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林聖智

Sheng-chih Lin

Research Fellow and Deputy Director

Education

Ph.D. Art History, Kyoto University, Japan

Areas of Research

Art history, the tomb images in medieval China, Daoist art history, the history of painting in East Asia

My area of specialization is art and archaeology in medieval China, specifically from the fifth to the Sixth centuries. I am particularly interested in exploring the intersection between mortuary art and religious practices, the interplay between image and ornament, as well as the sociopolitical dimension of image making. Apart from these, I am also keen to explore the relationship between Daoist and Buddhist art in Sichuan area in the medieval period.

Dissertation
  1. “A Study of the Tomb Images in Northern and Southern Dynasties” (Ph.D. dissertation, Kyoto University, 2004).
Books
  1. Images and Ornament: The Representation of Death in the Northern Dynasties, Taipei: National Taiwan University Press, 2019. (in Chinese) (Simplified Chinese character version, Hangzhou: Zhejiang Ancient Books Publishing House, 2024）
Journal Articles
  1. “Research on the Celestial images in Northern Dynasty China: Using the Yuanyi Tomb as an Example,” Studies in Aesthetics and Art History (Faculty of Letters, Kyoto University) 20 (1999): 173-204. (in Japanese)
  2. “Research on the Daoist Icnography in the Ming Dyansty: Using ‘Pictures of the Dark Emperor's Auspicious Responses’ as an Example,” Taida Journal of Art History 6 (1999): 133-191. (in Chinese)
  3. “The images and Function of the Mortuary Furniture in Northern Dynasty: Using the Portraits of the Deceased and the Images of the Accounts of Filial Children as Examples,” Journal of the Japan Art History Society 154 (2003): 207-226. (in Japanese)
  4. “The Iconography of Taoist Salvation from Hell: A Thematic Re-Identification of Illustration of the Classic of the Yellow Court (Huangting Jing),” Ars Buddhica 268 (2003): 93-118. (in Japanese)
  5. “The Ning Mao Stone House of the Northern Wei Dynasty: A Re-examination of Its Iconography and Function,” Taida Journal of Art History 18 (2005): 1-74. (in Chinese)
  6. “Central and West Asian Art and Cultural Exchanges: The Lectures of Katsumi Tanabe,” The National Palace Museum Monthly of Chinese Art 23.2 (2005): 82-88. (in Chinese)
  7. “The Iconography of Taoist Salvation from Hell: A Thematic Re-Identification of Illustration of the Classic of the Yellow Court (Huangting Jing),” Orientations 38.3 (2007): 66-68. (in English)
  8. “Tomb, Religion and Regional Workshops: A Study of the Buddhist Images in the Northern Wei Tombs,” Taida Journal of Art History 24 (2008): 1-66. (in Chinese)
  9. “Buddhist Art in China: The State of the Field(1998-2008): Principally the U.S.A. and Japan,” NCU Journal of Art Studies 6 (2010): 231-246. (in Chinese)
  10. “Stone Funerary Couches of the Late Northern Dynasties Period: Rethinking the Funerary Culture of the Sogdians in China,” The Bulletin of the Institute of History and Philology, Academia Sinica 81.3 (2010): 513-596. (in Chinese)
  11. “Rethinking Chinese Art Historiography: The Changing meanings of ‘Art’ and the Development of Studies of Architecture and Sculpture,” New History 23. 1 (2012): 159-202. (in Chinese)
  12. “A Study of the Northern Wei Dynasty Mural Tomb at Shaling,” The Bulletin of the Institute of History and Philology, Academia Sinica 83.1 (2012): 1-95. (in Chinese)
  13. “A Study of Lamps in the Eastern Han Tombs and Possible Connections with Daoist Lamp Ritual,” The Study of Art History 14 (2012): 265-297. (in Chinese)
