Yang Hao, born in 1981 in Suide County, Shaanxi Province, is currently an Associate Researcher at the Institute for Artificial Intelligence, Peking University. From 2005 to 2008, he studied Chinese Philosophy in the Department of Philosophy at Capital Normal University, focusing on the study of the "Abhidharmakośa" under the guidance of Professor Cheng Gongrang. From 2008 to 2012, he pursued his studies in Chinese Philosophy in the Department of Philosophy at Peking University, with a primary focus on Zhu Xi's "Commentary on the Four Books and Collected Annotations" under the guidance of Professor Tang Yijie. From 2012 to 2014, worked as a postdoctoral researcher at the School of Marxism at Peking University. From 2014 to 2022, he served as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies at Peking University and a Researcher at the Research Center for the Compilation and Study of Confucian Canons. His main research areas include Song-Ming Neo-Confucianism, Sui-Tang Buddhism, Wei-Jin Xuanxue (Neo-Taoism), and the relationship between Confucianism, Buddhism, and Daoism. His recent focus has been on applying artificial intelligence methods to the compilation and study of ancient texts. He has published monographs such as "The Transmission of the Heart Method in the Confucian Tradition: Interpretation and Construction of Zhu Xi's 'Commentary on the Four Books and Collected Annotations'" (Shanghai: East China Normal University Press, 2015) and annotated translations such as "Reflections on Things At Hand" (Beijing: Zhonghua Book Company, 2020). He co-edited with Professor Zhang Guangbao the book "Selected Research Papers on the Relationship between Confucianism, Buddhism, and Daoism" (Beijing: Huaxia Publishing House, 2016). He has taught undergraduate and graduate courses such as "Historiography and Methodology of Chinese Philosophy," "Research on the Relationship between Confucianism, Buddhism, and Daoism," "Buddhist Philosophy," "Wei-Jin Xuanxue," "Buddhist Philosophy," "Religious Studies," "Religion and Culture," "Selected Readings in Buddhist Primary Texts and Topics in Buddhist Philosophy," and "Historiography of Religion."
