Weirong Shen

Professor of the School of Chinese Classics of RUC. Main research fields include: Tibetology; Comparative Studies on Chinese and Tibetan Buddhism; the Dissemination of Tibetan Buddhism in Uighur, Tungusen, Mongolia and Han ethnical areas; History of Buddhism in the other countries. Major publications include Leben und Historische Bedeutung der ersten Dalai Lama dGe 'dun grub pa dpal bzang po (1371-1474)-Ein Beitrag zur Geschichte der dGe lugs pa-Schule und der Institution der Dalai Lama.