Education:

2000–2004               B.A. in Philosophy

Department of Philosophy, East China Normal University, Shanghai, P.R. China

2004–2007         Acquisition of the test waiver admission for studying for Ph.D. degree

Institute of Classical Chinese Literature, Fudan University, Shanghai

2007–2011               Ph.D. in Study of Religion

Department of Religious Studies, School of Philosophy, Fudan University, Shanghai;

Dissertation: “A Study of the Theory of Reasoning by Dignāga and Dharmakīrti: With a Methodological Reflection on the Study of Buddhist Logic”

Professional Career:

2011–2015         Assistant Researcher

Institute of Philosophy, Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences, Shanghai

2015–2021        Junior Associate Researcher (= Lecturer)

Department of Religious Studies, School of Philosophy, Fudan University, Shanghai

2021–present   Associate Professor

Department of Religious Studies, School of Philosophy, Fudan University, Shanghai

2023–2024               Visiting Scholar

Harvard-Yenching Institute, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA.

Main Publications:

Books:

1.   Tang, Mingjun 汤铭钧. 2016. Chenna Facheng Yinming Tuili Xueshuo zhi Yanjiu 陈那、法称因明推理学说之研究[Studies on the Buddhist Doctrine of Reasoning: Dignāga and Dharmakīrti]. [印度学与印度研究丛书(Indologia et Studia Indica), No. 3]. Shanghai: Zhongxi Shuju 上海: 中西书局, V+V+XI+222 pages, ISBN: 978-7-5475-1113-8.

2.   Tang, Mingjun 汤铭钧. 2016 ed. Zhengli zhi Men: Zheng Weihong Xiansheng Congjiao Sishiwu Zhounian Jinian Lunwenji 正理之门——郑伟宏先生从教四十五周年纪念论文集 [Nyāyamukha. Festschrift for Prof. Weihong Zheng - Commemorating the 45th Anniversary of the Beginning of His Distinguished Career]. [印度学与印度研究丛书(Indologia et Studia Indica), No. 1]. Shanghai: Zhongxi Shuju 上海: 中西书局, 6+266 pages, ISBN: 978-7-5475-0998-2. (with the assistance of Lan Fang and Yu Cheng)

3.   Tang, Mingjun 湯銘鈞. 2024. Xuanzang Yinming Sixiang Lunkao 玄奘因明思想論考 [A Study of Xuanzang’s Tradition of Buddhist Logic]. [復旦佛學研究叢書 (Fudan Series of Buddhist Studies), No. 3]. Shanghai: Zhongxi Shuju 上海: 中西书局, 6+2+251 pages, ISBN: 978-7-5475-2191-5.

4.  Tang, Mingjun 湯銘鈞. 2024 ed. Hanchuan Yinming Wenxian Jicheng Chubian (Yingyin Ben) 汉传因明文献集成初编(影印本) [A Preliminary Collection of Works on Chinese Buddhist Logic: Fascimile Edition]. [復旦佛學研究叢書(Fudan Series of Buddhist Studies), No. 4], 8 vols. Shanghai: Zhongxi Shuju 上海: 中西书局, ISBN: 978-7-5475-2190-8.

Articles:

1.   Tang, Mingjun 汤铭钧. 2006. “Sanzhi Zuofa Tuili Xingzhi de Tantao” 三支作法推理性质的探讨 [A Study of the Logical Character of Dignāga’s Three-membered Inference]. In: Yinming Xinlun 因明新论 [New Essays on Buddhist Logic], ed. Zhang Zhongyi 张忠义 et al. Beijing: Zhongguo Zangxue Chubanshe 北京: 中国藏学出版社, 328–338.

2.   Tang, Mingjun汤铭钧. 2007a. “Yinming ru zhengli lun Fan Han Duikan he Yanjiu” 《因明入正理论》梵汉对勘和研究 [A Comparative Study of the Nyāyapraveśa and Its Chinese Translation]. Zhexue yanjiu 哲学研究[Philosophical Researches] 2007 (Special Issue) 113–117.

