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Yan Cao
Philosophy
Wuhan University
Hubei
Language: Chinese, English, Sanskrit
Buddhism
Indian Philosophy
Sanskrit
Panini
Grammar
Xuanzang
Consciousness-Only
Abhidharma
Research
Teaching
Areas of Focus
- Indian Buddhism
- Indian Philosophy
- Sanskrit Grammar
Work Experience
- 2012-2013 - Visiting Scholar at the Department of Sanskrit, University of Delhi and National Sanskrit Institute, India
- 2017-present - Host of National Social Science Fund General Project: 'Research on the Thirty Verses of Consciousness-Only Based on Panini's Sanskrit Grammar'
- 2010-2014 - Host of National Social Science Fund Youth Project: 'Research on the Thought of the Abhidharma Samuccaya'
Academic Background & Achievements
- 2004 - Master's Degree in Indian Philosophy: Peking University
- 2009 - Doctoral Degree in Indian Religious Philosophy: Peking University
- Published monograph on Buddhist studies: 'Research on the Concept of Reality in the Abhidharma Samuccaya' (2014)
- Hosted 2 National Social Science Fund projects
Publications
- Research on the Concept of Reality in the Abhidharma Samuccaya, Yan Cao, 2014
- Demonstrating the Correctness of Xuanzang's Translation and Understanding of Consciousness-Only through Panini's Sanskrit Grammar, Yan Cao, 2014
- VIJÑĀNAMĀTRA AND VIJÑAPTIMĀTRA: A REAPPRAISAL, Yan Cao, 2016
- The Everlasting 'Gurukula' Teaching Model of Indian Brahmanism, Yan Cao, 2016
- The Micro View of the Abhidharma Samuccaya, Yan Cao, 2011
- Buddhist Views on Space, Time, and Nirvana from the Perspective of Micro Theory, Yan Cao, 2002
- Comparison of the Dependent Origination Views in the Mūlamadhyamakakārikā and the Abhidharma Samuccaya, Yan Cao, 2011
- Who Should Be the Main Character in Religious Dialogue - Also Discussing Buffet-Style Religious Dialogue, Yan Cao, 2012
- Buddhist Views on Karma and Disease, Yan Cao, 2015
- Comparison of the Fruition and Seed-Perfuming Thoughts in the Sarvāstivāda and Yogācāra Schools, Yan Cao, 2015
- Definition of the Coexistent Cause in the Sarvāstivāda, Yan Cao, 2006
- The Brahman-Ātman Thought in the Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad, Yan Cao, 2007
- The 1500-Year-Old Underlying 'Brahman-Ātman Unity' - Reflections on Indian Philosophy, Yan Cao, 2007
Awards
- 2017 - Excellent Award in the 15th Social Science Outstanding Achievement Award of Wuhan for the paper 'Demonstrating the Correctness of Xuanzang's Translation and Understanding of Consciousness-Only through Panini's Sanskrit Grammar'
- 2017 - Second Prize in the 14th Humanities and Social Sciences Research Outstanding Achievement Award of Wuhan University for the monograph 'Research on the Concept of Reality in the Abhidharma Samuccaya'