  14. “The Culture of Decoration During the Pingcheng Period of the Northern Wei Dynasty: A Discussion Arising from a Bronze Hu,” in the Collection of the National Palace Museum 33.1 (2015): 169-210. (in Chinese)
  15. “Style, Workshops, and Meanings of Northern Wei Sarcophagi: A Case Study of a Set of Recently Reconstructed Stone Bed Panels,” Taida Journal of Art History 39 (2015): 49-126. (in Chinese)
  16. “The Metamorphosis of the Eight Immortals: A Study of the Taoist Immortals by Kano Sansetsu (1590-1651) dated 1646 A.D.,” NCU Journal of Art Studies 18 (2016): 1-64. (in Chinese)
  17. “Transformation of Mortuary Cultures from the Wei-Jin Period to the Northern Wei Pingcheng Period: A Perspective Based on Images,” Taida Journal of Art History 41 (2016): 145-237. (in Chinese)
  18. “Daoist Sculptures and Local Societies: Daoist Cliff Sculptures from Sui to Early Tang Dynasty in Sichuan,” Medieval China Studies 1 (2017): 151-190. (in Chinese)
  19. “Traveling Immortal Islands: the Image Sources of Wen Boren's ‘Painting of the Fanghu’ in the Ming Dynasty,” The National Palace Museum Monthly of Chinese Art 425 (2018): 42-53. (in Chinese)
  20. Primary Translator of the Study Group on Xu Gao Seng Chuan, “Translation and Annotation of the Biography of Lenamanti, Chapter of Stimulate and Respond (I), Sequel to Biographies of Eminent Monks,” Disquisitions on the Past and Present 31 (2018): 135-144. (in Chinese)
  21. “Kyoto Kano School and Confucian Scholars in Early Edo Period: A Study of The Images of Sages by Kano Sansetsu (1590-1651),” NCU Journal of Art Studies 26 (2020): 1-55. (in Chinese)
  22. Study Group on Xu Gao Seng Zhuan, “Interpretation and Comments on Xu Gao Seng Zhuan (V),” Disquisitions on the Past & Present 35 (2020)：164-180. (in Chinese)
  23. “Tombs and Buddhism: Re-Exploring House-Shaped Sarcophagi from the Pingcheng Period of the Northern Wei,” Taida Journal of Art History 53 (2022): 45-148. (in Chinese)
  24. “The Chronology of Stone Beds from the Pingcheng Period of the Northern Wei: From the Perspective of Ornamentation,” The Bulletin of the Institute of History and Philology, Academia Sinica 94.1 (2023): 59-154. (in Chinese)
  25. “Dialogues between the Local and the Global: Interdisciplinary Research within Art History in the Last Two Decades,” Humanities and Social Sciences Newsletter Quarterly 24.4 (2023): 74-78. (in Chinese)
  26. Study Group on Xu Gao Seng Zhuan, “Interpretation and Comments on Xu Gao Seng Zhuan (X),” Disquisitions on the Past & Present 41 (2023)：146-159. (in Chinese)
  27. 〈鸚鵡與白玉：隋代虞弘墓的地域網絡〉，《國立臺灣大學美術史研究集刊》57 (2024)： 59-185。
  28. 〈京狩野蟠龍圖的系譜〉，《藝術學研究》37 (2025.12，待刊)。
Book Chapters
  1. “A Survey of Taoist Priests and Rituals at the Temple for General Liu in Lu’gang,” in Guang-Hong Yu, ed., Summer Anthropology Fieldwork Workshop in Lu’gang (Taipei: Institute of Ethnology, Academia Sinica, 1993), pp. 109-125. (in Chinese)
  2. “Research on the Tomb Images of the Aristocratic Families: A Case Study of the Cui Fen Tomb in Northern Qi Dynasty,” in Sofugawa Hiroshi, ed., Iconography in Chinese Art (Kyoto: Institute of Research in Humanities, Kyoto University, 2006), pp. 27-95. (in Japanese)
  3. “A Study of the Spaces and Images in the tomb of Medieval China,” in Chuan-ying Yen, ed., Series of New Chinese History: Art and Archaeology (Taipei: Linking Publishing co., 2010), pp. 143-202. (in Chinese)
  4. “Representations of Celestial Spheres in Medieval Chinese Tombs: A Comparative East Asian Approach,” in Wu Hung and Zheng Yan, eds., Studies on Ancient Tomb Art, vol. 1 (Beijing: Cultural Relics Press, 2011), pp. 131-162. (in Chinese)

