History of the Development of Chinese Chan Thought
暫譯: 中國禪思想發展史

Professor Tianxiang Ma is the Director of the Institute of Religion and the Director of the Chinese Buddhism and Buddhism Art Research Centre, and the Faculty of Philosophy at Wuhan University, Hubei Province, China.

Professor Ma is the Chief Expert of the "History of Religion" and "Research of the Academic History of Modern Chinese Religion" sponsored by the Ministry of Education. He has more than 280 academic publications with over 10000 citations. He has published academic monographs and books such as Buddhism in Late Qing Dynasty and Modern Society Ideological Thought, History of the Development of Chinese Zen Ideological Trend, Academic History of Modern China, etc., over 60 volumes and 40 different books. The Ministry of Education awarded him the second and third prizes, respectively, for his outstanding achievements in Humanities and Social Sciences for the publication of "History of the Development of Chinese Zen Ideological Trend" and "History of Chinese Religions".

馬天祥教授是中國湖北省武漢大學宗教研究所所長、中國佛教與佛教藝術研究中心所長及哲學系教授。

馬教授是由教育部贊助的「宗教史」和「現代中國宗教學術史研究」的首席專家。他擁有超過280篇學術出版物，引用次數超過10000次。他出版了多部學術專著和書籍，如《清末佛教與現代社會思想》、《中國禪宗思想潮流的發展歷史》、《現代中國學術史》等，總計超過60卷和40本不同的書籍。教育部因他在《中國禪宗思想潮流的發展歷史》和《中國宗教史》的出版中所取得的傑出成就，分別授予他人文社會科學的二、三等獎。