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Mission
: Structure
: Research Projects
: More on Research Activities and Publications
: Future Development and Plans
Mission
Research Centre for Confucian Studies is established to achieve the following goals:
- To promote research interest in the area of Confucianism and other aspects of the Confucian culture
- To better coordinate ongoing research projects by members of the Faculty of Arts on Confucianism and related issues
- To establish links with other research institutions in the same field in China and around the world
Structure
Director
(2004-):
Prof. Chu Hung-lam (CUHK)
Associate
Director:
Prof. Cheng Chung-yi (CUHK)
Advisors:
Prof. Yu Ying-shih (Princeton)
Prof. Tu Weiming (Harvard)
Prof. Chen Lai (Peking)
Prof. Zhu Weizheng (Fudan)
Researchers:
Philosophy:
Prof. Liu Xiaogan
Prof. Cheng Chung-yi
History:
Prof. Leung Yuen-sang
Prof. Chu Hung-lam
Prof. Kwok Siu-tong
Prof. Lai Ming-chiu
Chinese:
Prof. Wong Juen-kon
Prof. Chiang Ying-ho
Sociology:
Prof. Cheung Tak-sing
Prof. Chan Hoi-man
Research Projects
The Centre has completed two research projects on Confucianism. These two Earmarked Grant projects funded by RGC are:
- "The Uncertain Phoenix: Confucianism in Contemporary China" (CUHK 4008/97H) (P.I.: Leung Yuen-sang)
- "Culture as Destiny?: The Confucian Experiment in Singapore and the Emerging Global Discourse on Confucianism" (CUHK4308/00H) (P.I.: Leung Yuen-sang)
Ongoing projects include "Classical Lectures and Statecraft Conception in the Court of Ming China, 1368-1644" (CUHK/4681/05H) (P.I.: Chu Hung-lam)
The Centre has also conducted a joint conference on Modern Confucianists in Hong Kong.
More on Research Activities and Publications
In 2005-06, the Centre Director, Prof. Chu Hung-lam, has been engaged in various research activities:
- presented a paper in Chinese on "The meeting of Huang Zuo and Wang Yangming" (黃佐與王陽明之會) at the 11th International Conference on Ming History (第十一屆明史國際討論會) held in Lanzhou, China, 16-17 August 2005.
- presented a paper, entitled "Textual Filiation of Li Shimian’s (1374-1450) Biography" (李時勉傳記的史源) at the Frederick W. Mote Memorial Conference held at Princeton University, 7-8 October 2005.
- presented a lecture on "An example of high Qing intellectual bias from the critical abstracts of the Imperial Catalog of the Four Treasuries" (《四庫提要》所見盛清學術偏見一例) at the Department of History, Zhongshan University, 27 December 2005.
- organized and chaired the international conference on "Ming Taizu and His Times" (明太祖及其時代國際學術會議) convened in The Chinese University of Hong Kong during March 28-30, 2006, with thirty-one papers, in Chinese or in English, presented by the same number of scholars from China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Korea, Japan, England, France, and U.S.A. Several articles bear on Confucian themes in 14th-century China.
- presented a paper in Chinese on "Ming Taizu’s political ideals and ideas of government as seen from his quotations of the Book of Documents" (明太祖對〈書經〉的徵引及其政治理想和治國理念) , at the international conference on "Ming Taizu and His Times" (明太祖及其時代國際學術會議) convened in The Chinese University of Hong Kong during March 28-30, 2006.
Other research projects will be established by members of the Centre, and collaborative projects with other institutions will be planned in the future.
Prof. Chu Hung-lam's publications include:
- ‘The Substance and the Practice of Confucian Learning in Late Imperial China’ bearing the Chinese title《中國近世儒學實質的思辨與習學》(Zhongguo jinshi ruxue shizhi de sibian yu xixue). The book, consisting of thirteen essays, was published by Peking University Press in August 2005.
- A book in Chinese on the works and biographies of Ming-dynasty figures bearing the Chinese title《明儒著作與生平發微》(Mingren zhuzuo yu shengping fawei). The book, consisting of thirteen articles, was published by Guangxi Normal University Press.
- A paper in Chinese on "Ming Taizu’s engagement in classical and historical discussion", entitled〈明太祖的經史講論情形〉in "Journal of Chinese Studies" (《中國文化研究所學報》), No.45 (2005)，pp. 141-172.
- A paper in Chinese on "Biography, text and the study of Song-Yuan-Ming intellectual history", entitled 〈傳記、文書與宋元明思想史研究〉, in "Journal of Chinese Literature and History"《中華文史論叢》 , No.2 (2006), pp. 201-228.
Future Development and Plans
- Confucian teaching and learning in late imperial China.
- Confucianism in Lingnan China, including Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Hong Kong and Macau.
- Workshops on Confucian statecraft.