  5. “The Genealogy of ‘Attribute of Emptiness’,” in Deep Cultivation Lies in Joy, vol. 3, in Yu Siying, ed., Read Lee, Han Bolong and Chen Jingwen, trans. (Taipei: Taipei Fine Arts Museum, 2011), pp. 40-63. (in Chinese and English)

  6. “Cliff Sculptures in Sichuan during the High Tang: A Case Study of the Anyue Xuanmiao Monastery,” in Paul R. Katz and Shu-fen Liu, eds., Belief, Practice and Cultural Adaptation: Papers from the Religion Section of the International Conference on Sinology, vol. 1 (Taipei: Academia Sinica, 2013), pp. 309-361. (in Chinese)

  7. “Mortuary Furniture in the Pingcheng Period of the Northern Wei Dynasty,” in Wu Hung, Lao Zhu and Zheng Yan, eds., Studies on Ancient Tomb Art, vol. 2 (Changsha: Hunan Fine Arts Publishing House, 2013), pp. 191-213. (in Chinese)
  8. “From Tomb Pillar-gate to Buddhist Monument: A Study of the Pingyang Fujun Pillar-gate in Mianyang, Sichuan,” in Shou-chien Shih and Chuan-ying Yen, eds., The Transition of Art in Han-Jin and Tang-Song Period (Taipei: Rock Publishing International, 2014), pp. 127-167. (in Chinese)
  9. “Changes in the Images of Myoken Bosatsu,” in Shou-chien Shih and Chao-heng Liao, eds., Shaping the Cultural Images of East Asia: Gaze, Medium and Actors (Taipei: Asian Culture Company, 2015), pp. 145-198. (in Chinese)
  10. “Rethinking Chinese Art Historiography,” in Tsuyoshi Yamazaki et al., eds., Toward Updating the Concept of “Bijutsu” in Japan (Kanazawa: Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Report, 2016), pp. 261-285. (in Japanese)
  11. “A Study of the Stone Funerary Couch of Kang Ye, Northern Zhou,” in Xin-Jiang Rong and Feng Luo, eds., Sogdians in China: New Evidence in Archaeological Finds and Unearthed Texts, I (Beijing: Science Press, 2016), pp. 237-263. (in Chinese)
  12. “A Study of Lamps in the Eastern Han Tombs and Possible Connections with Daoist Lamp Ritual,” in Fudan University National Institute for Advanced Humanistic Studies, ed., Images and Rituals: A Fusion of Chinese History of Ancient Religions and Chinese Art History (Beijing: Zhonghua Book Co., 2017), pp. 45-78. (in Chinese) (Originally published in The Study of Art History 14 (2012): 265-297.)
  13. “The Metamorphosis of the Eight Immortals: A Study of the Taoist Immortals by Kano Sansetsu (1590-1651) dated 1646 A.D.,” in Chaoheng Liao, ed., Commonality and Divergence: The adaptation and Variation of Cultural Images in East Asia (Taipei: Institute of Chinese Literature and Philosophy, Academia Sinica, 2018), pp. 385-449.(in Chinese) (Originally published in NCU Journal of Art Studies 18 (2016): 1-64.)
  14. “Rethinking Religions and Mourtury Images in the Northern Wei Dynasty,” in Shing Müller, Thomas O. Höllmann, Sonja Filip, eds., Early Medieval North China: Archaeological and Textual Evidence (Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, 2019), pp. 81-111. (in Chinese)
  15. “The Origin and Development of ‘The Images of Sages’ by Kano Sansetsu: From the History of Chinese Art,” in Mizuno Yuji, ed., Comprehensive Analysis of “The Images of Sages” by Kano Sansetsu Academic Conference Proceedings (Ibaraki: Japanese Art Research Center, University of Tsukuba, 2023), pp. 17-26. (in Japanese)
  16. “The Composition and Meanings of ‘The Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove and Rong Qiqi’ from a Tomb at Xishanqiao, Nanjing: From a Perspective of Assessing the Figures,” in Sofukawa Hiroshi and Usami Bunri, eds., An Outlook on Chinese Art Research: Chinese Art Research Conference Proceedings (Tokyo: Kyuko shoin, 2023), pp. 3-20. (in Japanese)
