Tay Yu Xuan (Mr)

Proposed Thesis Title: Changing Times of Tang: A study on the transition of political legitimization discourse through the imperial prefaces
Supervisor: Associate Professor Wang Jinping

I am fascinated by prominent premodern entities competing with each other in shaping religious traditions. I am especially intrigued by how the Chinese imperial state had an enormous influence over the interpretation of religious traditions in the premodern Chinese world. This is why I pursued a B.A. in History with a Second Major in Chinese in NTU History and graduated with Honors (Highest Distinction).

With the generous funding of the FASS Scholarship in Buddhist Studies, I am grateful to pursue my Master’s program in NUS History and continue my investigation into the delicate relationship between the imperial states and various religious traditions in medieval China (c.7^th century–c.12^th century).

In my free time, I tweet about everything under the (academic) sun at @yuxuan_tay. I hope to play guqin and write brush calligraphy masterfully one day.