3.   Tang, Mingjun 湯銘鈞. 2007b. “Dui Zhenru de Renshi yu Yanshuo: Tiantai Zong, Sanlun Zong yu Ci’en Zong Erdi Lun de Quanshi” 對真如的認識與言說——天臺宗、三論宗與慈恩宗二諦論的詮釋 [On the Convey and Cognition of Suchness: A Critical Interpretation on the Twofold Truth Theory of T’ien-T’ai School, San-Lun School and Ci’en School]. Zhengguan zazhi 正觀雜誌 [Satyābhisamaya: A Buddhist Studies Quarterly] 42 (2007) 223–257.

4.   Tang, Mingjun汤铭钧. 2008a. “Fazixiang Xiangweiyi yu Sizong: Yinming Ru Zhengli Lun Fan Han Duikan he Yanjiu zhi Er” 法自相、相违义与似宗——《因明入正理论》梵汉对勘和研究之二 [Dharmasvarūpa,Viruddhārtha and Pakṣābhāsa: A Comparative Study of the Nyāyapraveśa and Its Chinese Translation (2)]. In: Yinming 因明 [Hetuvidyā Studies], vol. 1, ed. Zhang Zhongyi 张忠义 et al. Lanzhou: Gansu Minzu Chubanshe 兰州:甘肃民族出版社, 55–60.

5.   Tang, Mingjun汤铭钧. 2008b. “Facheng Zhengli Di Lun Fan Han Duizhao he Xinyi” 法称《正理滴论》梵汉对照和新译 [Dharmakīrti’s Nyāyabindu, Chapters 1 and 2: Text and A New Translation]. In: Yinming 因明 [Hetuvidyā Studies], vol. 2, ed. Zhang Zhongyi 张忠义 et al. Lanzhou: Gansu Minzu Chubanshe 兰州: 甘肃民族出版社, 23–27.

6.   Tang, Mingjun汤铭钧. 2008c. “Facheng Zhengli Di Lun zhong de Tuili Lilun” 法称《正理滴论》中的推理理论[The Theory of Reasoning in Dharmakīrti’s Nyāyabindu]. In: Luoji Siwei Yuyan: Shanghai Luoji Sanshi Nian 逻辑·思维·语言——上海逻辑30年 [Logic, Thinking and Language: 30 Years of Shanghai Logic], ed. Cao Yusheng 曹予生. Shanghai: Xuelin Chubanshe 上海: 学林出版社, 150–157.

7.   Zheng, Weihong 郑伟宏 & Tang, Mingjun汤铭钧. 2008. “Hong Si Zhengli Men Miao Jin Zi Ta Gong: Lun Xuanzang dui Yinming de Lishi Gongxian” 弘斯正理门 妙尽自他共——论玄奘对因明的历史贡献 [The Nyāyamukha and the Theory of Three Kinds of Inferences: On Xuanzang’s Historical Contribution to Buddhist Logic]. In: Disan Jie Xuanzang Guoji Xueshu Yantaohui Lunwen Ji 第三届玄奘国际学术研讨会论文集 [Proceedings of the Third International Xuanzang Symposium], ed. Huang Xinchuan 黄心川 et al. Chengdu: Sichuan Chuban Jituan 成都: 四川出版集团, 553–562.

8.   Tang, Mingjun汤铭钧. 2009. “Lun Fojiao Luoji zhong Tuilun Qianti de Zhenshixing Wenti” 论佛教逻辑中推论前提的真实性问题 [Concerning the Truth of Premises in Buddhist Three-membered Inference (trayāvayava)]. Luoji xue yanjiu 逻辑学研究 [Studies in Logic], Vol. 2 (2009), No. 1, 90–104.

9.   Tang, Mingjun. 2009 trans. “A Biography of Buddhabhadra: From Biograhies of Great Monks (Gaoseng Zhuan, Taisho No. 2059).” Translation from classical Chinese to English. In: Min Bahadur Shakya, The Life of Nepalese Buddhist Master Buddhabhadra: From Chinese Sources. Kathmandu: China Study Center, 2009, 117–130.

10.  Tang, Mingjun汤铭钧. 2013a. “Chenna Zheqian Lun Qianshi: Cong Quyin Jiashe dao Tazhe zhi Paichu” 陈那遮遣论前史——从“取因假设”到“他者之排除” [A Pre-history of Dignāga’s Apoha-theory: From Upādāyaprajñapti to Anyāpoha]. Renwen zongjiao yanjiu 人文宗教研究 [Journal of Humanistic Religion], Vol. 3 (2012), Beijing: Zongjiao Wenhua Chubanshe 北京：宗教文化出版社, 236–262.

