List of Publications

Peer-Reviewed

Van Cutsem, Laurent. “Revisiting Huairang: The Fragments of the Baolin zhuan Preserved in the Keitoku dentō shōroku and Their Implications for Tang-Song Chan Historiography.” T’oung Pao: International Journal of Chinese Studies 111, nos. 5–6 (December 2025): 584–662. https://doi.org/10.1163/15685322-11105003. [ca. 42,500 words]

Van Cutsem, Laurent. “The Quanzhou Qianfo xinzhu zhuzushi song (Or.8210/S.1635): Manuscript, Textual History, and Genealogy.” T’oung Pao: International Journal of Chinese Studies 109, no. 5–6 (December 2023): 527–78. https://doi.org/10.1163/15685322-10905003. [ca. 28,500 words]

Van Cutsem, Laurent. “Lineages as Network: A Study of Chan Genealogy in the Zutang ji 祖堂集 Using Social Network Analysis.” Religions 14, no. 2: 205 (February 2023), 29 pp. https://doi.org/10.3390/rel14020205. [ca. 19,600 words]

Van Cutsem, Laurent, and Christoph Anderl. "A Translation and Study of Chán Master Jìngxiū’s 淨修禪師 Preface to the Zǔtáng jí 祖堂集" Religions 12, no. 11: 974 (November 2021), 39 pp. https://doi.org/10.3390/rel12110974. [ca. 36,000 words]

Not Peer-Reviewed

Van Cutsem, Laurent. “The Zutang ji 祖堂集: Aspects of Textual History, Genealogy, and Intertextuality.” Ph.D. dissertation. Ghent: Ghent University, June 2023, 547 pp. http://hdl.handle.net/1854/LU-01H9VN28QP3K607TSHPD9Y770V. [ca. 238,650 words]

Book Reviews

Van Cutsem, Laurent. “Review of: John Kieschnick. Buddhist Historiography in China. New York: Columbia University Press, 2022. 288 pp. $150.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-231-20563-4.” H-Net Reviews (May 2024): 8 pp. http://www.h-net.org/reviews/showrev.php?id=60185 (PDF version). [ca. 4,150 words]

Anderl, Christoph, and Laurent Van Cutsem. “Review of: Stuart H. Young. Conceiving the Indian Buddhist Patriarchs in China. Honolulu: University of Hawai’i Press, 2015. 352 pp. $60.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-8248-4120-1.” H-Net Reviews (June 2016): 6 pp. http://www.h-net.org/reviews/showrev.php?id=46785 (PDF version). [ca. 2,500 words]

Contributions to Databases and Online Dictionaries

Database of Medieval Chinese Texts (ed. Christoph Anderl)

Van Cutsem, Laurent. “The Quanzhou Qianfo xinzhu zhuzushi song 泉州千佛新著諸祖師頌 (S.1635): A TEI-based edition.” In Database of Medieval Chinese Texts, Ghent University and Chung-Hwa Institute of Buddhist Studies 中華佛學研究所, January 2021. https://www.database-of-medieval-chinese-texts.be/views/texts/zutang_ji/showText.php. [ca. 52,500 words]

Van Cutsem, Laurent. “Chan master Jingxiu’s 淨修禪師 preface to the Zutang ji 祖堂集 (K.1503): A TEI-based edition.” In Database of Medieval Chinese Texts, Ghent University and Chung-Hwa Institute of Buddhist Studies 中華佛學研究所, October 2020. https://www.database-of-medieval-chinese-texts.be/views/texts/zutang_ji/showText.php. [ca. 6,000 words]

Van Cutsem, Laurent. “The Goryeo 高麗 preface to the Zutang ji 祖堂集 (K.1503): A TEI-based edition.” In Database of Medieval Chinese Texts, Ghent University and Chung-Hwa Institute of Buddhist Studies 中華佛學研究所, October 2020. https://www.database-of-medieval-chinese-texts.be/views/texts/zutang_ji/showText.php. [ca. 9,100 words]

Van Cutsem, Laurent. “The Zutang ji 祖堂集: A Comprehensive .xlsx Table of Its Contents and Structure.” In Database of Medieval Chinese Texts, Ghent University and Chung-Hwa Institute of Buddhist Studies 中華佛學研究所, September 2020. https://www.database-of-medieval-chinese-texts.be/views/texts/zutang_ji/showText.php.

