007; (Chinese).
Philosophie der Transformation und ihr ambivalentes Verhaeltnis zur Sprache in der Tradition chinesisch buddhistischer Denker, (National Taiwan University, National Science Council, Center of Humanities: Academic Conference of German Academic Research in Chinese Philosophy, Taipei 2007 April), (German).〈「轉化哲學」及其對語言的兩極性〉【學術研討會: 德語之中國哲學研究】 臺北︰臺灣大學國科會人文學研究中心,2007 年4 月(Chinese version).
The Challenge of Crisis – An Interpretation of ‘Existential Instructiveness’ in Chinese Buddhist Education, [Vietnam Buddhist Research Institute, Ho-chi-minh City, International Conference on Buddhism in the New Era: Chances and Challenges], (Ho-chi-minh City, July 16 2006); (English).
《大乘佛教有關「平等」相對「差異」之優先地位諸觀點》;第九屆儒佛會通暨文化哲學學術研討會,臺北,華梵大學哲學系,3 月2006; (Equality versus Difference according to Chinese Mahāyāna Viewpoints, Taipei: Huafan University, Department of Philosophy) March; (Chinese).
《中國大乘佛教的時間性與超越性》【學術研討會: 德語之中國哲學研究】臺北︰臺灣大學國科會人文學研究中心,2006 年6 月; (Chinese Mahāyāna Buddhist Concepts of Time, Taipei: National Taiwan University, National Science Council, Center of Humanities) June; (Chinese).
《宗教哲學與佛學之間的關係》【演講】雲林:雲林科技大學漢學研究所, 2006 年6月; (Philosophy of Religion and Buddhism, Yunlin: National Yunlin University of Science and Technology, Graduate Institute of Sinology) June; (Chinese).
《宗教哲學與佛學之間的關係》【學術研討會: 佛教哲學的建構】臺北,臺灣大學哲學系,2006 年5 月; (Philosophy of Religion and Buddhism , Academic Conference on Concepts of Buddhist Philosophy, Taipei: National Taiwan University) May; (Chinese).
《從天臺宗『法華玄義』「本跡」詮釋方法上探討「指涉」的宗教哲學問題》【演講】,臺北:佛光山人間大學, 2006 年4 月, (‘Meaning and Reference’ from the Standpoint of the Tiantai Commentaries on the Lotus Sutra; Taipei: Renjian University) April; (Chinese).
Der instruktive Wert des Scheins – Chinesisch Buddhistische Strategien der Kontingenzbewaeltigung, “Vortrag am Institut fuer Europa Studien der Universitaet Karlsruhe”; Germany, University of Karlsruhe, February 2006, (German)
《當代新儒家的佛學詮釋──關於牟宗三存有學概念的評論》【理解、詮釋與儒家傳統】臺北︰中央研究院文哲所,2006 年1 月; (Modern Confucianism’s Interpretation of Buddhism, Taipei: Academia Sinica, Taipei; in: Understanding, Hermeneutics and Traditions of Confucianism, Taipei) January; (Chinese).
《從天臺宗『法華玄義』「本跡」詮釋方法上探討「指涉」的宗教哲學問題》【第二屆法華思想與天臺佛學研討會】現代佛教學會、臺北大學中國語文學系、臺北大學東西哲學與詮釋中心,2005 年12 月; (“Meaning and Reference” from the Standpoint of the Tiantai Commentaries on the Lotus Sutra; Taipei: National Taipei University; The Second Lotus Sutra Conference) December 2005; (Chinese).
A Reconstructive Theory of Chinese Buddhist Education, “Ninth East West Philosophers’ Conference”, Hawaii, USA: May 29-June 10 2005,(English)
《天臺宗的時間觀》第八屆儒佛會通暨文化哲學學術研討會,臺北,華梵大學哲學系,3 月2005 年;(2005 年國科會補助研究計劃︰NSC-94-2411-H-211-004); (Time in Tiantai Buddhism, Taipei: Huafan University, The Eighth Conference of Buddhist and Confucian Cultural Philosophy) March 2005; (Chinese).
《天臺宗的圓極架構》天臺學會第四屆研討會,臺北:華梵佛學研究所,11 月2004年,(The Structure of Entelechy in Tiantai Teaching, The Fourth Conference on Tiantai Studies, Taipei: Faculty of Huafan Buddhist Studies) November 2004; (Chinese).
《天臺宗的心識說》佛教文化與當代世界,中華民國現代佛教學會,臺灣大學佛學研究中心,臺北:臺灣大學,9 月2004 年; (Theory of Consciousness in Tiantai Buddhism, Taipei: National Taiwan University, Research center of Buddhist Studies, Buddhist Culture and the Modern World) September 2004; (Chinese)
《有關天臺教義脈絡中的存有學義》【天臺學會第五屆研討會專輯】,華梵佛學研究所︰原泉,臺北︰2003 年,頁101-129。(2003 年國科會補助研究計劃︰NSC-92-2411- H-211-004); (The Issue of Ontology in Tiantai’s Doctrinal System, Taipei: Huafan Buddhist Research Institute; The Fifth Academic Conference in Tiantai Buddhism), pp. 101-129; (Chinese).
The ‘Inconceivable Realm’ in Tiantai Teaching, In: “Special Edition of the 14th Symposium of Buddhist Education”, Taipei: Huafan University 2002; pp. 131-158, (English).
《價值觀與辯證法在智顗思想中的表現》第四屆儒佛會通學術研討會,臺北,華梵大學哲學系,3 月; (Dialectic of Values in Zhiyi’s (538-597) Systematical Expression, Taipei: Huafan University, Department of Philosophy, The Fourth Conference on Confucianism and Buddhism); (Chinese).2001
Translating the Mohe Zhiguan, Lecture at the Department of Buddhist Studies at Komazawa University, Tokio, Japan; (English).2000
Zhiyi’s (538-597) Reception , Interpretation and Criticism of the Dilun-Teaching; “Symposium: Yogacara Buddhism in China”, University of Leiden (Netherlands), International Institute for Asian Studies; (English).2000
A Critical Review of Mou Zongsan’s (1909-1995) Tiantai Studies, The 14th Symposium of Buddhist Education, Taipei: Huafan University; (English).1999
Menschenrechte im chinesischen Buddhismus, Konferenz ueber die Menschenrechte in ostasiatischen Traditionen, Universitaet Karlsruhe, Philosophisches Seminar, July 1998; (German).
Die Lehre vom bedingten Entstehen im Tiantai Buddhismus, Konferenz ueber Kausalitaetstheorien im Buddhismus, Duesseldorf, Haus der Japanischen Kultur, Ma 1998; (German).
Discussant, “Lotus-Sutra Conference”, University of Leiden (Netherlands), International Institute for Asian Studies, November 1997; (English).