Personal Profile

Xu Bo is an associate professor, PhD tutor and vice dean at the School of Philosophy, Fudan University. His research fields include Confucius Philosophy, Contemporary New Confucianism，Song-Ming Neo-Confucianism, with special focus on relationship between Confucianism and Buddhism

Xu graduated with a PhD in Humanities at The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology（HKUST）, where he studied the assimilation of Buddhism in Mou Zongsan’s Contemporary New Confucianism. Before joining Fudan University, he was a postdoctoral researcher under the Excellent Overseas Doctor Supporting Program at Zhejiang University. Xu was the winner of “Liu Jingchuang Excellent Young Scholar Award” in 2016, “He Lin Young Philosopher Award (Finalist Winner)” in 2019 and “Common Core Course Excellence Award of HKUST” in 2014. 

Education

2010-2014  Ph.D. HKUST, Hong Kong SAR, China

2007-2010  M.A. Fudan University, Shanghai, China

2003-2007  B.A. Nankai University, Tianjin, China

Work Experience

2019-present, Associate Professor, School of Philosophy, Fudan University

2017-2019, Lecturer (Assistant Professor), School of Philosophy, Fudan University

2014-2017, Postdoctoral Researcher, School of Humanities, Zhejiang University

2013-2014, Visiting Researcher, Boston University, USA

2010-2014, Teaching Assistant, Division of Humanities, HKUST 

Publications

Books

1、判教与圆教：牟宗三哲学中的天台佛学 Doctrinal Classification and Perfect Teaching: Tiantai Buddhism in Mou Zongsan Philosophy.  (Forthcoming)

2、由湍水之喻到幽暗意识：理学视域下的人性善恶论新探From Water Metaphor to Dark Consciousness: Exploring the Human Nature Theory in Song-Ming Neo-Confucianism, Shanghai: Joint Publishing Company, 2019. 

Papers

Chinese Papers:

1.“牟宗三对道家圆教系统的阐释”(Mou Zongsan’s illustration of Daoist Perfect Teaching), 儒家文化研究 (Confucian Cultural Research), Issue 11(2020).

2.“从“恶之来源”看蕺山学在宋明理学中的定位”(Liu Zongzhou’s Role in Song-Ming Neo-Confucianism: From the Perspective of Origin of Evil.), 中国哲学史(History of Chinese Philosophy), No.3(2020).

3.Translation: Hoyt Tillman:“宋代思想史的再思考”(Reflecting Again on the History of Song Thought), 复旦学报(Fudan Journal), No.1(2019):14-22.

4.“刘蕺山《人谱》中的“幽暗意识”探原》”(The Dark Consciousness of Human Nature in Liu Zongzhou’s Renpu)，哲学与文化(Universitas: Monthly Review of Philosophy and Culture), No.4（2018）:71-86. 

5.“以水喻之解读看儒家性善论的多种面向”(The Changing Metaphor of Water and Various Dimensions in the Theory of Original Goodness on Human Nature),学术月刊(Academic Monthly), No.10(2017): 46-55.

6.“刘蕺山哲学中的罪恶观”(The Idea of Evilness in Liu Zongzhou)，王学研究(Wang Yangming Studies), No.2(2017):94-102.

7.“牟宗三对儒佛圆教的定位”(The Evaluation of Buddhist Perfect Teaching and Confucian Perfect Teaching in Mou Zongsan). In Guo Qiyong 郭齐勇Ed., Contemporary New Confucianism with China and the World当代新儒家与当代中国和世界, Guiyang: Confucian Academy Press, 2017. 266-274.

8.“牟宗三对佛学研究的两次转变及其意义”(The Two Shifts on Mou Zongsan’s Buddhist Study), 世界宗教研究(Studies in World Religions), No.6(2016): 51-60.

9.“牟宗三哲学中的两种圆教形态及其内在张力”(Two Types of Perfect Teaching and Their Seeming Tensions in Mou Zongsan’s Philosophy), 哲学研究(Philosophy Research), No.10(2016): 65-70.

10.“薪尽火传、泽被后世——敬悼刘述先先生”(In Memory of Liu Shu-hsien), 鹅湖(Legein Monthly), No.6(2016): 32-34.(Also published online at www.thepaper.cn)

11.“心性与佛性——以<佛性与般若>为例看当代新儒家对佛性问题的诠释”(Heart-Nature and Buddha Nature: Answers from Contemporary New Confucianism). 国际佛学论丛(International Buddhist Studies ), Issue 4(2016): 67-81.

12.“历史世界是如何可能的？——环绕余英时《朱熹的历史世界》之思考(How Could the Historical World Be Possible?-- On Yu Ying-shih’s The Historical World of Zhu Xi), 清华大学学报(Journal of Tsinghua University), No.3(2015): 174-185. (This essay is also reprinted in its entirety by the Information Center for Social Sciences, Renmin University of China)

13. “文明敬香与当代佛教寺院管理”(How to Burn Incense in Courtesy and the Management of Modern Buddhist Temple). In Chen Yongge 陈永革Ed., Zhejiang Buddhism Year Book(2014) 浙江佛教年鉴2014年卷, Beijing: Religion Culture Press, 2015. 124-145.

14.“牟宗三「分別說」與「非分別說」辨析” (A Comparative Study on Mou Zongsan’s “Discriminating Speech” and “Undiscriminating Speech”), 東吳哲學學報 (Soochow Journal of Philosophy Studies), No.30 (2014.8): 85-110.

15.《实践论》对中国古代知行观的发展 (The Development of Chinese Epistemology in Shi Jian Lun), 社会科学研究(Journal of Social Science Research), supplementary issue No.12 (2009).

English Papers

16.“The Transcendent Dimension of Confucianism: Religious, Cultivating and Immanent”. Paper presented at the 19th International Conference of the International Society for Chinese Philosophy, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 2015.7.

17.“Early Confucian Concepts and Their Impacts on Confucian Orthodoxy”. Paper presented at the Conference of Religion and Politics in Comparison: The Ancient Graceo-Roman World and Early China, 4th Century BCE - 5th Century CE, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, 2014.9.

18.“Confucianism: Virtue Ethics or Ethics of Virtue?” Paper presented at the Graduate Seminar of School of Theology, Boston University, Boston, USA, 2013.8。

Taught Courses

2017.6 - present:

Undergraduate Courses: 

Topics on Contemporary New Confucianism; The Philosophy History of Han, Jin, Sui and Tang Dynasty (In Charge of Sui and Tang Buddhism). 

The Book of Jinsilu (Reflections on Things at Hand)

Special Topics on Contemporary Neo-Confucianism

Graduate Courses: 

Buddhism and Modern Chinese Philosophy; 

Special Topics of Chinese Philosophy; 

Mengzi (in English);

Tradition of Chinese Heart-Mind Philosophy: From Pre-Qin to Modern Time (in English)

2014-2017  

Zhejiang University  (Tutorial courses)  Kongzi and the Analects 

2010-2014  

HKUST  (Tutorial courses, mainly in English)：

Identity Goes Global: From Border Crossing to Boundary Remaking;

Buddhism and the Chinese Intellectual Tradition;

Introduction to Moral Philosophy (Twice);

Chinese Culture and Philosophy;

Logic; 

History of Chinese Philosophy.