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Monica Esposito (August 7, 1962 – March 10, 2011) was one of the world's foremost scholars of Chinese religion specializing in the history, texts, and practices of Daoism (15th to 20th centuries). == Biography == Monica Esposito was born in 1962 in the Italian city of Genoa and died in the early spring of 2011 in Kyoto, Japan. At the age of 4, she moved with her family (father Carlo Esposito, mother Iris Barzaghi, and sister Adriana Esposito) to Padova. After graduating from High School (classics, with Greek and Latin) she studied Chinese language and philosophy at the University of Venice (Ca'Foscari), Fudan University in Shanghai, and the University of Gent in Belgium. After graduation with a thesis on Qigong in 1987, she continued her studies under the direction of Prof. Isabelle Robinet at the Department of Far Eastern Studies of the University of Paris. After obtaining the Diploma of Advanced Studies (D.E.A.) on texts of the Daoist canon in 1988, she returned to Shanghai and studied at the Academy of Social Science of Shanghai under the direction of Prof. Chen Yaoting. Her graduate studies ended in 1993 with a summa cum laude Ph.D. in Far Eastern Studies; thesis ''The Dragon Gate - The Longmen school of Mount Jin'gai and its alchemical practices according to the Daozang xubian (complement to the Daoist canon)''. During several stays in China and Tibet, Dr. Esposito conducted extensive field work on Qigong, Taiji, Daoist and Buddhist (particularly Zogchen) practices in China. After post-doctoral studies at the Department of Indological and Far-Eastern Studies of the University of Venice (1994–1995), at the Sorbonne in Paris (1995–1997), and at Kansai University in Osaka, she established permanent residence in Kyoto in 1998 and married Urs App. Between 1998 and 2003 she concentrated on field studies in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and continental China leading to the production, together with her husband, of several highly acclaimed video productions about Far Eastern religions. After being elected Associate Professor at Kyoto University's Institute for Research in Humanistic Studies (Jinbun Kagaku kenkûjo) in 2003, Dr. Esposito continued her research on Daoist texts of the Ming and Qing periods. She conceived and directed the ''Daozang Jiyao'' research project (〔http://www.daozangjiyao.org〕), an international research project with over sixty scientific collaborators on the most important Daoist text collection of the Qing period. For portions of this large project, which began in 2006, Dr. Esposito obtained important grants from the Chiang Ching-kuo foundation (2006–2009 and 2010-2013〔Project number CCKF RG006-P-09; director Monica Esposito, vice-director Christian Wittern〕) and from the Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS; 2008-2011〔Director: Monica Esposito; Project supervision: Prof. Kunio Mugitani, Institute for Research in Humanistic Studies (Jinbun Kagaku kenkûjo) at Kyoto University; vice-director Prof. Christian Wittern, Institute for Research in Humanistic Studies (Jinbun Kagaku kenkûjo) at Kyoto University.〕). The main institutions collaborating in this ongoing project are: *(Kyoto University, Institute of Research in Humanities (Jinbun Kagaku Kenkyūjo) ) *(Academia Sinica ): Institute of Chinese Literature and Philosophy; Institute of Philology and History * (The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Department: Culture and Religious Studies, Center for Studies of Daoist Culture ) * (École française d'Extrême-Orient ) * (Sichuan Academy of Social Science, Department of Philosophy ) * (Sichuan University, Institute of Religious Studies ) Focuses of Monica Esposito's research were Ming and Qing Daoism, inner alchemy (neidan), the interaction between Daoism and Tantrism, Buddhism of the late imperial period, and Tibetan Buddhism (rDzogs chen). She died of a pulmonary embolism on March 10, 2011. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Monica Esposito」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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