Education
University of Pennsylvania
PhD in East Asian Languages and Civilizations, 2021-
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
MPhil in Chinese Language and Literature, 2018-2021
Thesis: "Yiwen leiju xuanji Xian Qin Ru Dao zishu daoshuo tiaowen yanjiu"《藝文類聚》選輯先秦儒道子書道說條文研究 (Selection and Redaction of Doctrinal Writings from Pre-Qin Confucian and Daoist Masters' Texts in Yiwen leiju)
Advisor: Professor Poon Ming Kay 潘銘基
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
BA (First Class Honors) in Chinese Language and Literature, 2014-2018
Research Interests
- Textual identity and production in early China (5th century BCE to 3rd century CE)
- Early Chinese excavated manuscripts
- Early Chinese paleography
- Early Chinese funerary culture
- Early Chinese literature
- Early Chinese philosophy
- Cultural memory in the context of early China
- Early and medieval Chinese medicine
- Medieval Chinese (Six Dynasties to Song) category books (leishu 類書), epitomes (shuchao 書鈔), and anthologies (zongji 總集)
- Chinese bibliography (mulu xue 目錄學)
- "Old Tales Retold" (gushi xinbian 故事新編) in modern Chinese literature
- Creative Writing pedagogy
Courses Taught
- EALC 0020 Introduction to Chinese Civilization (Teaching fellow), 2022 fall, 2023 fall
- EALC 0060 Introduction to Korean Civilization (Teaching fellow), 2023 spring
- EALC 3429 Sex and Society in Ancient China (Teaching fellow), 2024 spring
- EALC 8820 Sinological Methods (Guest speaker), 2023 spring
Selected Publications
- "Sages, Martyrs, and Femmes Fatales Reimagined—'Old Tales Retold' in Premodern and Modern Chinese Literature." In Asian Voices: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Creative Writing, ed. Rebecca Leung Mo-ling 梁慕靈. Singapore: Springer Nature, forthcoming.
- "Shizi pianmu fenhe yanjiu"《尸子》篇目分合研究 [Segregation and Integration of Chapter Titles in Shizi]. In Wenxue si ji 問學四集. Hong Kong: Department of Chinese Language and Literature, Chinese University of Hong Kong, forthcoming.
- "Institutions and Ideology" (with Paul R. Goldin). In A Cultural History of Chinese Literatures, vol. 1: Antiquity (1,250 BCE-200 CE), ed. Lisa Indraccolo. London: Bloomsbury, forthcoming.
- "Scribal Hands, Errors, and Intervention—Manuscript Production Approaches Observed in Two Excavated Cao Mie zhi zhen 曹蔑之陣 Manuscripts." Bamboo and Silk (forthcoming).
- (Book review) "The Lost Texts of Confucius' Grandson: Guodian, Zisi, and Beyond by Kuan-yun Huang 黃冠雲." Journal of Asian Studies (forthcoming).
- "Anda jian Shi yu Qinghua jian Qiye suozai 'Xishuai' xintan—jianlun Xian Qin shige 'zuben' yu 'sucai ku' xiangguan wenti" 安大簡《詩》與清華簡〈耆夜〉所載〈蟋蟀〉新探——兼論先秦詩歌「族本」與「素材庫」相關問題 (Poetic Transmission and Repertoire in Early China——Rereading the "Xishuai" Verses in the Tsinghua University and Anhui University Bamboo Manuscripts). In Jingxue yanjiu de chuantong yu xinbian 經學研究的傳統與新變. Taipei: Xiuwei, forthcoming.
- "Jinze wenku ben Qunshu zhiyao suozai Lüshi chunqiu zhangmu kao" 金澤文庫本《群書治要》所載《呂氏春秋》章目考 (Citation of Lüshi chunqiu Sub-Chapter Titles in the Japanese Kanazawa Qunshu zhiyao Manuscript). In Diyi jie Qunshu zhiyao guoji xueshu yantaohui lunwenji 第一屆群書治要國際學術研討會論文集, ed. Lin Chao-cheng 林朝成 and Chang Jui-lin 張瑞麟, 149-180. Taipei: Wanjuanlou, 2020.
- "Yiwen leiju xuanji Liezi, Zhuangzi, Lunheng diru tiaowen kaobian——jianlun Liuchao ji Tangdai wenren duiyu xiangguan diangu zhi quyong" 《藝文類聚》選輯《列子》、《莊子》、《論衡》詆儒條文考辨——兼論六朝及唐代文人對於相關典故之取用 (Anti-Confucian Writings from Liezi, Zhuangzi, and Lunheng Cited in Yiwen leiju and the Incorporation of Related Allusions in Six-Dynasties and Tang Literary Compositions). Yunhan xuekan 雲漢學刊 40 (2020): 324-399.
- "Huainan wang 'Zhuangzi houjie,' 'Zhuangzi lüeyao' wenben guishu wenti kaolun" 淮南王〈莊子後解〉、〈莊子略要〉文本歸屬問題考論 (Textual Attribution of the "Explanatory Colophon of Zhuangzi" and the "Summary of the Essentials of Zhuangzi" by the King of Huainan). Shumu jikan 書目季刊 53.3 (2019): 69-83.
Affiliations
- Webpage administrator, The History of Reading in China: A Research Group 中國閱讀史研究群 (https://historyofreading.com/), in collaboration with Peter Tsung Kei Wong 王棕琦 (Princeton University) and Ming Tak Ted Hui 許明德 (University of Oxford)
- American Oriental Society
- Association for Asian Studies
- Early Medieval China Group
- Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association
- Society for the Study of Early China
- T'ang Studies Society