Mou Zhongjian has the stature of being one of contemporary China's most distinguished interpreters of the long and rich tradition of Chinese philosophy and culture. He has high visibility in the Chinese academy as a prolific scholar. Mou is an Honorary Distinguished Professor and prestigious academia of philosophy and religious studies at Minzu University of China, an Honorary Advisor of the International Confucian Association, Advisor of the Chinese Religious Society, Director of the Academic Committee of the Confucius Research Institute of China, and Honorary Dean of Shandong Nishan Shengyuan Academy. Representative works: A Brief History of the Relationship between Confucianism, Daoism, and Buddhism, The Conception of New Humaneness: The Pursuit of Love, New Exploration of Confucian Values, Understanding Confucianism, A General History of Chinese Religions (co-authored with Zhang Jian, awarded the First Prize for the Outstanding Achievements in Humanities and Social Sciences by the Ministry of Education), An Introduction to Chinese Religions and Traditional Culture (co-authored with Lv Daji), Religion, Literature and Art, Folklore, Twelve Essays on Contemporary Religious Studies with Chinese Characteristics, Chinese Religion and Culture, A New Explanation to Laozi, Studying on Thoughts of the Mister Lv's Spring and Autumn Annals and Huainan-tzu, Chinese Daoist Religion, Manuscripts on Daoist Philosophy and Daoism as a Religion, Today's Spirits of Chinese Culture, Approaching Chinese Spirit, Six Lectures on the Personality of Gentlemen, and etc. His editorial works include: History of Chinese Civilization: Religion (Ten Volumes), An Introduction to Ethnological and Religious Studies, A General Introduction to Daoism, Religion and Ethic Groups (1-6 Volumes).