Digital Dictionary of Buddhism (ed. A. Charles Muller)

Van Cutsem, Laurent. 2021. “Xù Bǎolín zhuàn 續寶林傳”. In Digital Dictionary of Buddhism. Edited by A. Charles Muller. http://www.buddhism-dict.net/cgi-bin/xpr-ddb.pl?q=續寶林傳. [ca. 700 words]

Van Cutsem, Laurent. 2021. “Zǔtáng jí 祖堂集”. In Digital Dictionary of Buddhism. Edited by A. Charles Muller. http://www.buddhism-dict.net/cgi-bin/xpr-ddb.pl?q=祖堂集. [ca. 2,500 words]

Van Cutsem, Laurent. 2021. “Chán Master Jìngxiū 淨修禪師”. In Digital Dictionary of Buddhism. Edited by A. Charles Muller. http://www.buddhism-dict.net/cgi-bin/xpr-ddb.pl?q=淨修禪師. [ca. 2,100 words]

Other entries: ā 阿 as prefix (jiētóu cí 接頭辭); ānǎ 阿那; ānǎlǐ 阿那裏; āpó 阿婆; ānǐ 阿你.

Others

Van Cutsem, Laurent. “The Database of Medieval Chinese Texts: A Critical Overview (Part Two).” The Digital Orientalist, April 2023. https://digitalorientalist.com/2023/04/28/working-title-the-database-of-medieval-chinese-texts-a-critical-overview-part-two/. [ca. 2,500 words]

Van Cutsem, Laurent. “The Database of Medieval Chinese Texts: A Critical Overview (Part One).” The Digital Orientalist, March 2023. https://digitalorientalist.com/2023/03/31/working-title-the-database-of-medieval-chinese-texts-a-critical-overview-part-one/. [ca. 1,800 words]

Van Cutsem, Laurent. “Graphic Variants and Phonetic Borrowings in Medieval Chinese Sources: A Report Article on the Workshop ‘Graphic Variation, Modification, and Replacement in Medieval Chinese Writing: Case Studies and Resources’ (August 17 and November 30, 2021).” Blog of the Canadian Journal of Buddhist Studies, May 2022. https://cjbuddhist.wordpress.com/2022/05/15/bloggraphic-variants-and-phonetic-borrowings-in-medieval-chinese-sources-a-report-article-on-the-workshop-graphic-variation-modification-and-replacement-in-medieval-chinese-writing-case/. [ca. 7,800 words]

Photography of Buddhist Sites in China (Selection)

Van Cutsem, Laurent. “North side of the Chaoyang North Pagoda (朝陽北塔 北面) during the 2019 restoration.” UBC Community and Partner Publications, July 2019. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.14288/1.0394485.

Van Cutsem, Laurent. “The Datongfa si (大通法寺) stele on the left side of the interior court in the Guandi Temple (關帝廟).” UBC Community and Partner Publications, July 2019. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.14288/1.0394490.

Van Cutsem, Laurent, and Yuqing Luo. “The south-east face of the White Pagoda (Baita 白塔).” UBC Community and Partner Publications, July 2019. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.14288/1.0394514.

Van Cutsem, Laurent, and Yuqing Luo. “The south face of the White Pagoda (Baita 白塔).” UBC Community and Partner Publications, July 2019. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.14288/1.0394515.

Van Cutsem, Laurent, and Yuqing Luo. “The preface of the dharani sutra of the Liao dynasty dharani pillar (陀羅尼經幢) at Yunju Temple (雲居寺) 1.” UBC Community and Partner Publications, July 2019 (description by Luo Yuqing). doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.14288/1.0392869.