Research Experience/Field Trips

2005 Survey of Buddhist sculptures in the Hangzhou area, Zhejiang , China .

2001 Survey of Chinese Buddhist sculptures in the collections in Chicago , Kansas City, San Francisco , Standford , New York City, Boston , Cleveland , St. Louis , and Toronto .

1999-2000 Research on Chinese BuddhistArt in the Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington , D.C.

1998 Survey of grottoes and Buddhist sculptures in Sichuan Province , China.

1998  Survey of grottoes and Buddhist sculptures in Hebei and Henan Provinces , China .

1997 Survey of grottoes and Buddhist sculptures in Hebei Province , China.

1997 Investigation of the Xumishan Grottoes, Ningxia Autonomous District , China.

1997  Investigation of grottoes in Xinjiang Autonomous District , China.

1997 Investigation of Buddhist monasteries in Qinghai Province , China.

1996  Investigation of the Binxian Grottoes, Shaanxi , China.

1995 Survey of the Buddhist monasteries in Chengde , Hebei , China.

1994 Survey of grottoes and Buddhist pagodas in Henan and Hebei Provinces , China.

1994 Archaeological excavation of two ceramic kilns and a bridge at Yechengsite, the capital of the Northern Qi Kingdom, Linzhang , Hebei Province, China.

1994 Survey of grottoes, Buddhist sculptures and steles in Shaanxi Province ,China.

1993 Survey of Buddhist grottoes and sculptures in Hangzhou , Zhejiang , China.

1992  Archaeological excavation of the SouthernSong imperial palace and the city wall at Hangzhou , Zhejiang Province, China.  The main finds are ceramics from the post-Tangperiod (tenth to fourteenth centuries). I wrote the archaeological records and drew the cartographies.

1992 Archaeological excavation at the Jian ware site of the Song and YuanDynasties, Jianyang , Fujian Province, China .  I excavated two large dragon kilns, wrotearchaeological records and drew the cartographies.

1992 Survey of the grottoes in Linyou County , Shaanxi Province, China.

1991 Archaeological excavation at the Jian ware site of the Song and YuanDynasties (post-Tang), Jianyang , Fujian Province, China .  I excavated the site of a mill of producingblack porcelain wares, and wrote archaeological records and drew the cartographies.

1991  Survey of about 105 historical sites andinstitutions, including archaeological sites, Buddhist monasteries, Shintoshrines, museums, and conservation institutes, in eleven cities in Japan .

1991  Survey of the grottoes in Linyou County , Shaanxi Province, China .

1990 Excavation at two tombs' site of the Western Han Dynasty and a palacesite of  the Tang Dynasty, Xi'an , Shaanxi Province , China.  I wrote the archaeological records and drewthe cartographies for the two tombs and one site of the Tang.

1987-1990  Investigation of the Longmen Grottoes, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Luoyang, China.

1987 Survey of the Xiangtangshan Grottoes, Handan , Hebei , and Yungang Grottoes, Datong , Shanxi , China .

1986 Investigation of the Xumishan Grottoes, Guyuan, Ningxia , China.

1985  Investigation of the Longmen Grottoes, Luoyang , Henan , China.

1984 Survey of the grottoes and Buddhist temples in Gansu Province , China.

1983 Excavation at a neolithic site in Changdao and Shang Dynasty tombs in Rushan , Shandong , China.  I wrote the archaeological records and drewthe cartographies for seven tombs of the Shang Dynasty.

PUBLICATIONS:

 

Books:

 

2008 Achievement and Development of Chinese Buddhist Archaeological Research in the Twentieth Century, joint work.   Beijing : SciencePress.  (forthcoming)

2000 A Brief History of the Art of Chinese Grottoes.  Beijing :Encyclopaedia Press.

1999 BuddhistImagery Art of Longxing Monastery in Qingzhou, joint work.  Ji'nan: Shandong Art Press.

1998 IllustratedDictionary of Chinese Ceramics, joint work, responsible forillustrations.  Beijing : Wenwu chubanshe [Culture RelicsPress].

