Yuyu Zhang is a Ph.D. candidate specializing in Chinese Buddhism. She holds an LL.M. from Shanghai University and an M.A. in Asian Studies from the University of California, Santa Barbara. Her research focuses on Chan Buddhism in China from the tenth to the thirteenth centuries, with particular attention to Chan literature, visual culture, and the interaction between textual practices and artistic composition. She is also interested in female actors in Buddhist history across East Asia.
Publications:
2025. “Sovereign Women: Mahāyāna Buddhism and Female Kingship in Nara Japan.” Critical Review for Buddhist Studies 38: 9–39.
https://journal.kci.go.kr/crbs/archive/articleView?artiId=ART003258920
2024. “The Meaning of the Patriarch’s Coming from the West: A Study of the Triptych of Three Zen Masters: Linji, Bodhidharma, and Deshan.” Religions 15 (10). https://doi.org/10.3390/rel15101285
2024. “Illusory Substances: Figure Painting and Eulogy in Chan Texts and Monasteries during the Song Dynasty (960–1279).” Journal of Chinese Buddhist Studies 37: 241–291.
2023. “Transcribing the Sacred in the Printing Era: A Study of Handwritten Buddhist Canon during the Northern Song Dynasty.” Religions 14 (11). https://doi.org/10.3390/rel14111387