  17. “ 'Comparative Art' and the 'Form of Everything' : The Collection and Collation of Images and Related Research at the IHP,” in Jen-der Lee, ed., Challenges and Changes: Celebrating the Ninety-Fifth Anniversary of the Institute of History and Philology, Academia Sinica (Taipei: IHP, Academia Sinica, 2024), pp. 35-66. (in Chinese)
Book Editor
  1. Unpublished Manuscripts of Jing (the classics) Collections in the Fu Ssu-nien Library, Institute of History and Philology, Academia Sinica, Taipei, 2017. (in Chinese)
  2. Sheng-chih Lin ed., texts by Mann-Yuann Tang et al., Special Exhibition on Qun Bi Lou Collection, Institute of History and Philology, Academia Sinica, Taipei, 2018. (in Chinese)
Conference Papers
  1. 〈明代道教圖像學研究：以《玄帝瑞應圖》為例〉，發表於「東方宗教學術研討會第十一屆年會」，臺北，1996年11月。
  2. 〈南京西善橋墓の《竹林七賢と榮啓期圖》再考〉，發表於「第五十回日本美學會全國大會」，日本：金澤美術工藝大學，1999年10月1日。
  3. “The Iconography of Daoist Salvation from Hell: Re-Identifying The Classic of Yellow Court (Huangting Jing) Handscroll Attributed to Liang Kai (ca.13th Century)” (paper presented at 52nd Annual Meeting of the Association of Asian Studies, San Diego, California, March 11, 2000).
  4. 〈北朝時代における石棺床の墓主肖像と孝子傳圖——喪禮の視點から——〉，發表於「第五十四回日本美術史學會全國大會」，日本：神戸大學，2001年5月25日。
  5. “Images and Identity in the Tombs of Medieval China: A Case Study of the Painted Murals in the Tomb of Cui Fen (A.D.551),” 發表於「第十五回國際美學會大會」，日本：東京神田外國語大學，2001年8月27日。
  6. 〈中國中古時期的墓葬空間與圖像〉，發表於中研院史語所「八十周年學術研討會—中國史新論」，臺北：中央研究院歷史語言研究所，2008年10月23日。
  7. 〈近十年中國佛教美術的研究動向（1998-2008）〉，發表於「藝術史論壇」第一次會議，中央大學藝術學研究所，2009年4月26日。
  8. 〈四川成都石佛寺佛道造像考〉，發表於「第五屆國際道教學術研討會」，湖北武當山，2009年6月21日。
  9. 〈中國中古時期墓葬中的天界表象——東亞的比較視野〉，發表於北京中央美術學院與芝加哥大學東亞藝術研究中心主辦，「中國古代墓葬美術研究國際學術會議」，北京：中央美術學院，2009年9月10日。
  10. 〈關於北魏石棺床圖像與功能的再思〉，發表於芝加哥大學東亞藝術研究中心、北京大學視覺與圖像研究中心、中央美術學院人文學院主辦，「第二屆古代墓葬美術研究國際學術會議」，北京：芝加哥大學北京中心，2011年9月10日。
  11. 〈東漢墓葬中的燈具——兼論與道教燈儀的可能關聯〉，發表於復旦大學文史研究院主辦，「圖像與儀式：中國古代宗教史與藝術史的融合」，上海：復旦大學文史研究院，2011年12月3日。
  12. 〈盛唐四川地區的道教摩崖造像：以安岳玄妙觀為主的考察〉，發表於中央研究院主辦，「第四屆國際漢學會議」，臺北：中央研究院歷史語言研究所，2012年6月21日。
  13. 〈四川綿陽平楊府君闕研究〉，發表於中央研究院歷史語言研究所主辦，「藝術史中的漢晉與唐宋轉折」國際學術研討會，臺北：中央研究院歷史語言研究所，2012年6月25日。
  14. 〈妙見菩薩圖像的變遷〉，發表於中央研究院主題計畫，「東亞文化意象之形塑（二）——第十一至十八世紀中日韓三地的文藝互動」主辦，「東亞文化意象之形塑——觀看、媒介、行動者」國際學術研討會，臺北：臺灣大學應用力學館1F國際會議廳，2012年9月7日。
  15. 〈北周康業墓圍屏石棺床研究〉，發表於寧夏文物考古研究所與北京大學中國古代史研究中心主辦，「第二屆絲綢之路國際學術研討會“粟特人在中國：考古發現與出土文獻的新印證”」，寧夏：銀川，2014年8月13日。
  16. 〈道教造像與地域社會：四川綿陽隋至初唐的道教摩崖造像〉，發表於復旦大學歷史系主辦，「重繪中古中國的時代格：知識、信仰與社會的交互視角」國際學術研討會，上海：復旦大學歷史學系，2014年11月8日。
  17. 〈八仙的變身：狩野山雪〈群仙圖襖〉的相關問題〉，發表於「『共相與殊相：十八世紀前東亞文化意象的匯聚、流傳與變異』國際研討會」，臺北：中央研究院歷史語言研究所，2015年9月3日。
  18. 〈反思北魏的墓葬與宗教〉，發表於慕尼黑大學東方研究所漢學系（The Institute of Sinology of the Ludwig-Maxmilians-University of Munich）主辦，「4至7世紀中國北部的多樣文化」（Culture and Cultural Diversity in Early Medieval China (4th-7th Century)）國際學術研討會，德國：慕尼黑，2017年1月12日。
  19. 〈京狩野與江戶儒者〉，發表於中央研究院主題計畫「使節．海商．僧侶：明清東亞文化意象形塑過程的中介者」主辦，「使節．海商．僧侶：近世東亞文化意象傳衍過程的中介者國際研討會」，臺北：中央研究院人文社會科學館，2018年8月31日。
  20. 〈「歴聖大儒像」の機能と意味―中国美術史から〉，發表於筑波大學藝術系主辦，「シンポジウム 徹底解剖！狩野山雪『歴聖大儒像』」，日本：筑波大學，2022年11月5日（線上發表）。
  21. 〈京狩野的蟠龍圖〉，發表於中央研究院「東亞文化意象的博物書寫與物質文化」主題計畫主辦，「東亞文化意象的博物書寫與物質文化」，臺北：中央研究院中國文哲研究所，2022年11月25日。
  22. 〈隋代虞弘墓新探〉，發表於國立清華大學人文社會學院主辦，International Conference on Silk Road Studies: Archaeology, History, Culture, Languages and Religions on the Silk Roads，新竹：國立清華大學，2022年12月2日。