11.  Tang, Mingjun汤铭钧. 2013b. “Bainian Zhongguo Yinming Yanjiu de Zijue Zongjie yu Fansi: Bainian Zhongguo Yinming Yanjiu Gaiyao zhi Yi” 百年中国因明研究的自觉总结与反思——“百年中国因明研究”概要之一[Contributions towards a New Era of Chinese Buddhist Logic Studies (I): A Critical Assessment of Previous Reflection]. Xinan Minzu Daxue Xuebao (Renwen Shehui Kexue Ban) 西南民族大学学报(人文社会科学版) [Journal of Southwest Minzu University (Humanities and Social Science)], Vol. 34, No. 12, 70–75.

12. Tang, Mingjun汤铭钧. 2013c. “Chenna Yinming Leibi Tuili de Luoji Kehua: Yi Jilianglun II. 11 wei Li” 陈那因明类比推理的逻辑刻划——以《集量论》II. 11为例 [A logical Reconstruction of Dignāga’s Analogical Reasoning: With Special Reference to Pramāṇasamuccaya II. 11]. In: Han Zang Foxue Yanjiu: Wenben, Renwu, Tuxiang he Lishi汉藏佛学研究：文本、人物、图像和历史 [Sino-Tibetan Buddhist Studies: Texts, Figures, Images, and History], ed. Shen Weirong 沈卫荣. Beijing: Zhongguo zangxue chubanshe 北京: 中国藏学出版社, 653–672.

13. Tang, Mingjun汤铭钧. 2014a. “Xin Zhengli Xuepai de Wufenbie Xianliang ji Qi Zhexue Bianxi: Xifang Yindu Zhexue Yanjiu Jie Jin Shi Nian lai de Yichang Zhenglun” 新正理学派的无分别现量及其哲学辨析——西方印度哲学研究界近10年来的一场争论 [Nirvikalpaka-pratyakṣa in Navya-nyāya and Its Philosophical Assessment: Review of Recent Controversies in the Western Scholarship]. Guowai Shehui Kexue Qianyan 国外社会科学前沿[International Studies of Social Sciences], Vol. 17 (2014), Shanghai: Shanghai Renmin Chubanshe 上海: 上海人民出版社, 123–136.

14. Tang, Mingjun湯銘鈞. 2014b. “Shan’e de Cunzai yu Chengxian: Liu Jishan Yi zhi Haowu Yiji er Huxian Shuo Shiyi” 善惡的存在與呈現——劉蕺山“意之好惡一機而互見”說釋義 [The Existence and Manifestation of Good and Evil: On Liu Jishan’s Theory of the Same Origin of Good and Evil]. In: Zhongxi Zhexue Lunheng 中西哲學論衡[Comparative Philosophy: Chinese and Western], Vol. 3, Shanghai: Zhongxi Shuju 上海: 中西書局, 158–168.

15. Liu, Zhen 刘震 & Tang, Mingjun汤铭钧. 2014. “Bainian Zhongguo Yinming Yanjiu de Linian Yiyi yu Fangfa: Bainian Zhongguo Yinming Yanjiu Gaiyao zhi Si” 百年中国因明研究的理念、意义与方法——“百年中国因明研究”概要之四 [Contributions towards a New Era of Chinese Buddhist Logic Studies (IV): Basic Ideas, Meaning and Methodology]. Xinan Minzu Daxue Xuebao (Renwen Shehui Kexue Ban) 西南民族大学学报(人文社会科学版) [Journal of Southwest Minzu University (Humanities and Social Science)], Vol. 35, No. 1, 85–89.

16. Tang, Mingjun. 2015. “A Study of Gomyō’s ‘Exposition of Hetuvidyā’: Text, Translation and Comments (1).” In: Logic in Buddhist Scholasticism: From Philosophical, Philological, Historical and Comparative Perspectives, ed. Gregor Paul. Lumbini: Lumbini International Research Institute, 255–350.

