Prof. Chiu Wai-wai

• Ph.D. in philosophy with 10+ years teaching and research experience in Chinese philosophy

• Area of Specialization: pre-Qin Daoism and Mohism, Wei-Jin philosophy

• Area of Competence: pre-Qin philosophy, normative ethics, epistemology

• Published in Asian Philosophy, Dao, Journal of Chinese Philosophy, Philosophy East and West

• Capable of using Putonghua, Cantonese or English as language of instruction

• Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=gaEoGXEAAAAJ&hl=en

Articles and Book Chapters

Chiu, Wai wai. 2024. “The Ethics of Daoism: The Dissolving Boundary between Right and Wrong.” In Michael Hemmingsen ed., Ethical Theory in Global Perspective. SUNY Press.

____. 2024. “Guo Xiang’s conception of xing and the reconciliation of individuality with social hierarchy.” Philosophy East and West. 74 (1): 26-44.

____. 2023. “Guo Xiang’s Account of Ideal Personhood: Self-Fulfillment Without the Admiration of Sages.” Asian Philosophy. 33 (4): 377-393.

____. 2022. “The Debate over Xing in the Outer Chapters of the Zhuangzi.” Dao: A Journal of Comparative Philosophy 21 (4): 549-567.

____. 2021. “Zhuangzi’s skillfulness and uselessness.” In Tom, Angier, and Lisa Raphals ed., Skill in Ancient Ethics: Perspectives from China, Greece and Rome. Bloomsbury.

____. 2021. “Zhuangzi’s evaluation of qing and its relationship to knowledge.” Asian Philosophy 31 (3): 288-304.

____. 2019. “Skilful Performances and the Zhuangzi’s lessons on orientation.” In Lai, Karyn and Chiu, Wai wai ed., Skill and Mastery: Philosophical Stories from the Zhuangzi. Rowman and Littlefield International Limited.

____. 2019. “The Forger and the Use of Things.” In Lai, Karyn and Chiu, Wai wai ed., Skill and Mastery: Philosophical Stories from the Zhuangzi. Rowman and Littlefield International Limited.

____. 2019. “Spontaneity, Perspectivism and Anti-intellectualism in the Zhuangzi.” Dao: A Journal of Comparative Philosophy 18 (3): 393-409.

____. 2018. “Zhuangzi’s Knowing-How and Skepticism.” Philosophy East and West 68 (4): 1062-1084.

____. 2017. “Tension and Harmony: A Comment on Chenyang Li’s The Confucian Philosophy of Harmony.” Philosophy East and West 67 (1): 237-245.

____. 2016. “Zhuangzi’s idea of ‘spirit’: acting and ‘thinging things’ without self-assertion.” Asian Philosophy 26 (1): 38-51.

____. 2015. “Goblet Words and Indeterminacy.” Frontiers of Philosophy in China 10 (2): 255-272.

____. 2014. “Assessment of li in the Mencius and the Mozi.” Dao: A Journal of Comparative Philosophy 13 (2): 199-214.

Lai, Karyn and Chiu, Wai wai. 2013. “Ming in the Zhuangzi Neipian: Enlightened Engagement.” Journal of Chinese Philosophy 40 (3-4): 527-543.

Chiu, Wai wai. 2013. “Jian ai and the Mohist attack of early Confucianism.” Philosophy Compass 8 (5): 425-437.

Publications (Books edited)

Lai, Karyn and Chiu, Wai wai ed. 2019. Skill and Mastery: Philosophical Stories from the Zhuangzi. Rowman and Littlefield International Limited.

Publications (Book Reviews)

Chiu, Wai wai. 2014. “Review of Chenyang Li, The Confucian Philosophy of Harmony.” Sophia 53(4): 579-580.

Chiu, Wai wai. “Zhuangzi’s Knowledge and Its Evaluation of qing.” Presented at the 21^st International Conference of the International Society for Chinese Philosophy, Bern, 2-5 July 2019.

____. “Zhuangzi and anti-intellectualism.” Presented at the 20^th International Conference of the International Society for Chinese Philosophy, Singapore, 4-7 July 2017.

____. “Zhuangzi’s knowing-how and skepticism.” Presented at 2^nd Singapore-Hong Kong Symposium on Chinese Philosophy, Hong Kong, 29-30 Apr 2016; International Conference on the Contemporary Significance of Zhuangzi’s Philosophy, Taipei, 2-4 Oct 2015.

