Basic Information

• Associate Professor of Department of Philosophy

• Dean of Department of Religious Studies, East China Normal University

Research Fields

• Taoist Thought, History and Culture, Contemporary Chinese Religion, Taoist Philosophy

Academic Experience

• In 2000, Linbo Cai graduated with a master’s degree in philosophy from School of Law, Central South University. In 2005, he received his Ph.D. degree in history from the School of History and Culture, Shandong University. Since 2005, he has been teaching in Department of Philosophy, East China Normal University. During this period, he has visited many academic institutions and universities in Germany, Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong and other places for academic exchanges and lectures.

Teaching courses

• History of Taoism (undergraduate program), Religious Culture (undergraduate program), Taoist Culture (undergraduate program), Taoist History (postgraduate program), Religious Ritual Study (postgraduate program)

Adjunct Academic Posts

• Director of the Shanghai Religious Society

• Director of the Mingdao Taoist Institute of East China Normal University

• Deputy editor of Han Jing Journal

• Deputy editor of Zhengyidaojiao Research

• Editor of Shanghai Taoism.

Academic Achievements

monographs:

1. Cai Linbo, 2008. The Martyrdom of Divine Medicine: a Cultural Interpretation of the Transformation of Taoist Danshu. Bashu Publishing House.

2. Cai Linbo, 2007. Helpful Creatures: Taoist Ecological View and Modern Civilization. Shanghai Lexicographical Publishing House.

3. Cai Linbo, 2010. The History of Science and Technology in Taoism. Science Publishing House (co-authored).

4. Cai Linbo, 20012-2017. The Study of Orthodox Religion (Volume 1-6). Religious Culture Publishing House.

5. Cai Linbo, 2008. Taoist Ritual in Chinese Society and History (translated). Qilu Press.

theses:

1. Cai Linbo, 2018. Equalizing Objects to Recognize Dao: The Philosophical Meaning of Zhuangzi’s “Debate on the Bridge above Hao River”. Journal of Sichuan University, 06.

2. Cai Linbo, 2016. On Zhao Yizhen's Scientific Thought of Taoist Organic Holism. Journal of Southwest University for Nationalities, 06.

3. Cai Linbo, 2016. Successive Daoist Essentials: An Interpretation of Zhao Yizhen's Taoist Etiquette Thought. Academic Forum, 03.

4. Cai Linbo, 2015. Form and Truth: Interpreting Taoist Theory of Form. Journal of Sichuan University, 05.

5. Cai Linbo, 2015. A Study on the Three-day Wan Fujun of the Early Heavenly Teacher Tao and the Goddess of Wealth. Religious Studies, 01.

6. Cai Linbo, 2013. The Bamboo Culture of Taoism. Chinese Taoism, 07.

7. Cai Linbo, 2013. The Pre-Qin Dialect of 'or Envoy Theory”. Academic Research, 05.

8. Cai Linbo, 2013. Taoist priests in the Northern Song Dynasty Wang Congzhi: from the master of Qin to the master of Taiyi Palace. Chinese Taoism, 03.

9. Cai Linbo, 2013. Why 'Lao Li is ahead” —A New Exploration of the Reasons for Emphasizing Taoism in Tang Dynasty. Zhengyi Religious Studies (Volume 2). Religious and Cultural Press, 06.

10. Cai Linbo, 2012. The Cultural Mechanisms Implicated in Taoist Health Preservation. Chinese Taoism, 02.

11. Cai Linbo, 2012. Taoist Cultural Implication of Qingming Festival. Journal of Zhoukou Normal University, 01

12. Cai Linbo, 2011. Su Song and Taoism. Chinese Taoism, 02.

13. Cai Linbo, 2011. An Interpretation of Taoism from the Perspective of Rituals (translated). World Religious Culture, 03.

14. Cai Linbo, 2010. Tao Hongjing's View of Form and Spirit and Its Significance in the History of Thought. Dongyue Tribune, 06

15. Cai Linbo, 2010. Textual Research on the Meaning of 'Natural Diet' in Shanghai Jing. Academic Forum, 11.

16. Cai Linbo, 2010. Metallurgy and Tiantong: On the Essence of Technological Spirit of Alchemy. Journal of East China Normal University, 06.

17. Cai Linbo, 2010. The Way to Travel: The True Meaning of Taoist Tourism Idea. Religious Studies, 04.

18. Cai Linbo, 2010。 The Way of the City: Taoist View of the City. Chinese Taoism, 018.

19. Cai Linbo, 2010. Chinese Ancient Taoist Cognition to Biodiversity and Its Ecological Significance. Poyang Lake Journal, 01.

20. Cai Linbo, 2010. Integration of Ontological Thoughts of Chinese and Western Philosophy. Philosophy of Religion, 12.

21. Cai Linbo, 2009. Natural Diet: A Brief Discussion on Taoist Thought of Diet and Health. Chinese Taoism, 01.

22. Cai Linbo, 2009. Is it 'the root of illness' or 'the good seed”-- on the nativeness of Taoist belief. Philosophy of Religion, 12.

23. Cai Linbo, 2008. Chinese Taoism, 04. Writing Taoism in Person: Taoist Sports Thought and Humanistic Spirit. Chinese Taoism, 04.

24. Cai Linbo, 2013. Internalization: Quanzhen Tao's outlook on life and its spiritual characteristics. Philosophy of Religion, 12.