17. Tang, Mingjun 汤铭钧. 2016a. “Xuanzang Weishi Biliang Yanjiu Ziliao Zachao: Daolun Xuanwen yu Pingxi (1)” 玄奘唯识比量研究资料杂抄——导论、选文与评析(上) [Materials for the Study of Xuanzang’s Inference of Consciousness-only: Introduction, Selected Texts and Comments (1)]. Weishi Yanjiu 唯识研究 [Vijñapti-mātra Studies], Vol. 4, Beijing: Zhongguo Shehui Kexue Chubanshe 北京: 中国社会科学出版社, 189–222.

18. Tang, Mingjun 汤铭钧. 2016b. “Hanchuan Yinming de Nengli Gainian” 汉传因明的“能立”概念 [The Concept of Sādhana in Chinese Buddhist Logic]. Zongjiaoxue Yanjiu 宗教学研究 [Religious Studies] 2016(4) 101–110.

19. Tang, Mingjun 汤铭钧 & Zheng, Weihong 郑伟宏. 2016. “Tong Yi Pin Chu Zong Youfa de Zai Tantao: Da Shen Haiyan Lun Chuwai Shuo Yu Zheng Weihong Jiaoshou Shangque” 同、异品除宗有法的再探讨——答沈海燕《论“除外说”——与郑伟宏教授商榷》 [Once again on the Tripartitionism of Pakṣa, Sapakṣa and Vipakṣa in Dignāga’s Logic: A Reply to Prof. Shen Haiyan]. Fudan Xuebao (Shehui Kexue Ban) 复旦学报(社会科学版) [Fudan Journal (Social Sciences)], Vol. 58 (2016), No. 1, 76–85.

20. Tang, Mingjun. 2015–2018. “Materials for the Study of Xuanzang’s Inference of Consciousness-only (wei shi bi liang唯識比量).” Wiener Zeitschrift für die Kunde Südasiens 56–57 (2015–2018) 143–198.

21. Tang, Mingjun 汤铭钧. 2019a. “Xuanzang Weishi Biliang Yanjiu Ziliao Zachao: Daolun Xuanwen yu Pingxi (2)” 玄奘唯识比量研究资料杂抄——导论、选文与评析(下) [Materials for the Study of Xuanzang’s Inference of Consciousness-only: Introduction, Selected Texts and Comments (2)]. Weishi Yanjiu 唯识研究 [Vijñapti-mātra Studies], Vol. 6, Beijing: Shangwu Yinshuguan 北京: 商务印书馆, 351–381.

22. Tang, Mingjun 湯銘鈞. 2019b. “Yuanxiao de Xiangwei Jueding Liang ji yu Wengui de Hudong” 元曉的相違決定量及與文軌的互動 [Wŏnhyo’s Antinomic Inference and His Debate with Mungwe]. Taida Foxue Yanjiu 臺大佛學研究[Taiwan Journal of Buddhist Studies] 38 (2019.12) 57–118.

23. Tang, Mingjun. 2019c. “Wŏnhyo’s Antinomic Inference and Wengui.” International Journal of Buddhist Thought & Culture, Vol. 29, No. 2 (December 2019), 41–68.

24. Tang, Mingjun 汤铭钧. 2020a. “Lun Dongya Yinming Chuantong” 论东亚因明传统 [On the East Asian HetuvidyāTradition]. Zhexue Men 哲学门 [Beida Journal of Philosophy], Vol. 20 (2019), No. 1, 33–50.

25. Tang, Mingjun. 2020b. “Yin Ming 因明 in Chinese Buddhism.” In: Dao Companion to Chinese Philosophy of Logic, ed. Yiu-ming Fung. [Dao Companions to Chinese Philosophy 12]. Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland AG, 2020, 407–436.

26. Tang, Mingjun. 2020c. “The Concept of sādhana in Chinese Buddhist Logic.” In: Reverberations of Dharmakīrti’s Philosophy: Proceedings of the Fifth International Dharmakīrti Conference Heidelberg, August 26 to 30, 2014, eds. Birgit Kellner et al. Vienna: Austrian Academy of Sciences, 473–495.

27. Tang, Mingjun 汤铭钧. 2021. “Fojiao Luojixue de Lunbian Jieshi yu Renzhi Jieshi: Chenna Facheng yu Yinming” 佛教逻辑学的论辩解释与认知解释——陈那、法称与因明 [The Dialectic and Epistemic Interpretation of Buddhist Logic: Dignāga, Dharmakīrti and the Hetuvidyā-Tradition]. Luojixue yanjiu 逻辑学研究 [Studies in Logic], Vol. 14(2021), No. 1, 82–100.