  23. 〈北魏孝子傳圖的敘事模式〉，發表於中央研究院歷史語言研究所文物圖象研究室∕筑波大學藝術系・「儒教美術史」構築のための発展的研究—東アジア文化圏の造形解釈と研究資源化主辦，「東亞儒教藝術研究學術工作坊」，臺北：中央研究院歷史語言研究所，2023年3月18日。

  24. 〈「比較藝術」：史語所的圖像蒐集、整理與研究〉，發表於中央研究院歷史語言研究所主辦，「挑戰與新生－歷史語言研究所慶祝九十五周年學術研討會」，臺北：中央研究院歷史語言研究所，2023年10月17日。

  25. 〈回顧與展望：地下出土品與隋唐物質文化研究〉，發表於本所文物圖象研究室與臺灣大學藝術史研究所共同主辦，「跨域：隋唐帝國物質文化研究新取向」國際學術研討會，臺灣大學文學院，2024年10月26日。

  26. 〈河南鞏縣隋代造像柱的相關問題〉，發表於佛光大學佛學研究中心、佛光山佛陀紀念館、財團法人佛光山人間佛教研究院主辦，佛光大學佛教學院協辦，「藏海無涯：佛教的圖像、音聲與文字弘法」國際學術研討會，高雄：佛光山寺雲來集，2025年8月14日。

