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RESEARCH INTERESTS：

• History of Early Chinese Buddhism

• Political and Cultural History of Early Medieval China

• Historical Geography (Urban History)

• Silk Road History

   

EDUCATION ：

• 2011~2014 Ph.D in History, The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK)

• 2008~2010 M.Phil in Humanities, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology(HKUST)

• 2003~2007 B.A. in Chinese Language and Literature, Sichuan University (SCU)

   

WORKING EXPERIENCE ：

• Since 2020.09       Associate Professor
  

                                Division of History Studies,

                                Institute for Advanced Studies in Humanities and Social Science,Chongqing University, China

• 2010.08~2011.01   Instructional Assistant

                                 Division of Humanities,

                                 The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

MEMBERSHIP

• Member of the Association for Early Medieval China Studies, China (since 2014)

• Member of the Association for Asian Studies (since 2018)

• Member of Early Medieval China Group (U.S.A) (since 2018)

   

TEACHING AT CHONGQING UNIVERSITY

• Great Books of Civilizations - A (UG/ Compulsory General Course / since 2021)

• Silk Road and Eastward Spread of Buddhism (UG/ General Course/ since 2015)

• Ancient Chinese Capitals and Culture (UG/ Compulsory Course / since 2016)

• Ancient Chinese Urban History (PG/ Optional Course / since 2021)

M. Phil Supervisor (since 2020)

UG Class teacher (2021-2023)

UG Academic advisor (since 2015)

PUBLICATIONS

Monographs

• ZHOU Yin.  城隨境遷：北魏洛陽城市空間變遷研究 [City Transformed with the Times: Changes of Urban Space in Luoyang during the Northern Wei Dynasty ] , Beijing: China Social Science Press, 2025.

Book Chapters

• ZHOU Yin. “Adaptation and Assimilation of Buddhism in China as reflected in Monastic Architecture”, in Mu-chou Poo, H.A. Drake, and Lisa Raphals eds., Old Society, New Belief: Religious transformation of China and Rome, ca. 1st-6th Centuries, Chapter 13, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2017, pp. 217-230.

• ZHOU Yin. 佛教在中國的適應與轉化：以寺院建築為例 [ “Adaptation and Assimilation of Buddhism in China as reflected in Monastic Architecture” ], in H.A. Drake and POO Mu-chou ed., 舊社會與新信仰：1至6世紀中國與羅馬的宗教轉化 [Old Society, New Belief: Religious transformation of China and Rome, ca. 1st-6th Centuries], Chapter 11, Taipei: Linking Publishing Company, 2021, pp. 341-361.

Journal Articles

• ZHOU Yin. 南齊武帝時代“以佛化治國”傳統的繼承和推演 [“Succession and Evolution of the Tradition of “Ruling the Country with Buddhist Belief” in the Age of Emperor Wu of the Southern Qi Dynasty”], 世界宗教研究 [Studies in World Religions] 2025(2), pp. 29-39.

• ZHOU Yin¹. Xiang Changgan². 北魏道武、明元帝時期的平城建設及其城市變遷（398-423），[“Construction and Urban Change of Pingcheng in the Northern Wei Dynasty under Emperors Daowu and Ming Yuan (398-423)”], 南都學壇 [Academic Forum of Nandu] , 2025(4), pp.18-25.

• ZHOU Yin. 北魏靈太后的女性意識與其臨朝稱制正當性的建構 [“Female Consciousness of Empress Dowager Ling of the Northern Wei Dynasty and Her Political Quest (386-534 CE)”], 中國魏晉南北朝史學會 Association for Early Medieval China Studies ed., 中國魏晉南北朝史學會會刊（第五卷）[Collected Papers of Association for Wei-jin, Southern & Northern Studies (Vol. 5)]，Nanning: Guangxi Normal University Press, 2024, pp.167-183.

• ZHOU Yin. 文獻及造像所見北魏初年“佛教治化”政治傳統的確立 [“Establishment of the Political Tradition of ‘Ruling the Country with Buddhist Belief’ in the Early Northern Wei as Seen in Historical Documents and Statues: Focused on the Period from Emperor Daowu to Emperor Wencheng (386-466 CE) ”], 中外論壇 [Sino-foreign Forum] 2022 (3), pp. 79-98.