1999 BuddhistImagery Art of Longxing Monastery in Qingzhou, joint work.  Ji'nan: Shandong Art Press.

1998 Iconic Art ofthe Great Buddha Temple in Binxian.  Beijing : Modern Press.

1998 The ArtHistory of Ancient Pagodas in China .  Xi'an : Shaanxi Art Press.

1996 Light of theBuddha in the Desert: Essays on Mogao Grottoes in Dunhuang, in Series on Exploring Chinese Civilization, ed., by Wang Renxiang.   Chengdu : Sichuan Education Press.

1996Real Features of the Buddha: Investigation of the Secrets of Chinese CaveTemples, in Series on Exploring Chinese Civilization,ed., by Wang Renxiang.  Chengdu: Sichuan Education Press.

1995 AStudy of the Longmen Grottoes, co-authored with YanWenru.   Beijing : Bibliography and Document Press.

1995Buddha Figures: Gems of Longmen Sculptures.  Beijing :Wenwuchubanshe.

 

EditedBooks:

 

1999Footprints of the Buddha: Chinese Buddhism’s Bi-millennia.  Exhibition catalog.  Sponsored by the Chinese Association ofBuddhism, the Hong Kong Buddhist Association, the Chinese Institute of BuddhistCulture, and the Information Center of BuddhistCulture.

1999Zhao Puchu.  Answering Questions onGeneral Buddhist Knowledge. Shanghai :Shanghai cishu chubanshe [Shanghai Dictionary Press].

1999Zhou Shujia.  Talking about Dharma Garden . Shanghai :Shanghai cishu chubanshe [Shanghai Dictionary Press].

 

Articles:

 

  In English

 

2009 or later  “Mythology and Pictorial Forms: the Budai(Maitreya) and the Group of Eighteen Luohans in Niche no. 68 atFeilaifeng.”  Archives of Asian Art.

2008or later  “How to Identify Early Chinese Buddhist Forgeries: Focus on the FreerCollection.”  ArsOrientalis, forthcoming.

2008Entries on “Fragmentof Relief With Guardian Figure”,“Statue of Bodhisattva” and “Buddhist Stele.” In Leo Swergold andEileen Hsu, eds., Treasures Rediscovered: Chinese Stone Sculpture from theSackler Collections at Columbia University . New York : Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Art Gallery , 48-49, 60-63,66-68.

2007“Revisiting the Longmen Sculptures in theCollection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.”  Orientations 38.1, January, 81-89.

2006“Feilaifengand the Flowering of Chinese Buddhist Sculpture from the Tenth to FourteenthCenturies,” Ph.D dissertation, The University of Kansas. UMIDissertation Services.

2003“Search and Research: The Provenance of Longmen Images in the Freer Collection.”  Orientations 34.5, May, 16-25.

2002“Chinese Buddhist Sculpture in a New Light at the Freer Gallery of Art”(Co-authored with Jan Stuart).  Orientations33.4, April, 29-37.

 

Museum Newsletter Entries:

2007 Entries on “Gallery 12/The Yager Gallery/Asian Art”,“Gallery 13/South Asian Art”, “Spirit of the Brush: Chinese Calligraphy andPainting.”  Ackland Art Museum ,ed., Ackland Newsletter, Fall 2007,pp. 5-7.

 

 In Chinese:

 

2008 “The Sculptural Portrait of Yang Lianzhenjia at Feilaifengin Hangzhou andIts Reception in the Yuan and Ming Periods.” Yanjingxuebao [Yenching Journal of Chinese Studies],forthcoming.

2008 “A Research on the Buddhist Murals from Shanxi in the Collections of North America .”  One of the large muralsis collected by the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art.  Dunhuangyanjiu [Research on Dunhuang], forthcoming.

2008 “Rethinking the Research of Chinese Buddhist Archaeology inthe Twentieth Century”.  Yishushi yanjiu [The Study of ArtHistory], forthcoming.

2006“An Investigation on the Chan PatriarchImages in Niche no. 28 at Feilaifeng in Hangzhou .”  Yishushiyanjiu [The Study of Art History], Vol. 8, 483-500.