Other Writings
  1. 〈拓跋鮮卑的圖像啟蒙〉，《中央研究院週報》（知識天地）1606 (2017.3.16)：4-6。
  2. 〈序〉，收入林聖智主編之《羣碧樓藏書特展》（臺北：中央研究院歷史語言研究所，2018）。
  3. 〈拓展美術史的邊陲〉，《人文與社會科學簡訊》21.3 (2020)：102-104。
  4. 〈北斗的生死表象（上）〉，「漫遊藝術史」部落格，2021.2.5。
  5. 〈北斗的生死表象（下）〉，「漫遊藝術史」部落格，2021.2.9。
  6. 〈對稱或非對稱：北朝壁畫墓的觀看方式〉，「漫遊藝術史」部落格，2021.12.17。
  7. 李德〈空相XII〉圖版解說，收入顏娟英、蔡家丘總策畫，《臺灣美術兩百年（下冊）：島嶼呼喚》（臺北：春山出版，2022），頁142-143。
Compilation
  1. 〈魏．晉．南北朝の墓葬と圖像〉資料圖表，收入曾布川寛、岡田健編集，《世界美術大全集東洋編第三巻三國．南北朝》（東京：小學館，2000），頁468-471。
Book Reviews
  1. Review of Zheng Yan, A Study of the Tomb Mural Paintings in the Wei-Jin, Northern and Southern Dynasties, Beijing: Cultural Relics Publishing House, 2002, 301 pp , New History 16.1 (2005): 171-181. (in Chinese)
  2. Review of John Kieschnick, The Impact of Buddhism on Chinese Material Culture, Princeton: Princeton University, 2003, 343 pp, New History 7.4 (2006): 283-288. (in Chinese)
Translation
  1. 石川欽一郎，〈初冬漫步〉，收入顏娟英譯著，《風景心境——臺灣近代美術文獻導讀》（臺北：雄獅圖書股份有限公司，2001），上冊，頁36-39。
  2. 古原宏伸，〈《畫史》集註（五）第一百一條─第一百六十條〉，《美術史研究集刊》16 (2004)：79-306。
  3. 古原宏伸，〈《畫史》集註（六）第一六一條─第一百七十條〉，《美術史研究集刊》17 (2004)：53-159。
  4. 古原宏伸，〈《畫史》集註（七）第一七一條─第一百八十條〉，《美術史研究集刊》18 (2005)：75-154。
  5. 林巳奈夫，〈太陽之德〉，《美術史研究集刊》20 (2006)：1-10。

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Education：
Ph.D. Art History, Kyoto University, Japan, 2004

Current and Previous Positions：
2021.3- , Deputy Director, Institute of History and Philology,  Academia Sinica
2019.3-2021.2, Chairperson of Anthropology Department, Institute of History and Philology, Academia Sinica
2019.12.13- , Research Fellow, Institute of History and Philology, Academia Sinica
2012.3.12-2019.12.12, Associate Research Fellow, Institute of History and Philology, Academia Sinica
2005.9.22-2012.3.11, Assistant Research Fellow, Institute of History and Philology, Academia Sinica
2004.2.1-2015.1.31, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Graduate Institute of Art History, National Taiwan University
2015.8.1-2020.7, Adjunct Associate Professor, Graduate Institute of Art History, National Taiwan University
2020.8- , Adjunct Professor, Graduate Institute of Art History, National Taiwan University
2013.7-2014.11, Editorial Board Member, Disquisitions on Past and Present
2014.8-2016.7, Secretary, Editorial and Publishing Office, Institute of History and Philology, Academia Sinica
2016.10.13-2019.6.30, Director, Fu Ssu-nien Library, Institute of History and Philology, Academia Sinica
2019.3- , Editorial Board Member, Bulletin of the Institute of History and Philology, Academia Sinica
2022.7- , Editorial Board Member, Taiwan Journal of Buddhist Studies
2022.10- , Editorial Board Member, The National Palace Museum Research Quarterly
2023.1- , Editorial Board Member, Taida Journal of Art History

2000, Research Grant, Metropolitan Center for Far Eastern Art Studies , Kyoto  
2010, Award for Academic Research of Young Scholars, Academia Sinica
2012-2015, Outstanding Young Scholar Award, National Science Council
2019, Awarded Subsidizing in the Humanities and Social Sciences for the publication of Image and Ornament: The Representation of Death in the Northern Dynasties, Ministry of Science and Technology 
2019.8-2020.5, Visiting Scholar, Harvard-Yenching Institute
2019, Outstanding Research Award, Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST)
2021.11.10, Outstanding Teaching Award (Adjunct Faculty Members), National Taiwan University
2023.11, Outstanding Teaching Award (Adjunct Faculty Members), National Taiwan University

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