____. “Filial piety in the Zhuangzi－‘let the parents forget you’.” Presented at the 19^th International Conference of the International Society for Chinese Philosophy, Hong Kong, 21-24 July 2015.

____. “Zhuangzi’s Idea of Spirit and Nourishment of Life.” Presented at the 1^st Singapore-Hong Kong Symposium on Chinese Philosophy, Singapore, 13-14 Mar 2015.

____. “Zhuangzi’s idea of ‘spirit’: Self, thinging things and the nourishment of life.” Presented at Tunghai University Conference: Mind and Nature in Chinese Philosophy, Taichung, 25-26 Apr 2014.

____. “Zhuangzi and the Co-existence with Nature: Going Beyond a Human Perspective.” Presented at the Society for Asian and Comparative Philosophy 2011 Annual Conference, Hawaii, 25-28 Mar 2011.

____. “The Critique of Benefit in the Mencius and Mozi.” Presented at Tenth East-West Philosophers’ Conference, Hawaii, 16-24 Mar 2011.

____. “Zhuangzi’s ‘Cheng Xin’ As a Challenge to the Correspondence Theory of Knowledge.” Presented at Australasian Association of Philosophy Conference 2010, Sydney, 4-9 July 2010.

____. “A Critique of ‘Neutral’ Knowledge in the Zhuangzi.” Presented at APA Pacific Division 84th Annual Meeting, San Francisco, 31 Mar – 3 Apr 2010.

____. “A problem of translation in ‘Interpreting Chinese by Western Methodology’.” Presented at the Chinese University of Hong Kong Conference: Taoist Textual Interpretation: Historical Approach versus Self Expression International Conference, 19-21 Dec 2007.

____. “A Cultural View with Philosophy in Its Centre.” Presented at Nanjing University Conference: Traditional Culture and Contemporary Civilization, 1-7 Sept 2007.

• Project title: Nature and Self-cultivation in the Zhuangzi and the Commentary on the Zhuangzi

          Funded by: Research Grants Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region

          Duration: 1 Jan 2022 – 31 Dec 2022

          Amount: $99, 209 HKD

• Project title: Zhuangzi’s conception of Knowledge

          Funded by: Research Grants Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region

          Duration: 1 Jan 2017 – 31 Dec 2018

          Amount: $173, 000 HKD

“Following and acquiring xing in the Outer Chapters.” Journal article.

“Evaluation of knowledge in the Commentary.” Journal article.

“Attaining self-knowledge in the Commentary.” Journal article.

“Morality and xing in the Commentary.” Journal article.

Assistant Professor, Associate Professor                                                    Aug 2014—

Department of Philosophy, Lingnan University

l  Course Taught:

n   History of Chinese Philosophy (from pre-Qin to Han), around 30-40 students

n   History of Chinese Philosophy (from Wei to Ming), around 10-20 students

n   The Philosophy of Mozi, around 15 students

n   The Philosophy of Zhuangzi, around 20 students

n   Chinese Political Philosophy, around 30-40 students

n   Chinese Ethics, around 20-30 students

n   Introduction to Chinese Thought, around 10-20 students

n   Understanding Morality, around 30 students

n   [MA programme] Guided Studies: Zhuangzi, around 20 students

l  Administrative Duties:

n   Programme Promotion Committee Coordinator (2020-2023), Member (2023-2024)

n   Undergraduate Admissions Committee Chair (2020—), Member (2019)

n   Programme Admissions Officer (2020-2021)

n   Faculty Admissions Coordinator (2019)

n   Chairperson of Staff-Student Consultation Committee for Year 1 BA students (2015-2019)

n   MA in Practical Philosophy Programme Programme Director (2015-2019), Assistant Programme Director (2014-2015)

n   Coordinator of Chinese, History and Philosophy Interdisciplinary Major (2015—)

n   Information Day Coordinator (2014-2019)

n   Department Seminar Coordinator (2014-2017)

• Outstanding Teaching Award for Early Career Faculty (Lingnan University), Nov 2016

• HKDSE subject committee member (Liberal Studies), Oct 2014 – Sept 2020 

• HKDSE subject committee member (Ethics and Religion Studies), Oct 2021 – Sept 2024