2006 “Feilaifeng and the Shift of Buddhist Belief andIconic Art Beginning in the Tenth Century China .”  Yanjing xuebao [Yenching Journal of Chinese Studies].  New no. 21, 189-226.

2004“Chinese Buddhist Sculpture in a New Light at the Freer Gallery of Art”(Co-authored with Jan Stuart), translated by Wei Wenjie.  Dunhuang Yanjiu [Research on Dunhuang]6, 51-55.

2003 “Artistic Style and Origin of Buddhist Sculpturesfrom Chang’an Tang Dynasty.”  In Compassionand Eascination, ed. by Lucie Chang Yue.  Beijing :Wenwu chubanshe [Cultural Relics Press], 129-145.

2003 “Discussion of Archaeological Dating Methods andResearch on the Characteristics of Cave Temples: Comments on Cishansi Temple and Linxiqiao.”  Kaogu yu Wenwu [Archaeology andCultural Relics] 5, 65-75.

2001 “A Preliminary Survey of the Esoteric Images of the LongmenGrottoes in the Early Tang Dynasty,” Kaogu xuebao [Archaeologica Sinica]3, 335-360.

1998 “Correlation Between Longmen Cave Temples in Luoyang and Buddhist Artin Chang’an,” Foxue yanjiu [Research of Buddhism] 7, 197-204.

1997 “The Inscriptions of ImportantPersons in Chinese Official Historical Texts at the Great Buddha Temple inBinxian,” Wenbo [Relics and Museology]6, 76-80.

1997 “The Subject of the Crowned Buddha Images,” Foxueyanjiu [Research of Buddhism] 6, 91-97.

1997 “Archaeological Investigation on the Niches andBuddhist Scriptures at the Southern Cliffside of the Cishansi Grottoes in Linyou County , Shaanxi ,”Kaogu [Archaeology] 1, 53-61.

1996 “The History of the Wolong Monastery in Xi’an ,” Wenbo [Relics and Museology] 2,49-56.

1996 “An Initial Discussion of the Niche Images Made in theLate Northern Dynasties at Longmen Grottoes,” in Paper Collection for theInternational Symposium on the 1500-year Anniversary of Longmen Grottoes,edited by the Longmen Research Institute, Beijing: Wenwu chubanshe [CulturalRelics Press], 44-73.

1996 “The Buddhist Sites in Dongchuansi, Baijiahe andShiguxia in Linyou,” Kaogu [Archaeology] 1, 46-52.

1995 “Cliff-side Buddhist Images at Linxiqiao in Linyou County , Shaanxi ,” Kaogu [Archaeology] 10, 902-908.

1995 “Images of Niches onthe Cliff at Zixian Monastery at Mount Ciyun in Hangzhou,” Wenwu [Cultural Relics] 10, 70-79.

1995 “The Porcelain Kilns ofJian Wares at Shuiji Village , Jianyang County , Fujian : TheReport of the Archaeological Excavation in 1991-1992,” joint work, Kaogu [Archaeology] 2, 148-154, 159.

1994 “A Brief Discussion on the Guardian King Depicted inthe Grottoes of the Northern Dynasties,” Kaogu [Archaeology] 12,1127-1141.

1994 “A Study into the Subjects of the Sculptures and Murals inCave 169 at the Bingling Grottoes,” in Archaeological Researches on theHan-Tang Periods and Border Areas in Ancient China, edited by the Archaeology Institute of Chinese Academy of SocialSciences, Beijing: Kexue chubanshe [Social Science Press], 111-130.

1993 “Comments on Ksitigarbha Images at Longmen,” Zhongyuan wenwu [Cultural Relics fromCentral Plain] 4, 27-34.

1993 “Some Notes on the Indian Chaityas,” Wenbo [Relicsand Museology], 1, 19-31.

1992 “Preliminary Survey on the Grottoes of the Cishan Monasteryin Linyou,” Kaogu [Archaeology] 10, 909-914.