28. Tang, Mingjun. 2025 forthcoming. “Pramāṇa: East Asia (yinming/inmyŏng/inmyō).” In: Brill's Encyclopedia of Buddhism, Volume III: Doctrines. Leiden/Boston: Brill.

29. Tang, Mingjun. 2026 forthcoming. “Xuanzang and Buddhist Logic in Tang Dynasty.” In: Handbook of the History of Logical Thought in China, Vol. 4, eds. Fenrong Liu et al. Springer-Verlag.

Honors:

2003                  Academic Scholarship (3rd class), East China Normal University

2004                  Outstanding Undergraduate Thesis, East China Normal University

Thesis title: “The Quest for History as Science: A Reading of Windelband’s ‘Geschichte und Naturwissenschaft’”

2006                  Academic Scholarship (2nd class), Fudan University

2007                  Academic Scholarship (1st class), Fudan University

2008                  Academic Scholarship (1st class), Fudan University

2009                  Academic Scholarship (1st class), Fudan University

2009                  Wong Family Scholarship for Humanities and Basic Sciences, Fudan University

2013                  Outstanding Ph.D. Dissertation, Shanghai Municipal Education Commission

2013                  Outstanding Ph.D. Dissertation, Fudan University

Memberships:

Committee of Hetuvidyā Studies; Chinese Society for Yogācāra Studies; Center for Gandhian and Indian Studies in Fudan University; Fudan Team of Buddhist Studies

Languages:

Sanskrit (read); Pāli (read); Classical literary Tibetan (read);

English (read and speak); Chinese (native); German (read); Japanese (read)

Teaching Experience:

Graduate Courses (Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences)

Indian Philosophy (Autumn 2012; Spring 2014; Spring 2015)

Undergraduate Courses (Fudan University)

Indian Philosophy and Religion (Spring 2016; Spring 2018; Spring 2020)

Selected Readings of Buddhist Classics (Autumn 2016)

Selected Readings of Buddhist Classics II (Spring 2019; Autumn 2020)

History of Chinese Buddhism (Autumn 2019; Spring 2021)

Introduction to Buddhism (Autumn 2024; in English)

Graduate Courses (Fudan University)

Introduction to Buddhist Logic (2005–2006, as teaching assistant)

Studies in Buddhist Logic I (Autumn 2016; Autumn 2018; Spring 2022)

Studies in Buddhist Logic II (Spring 2017)

Intensive Reading of Buddhist Logic Texts (Autumn 2017; Spring 2020)

Classical Languages for Religious Studies (Sanskrit) (Autumn 2020)

Intensive Reading of Buddhist Treatises (Spring 2021)

History of Chinese Buddhism (Autumn 2021)

Studies in Buddhist Logic (Spring 2023)

Introduction to Buddhist Philosophy (Autumn 2024; in English)

Language Courses for both Undergraduate and Graduate Students (Fudan University)

Sanskrit I (Autumn 2017; Autumn 2018; Autumn 2019; Autumn 2021)

Sanskrit II (Spring 2016; Spring 2017; Spring 2018; Spring 2019; Spring 2022; Spring 2023)

Sanskrit III (Autumn 2016)

Part-time Teaching

Sanskrit I (Spring 2012 at Xiyuan Temple, Suzhou)

Introduction to Buddhist Logic (Jan. 6–17, 2014 at Xiyuan Temple; Jun. 27–Jul. 3, 2014 at Sichuan University, Chengdu; May 17–23, 2021 at Emei Shan Buddhist Academy, Emei Shan; Mar.–Nov. 2021 at Qingliang Buddhist Academy, Suzhou; May 10–Jul. 5, 2023 at Emei Shan Buddhist Academy)

Indian Philosophy (Spring 2013; Nov. 2017 at Xiyuan Temple)

Basic Grammar of Sanskrit (2016–2017 at Qingliang Buddhist Academy)

Lectures on Dignāga’s Nyāyamukha (Nov. 2021–Jul. 2022 at Qingliang Buddhist Academy)