• ZHOU Yin. 城隨境遷：佛教影響下的北魏洛陽城市變遷 [“Urban Change in Luoyang in the Northern Wei Dynasty under the Influence of Buddhism (493-534 CE) ”], 南都學壇 [Academic Forum of Nandu] 2021 (6), pp. 16-28.

• ZHOU Yin. 北魏宣武帝時期的內道場及其對佛寺布局之影響 [“Inner Ashram during the Period of Emperor Xuanwu in the Northern Wei Dynasty and Its Influence on the Layout of Buddhist Temples”], 山西大同大學學報(社會科學版) [Journal of Shanxi Datong University], 2021(4), pp.51-55.

• ZHOU Yin. “Buddhist Monastery Layouts and City Planning of Luoyang Capital in the Later Northern Wei Dynasty of Ancient China (500-528 CE)”, Journal of Urban History (AHCI/SSCI Q4) （Major Revision）

• ZHOU Yin. 北魏洛陽城之“里”、“坊”、“鄉”空間再探 [ “A Review and Exploration on Lifang System & Xiangli System of Luoyang City, the Northern Wei Dynasty”], 歷史教學 [History Teaching] 2020 (6), pp. 18-25.

• ZHOU Yin. 北魏武、明時期洛陽寺院布局與里坊規劃 [ “The Interaction between Monastic Layout and City Blocks Design of Luoyang during the Time of Emperors Xuanwu and Xiaoming, The Northern Wei Dynasty” ], 社會科學戰線 [Social Science Front] 2018 (10), pp. 143-155.

• ZHOU Yin. 寺塔為證：佛教在中國的適應與轉化 [ “Adaptation and Assimilation of Buddhism in China as reflected in Monastic Architecture” ]，讀書 [Dushu] 2019 (10), pp. 66-74.

• ZHOU Yin. 北魏靈太后“轉輪王”與“佛”形象的建構 [ “The Cakravartin and Buddha Image of Empress Dowager Ling of Northern Wei” ], 南都學壇 [Academic Forum of Nandu] 2017 (6), pp. 21-30.

• ZHOU Yin. 北魏洛京的建立與釋教信仰生活的新啟 [ “New Capital and New Beginning of the Buddhist Life in Northern Wei Dynasty” ], 樓勁 (Lou Jin) ed., 魏晉南北朝史的新探索：中國魏晉南北朝史學會第十一屆年會暨國際學術研討會論文集 [Proceedings of 11th Annual Conference of Wei-Jin, Southern and Northern Studies], Beijing: China Social Sciences Press, 2015, pp. 535-574.

• ZHOU Yin. 北魏洛陽女性之佛教信仰世界管窺 [ “A Glimpse of Buddhist Women in Luoyang City During the Northern Wei Dynasty of Ancient China” ] , POO Mu-chou ed., 禮法與信仰：中國古代女性研究論考 [Rite and Belief: Research on Women in Ancient China], Hong Kong: The Commercial Press, 2013, pp. 173-199.

• ZHOU Yin. “Buddhist Monastery Layouts and City Planning of Luoyang Capital in the Later Northern Wei Dynasty of Ancient China (500-528 CE)”, Journal of Urban History (AHCI/SSCI Q4) （Major Revision）

Translations

• Knapp, Keith N. 六朝建康：新型高等教育的孵化地 [“Six Dynasties Jiankang: An Incubator of Innovative Higher Education”], ZHOU Yin trans., 南京曉莊學院學報 [Journal of Nanjing Xiaozhuang College] 2016 (1), pp. 13-18.

• Annette Kieser. 從文物考古透視六朝社會 [An Archaeological Perspective on the Six Dynasties]. ZHOU Yin etc.trans., Nanjing: Nanjing University, 2021.

   

RESEARCH GRANT

• Project Title：The Interaction between Buddhism and Urban Development of Pingcheng & Luoyang (The Northern Wei Dynasty) 北魏平城、洛陽的城市空間與佛教信仰關係研究

• Grant No.：16CZJ010

• Project Director: ZHOU Yin

• Project Source: The National Social Science Fund of China (The Youth Project)

• Starting and Ending Time: 2016. 06. 30~2021. 08. 30.