1992 “Buddhism in Chang’an and the Grotto Sites along the Silk Road from the Han to the Northern andSouthern Dynasties,” Wenbo [Relics and Museology] 2, 58-65.

1992“The Chronology of Cave 169 at Bingling Si,” in Kaoguxue yanjiu [Studieson Archaeology] (1), edited by the Archaeology Department of the Beijing University ,Beijing:Wenwu chubanshe [Cultural Relics Press], 416-481.

1991 “The Pure Land Hall of the Caibo Shop at theNorthern Market at the Longmen Grottoes,” Wenwu [Cultural Relics], 8,66-73.

1989 “Research on the Image from the Huangxing Reign ofthe Northern Wei,” Wenbo [Relics and Museology] 4.

1989 “Time of the Construction of the Prescription Cave at Longmen and its Succeeding Project,” Dunhuang Yanjiu [Research onDunhuang] 1, 38-44.

1988 “Notes on the Qin Culture,” Academic Journal ofGraduate Students of Beijing University , 1.

1987 “Archaeological Reporton the Excavation of the Neolithic Ruin at Beizhuang Village in Changdao Island , Shandong ,”joint work, Kaogu [Archaeology] 5,385-394.

 

  In Japanese

 

1991“Comments on the Cultural Exchange between Ancient China and Japan ,”The Intramural Periodical of the Nara Research Institute of CulturalProperties 196, 11-12.

 

Miscellaneous Writings:

 

1999 "Comments onCurrent Buddhist Art in China ,"Fojiao wenhua [Buddhist Culture] 3, 36-37.

1997 "The Inscriptionof Ding Ruchang Discovered at the Great Buddha Temple in Binxian," Wenxian [Literature] 4, 263-265.

1997 "The TreasuresFound in the Southern Border Area of the Desert," Nanhai pusa [Bodhisattvaof South Sea] 171, 42-46.

1997 "From theIndus River to the Amudaria River ," Nanhaipusa [Bodhisattva of South Sea] 170.

1997 "The Buddhist Ruinsat Bamiyan Cave Temples," Nanhai pusa [Bodhisattva of South Sea]169, 50-54.

1997 "The Beginningof Buddha Images," Nanhai pusa [Bodhisattva of South Sea] 168.

1997 "The Beginningof Buddhist Cave Temples," Nanhai pusa [Bodhisattva of South Sea]167, 42-46.

1997 "84,000 Pagodasby Asoka," Nanhai pusa [Bodhisattva of South Sea] 166.

1997 "The Edict onPromoting Buddhism by the Great King," Nanhai pusa [Bodhisattva ofSouth Sea] 165, 24-27.

1997 "WonderfulFrescoes in Sacred Cave Temples," Baike Zhishi [Knowledge] 3,49-50.

1997 "Precious Treasuresat Mount Mingsha ," Baike Zhishi [Knowledge]2, 52-53.

1997 "Viewing the CaveTemples in China ,"Baike Zhishi [Knowledge] 1, 49-50.

1996 "MarvelousBuddhist Art in Western Guanzhong ," Fojiaowenhua [Buddhist Culture] 5, 18-19.

1996 "The Revivalof an One Thousand Years Old Monastery," Fojiao wenhua [Buddhist Culture]3, 18-19.

1996 "The Historyof the Wolong Monastery in Xi'an ,"Zhongguo wenwu bao [The Newspaper of Chinese Cultural Relics] 9,3/10/96.

1993 Buddhist CultureDictionary, joint work, Chen Yudong, ed. Tianjin : Tianjin renminchubanshe [Tianjin People's Press].

1987"The Buddhist Influence on Chinese Literature," Wenyi xuexi [Literatureand Art] 6.

 

Educational Videos:

 

1998 Ten FabulousDiscoveries of Chinese Archaeology.  Tenepisodes, broadcast by Beijing TV in the April. This program represented Chinese archaeology on the areas of tombs,ceramics, sculptures, metal wares, lacquers, and murals.  I wrote the text.

1997 ChineseReligious Cultures.  Edited by theChinese Cultural Ministry, for Chinese embassies in foreign countries andplayed on October 1.  I wrote the text.