Presentations
In English
- 2025. 04. 17: Insights from the Concept of 技藝 (jiyi, skill and art) in Chinese Philosophy. East-West Forum on Applied Ethics with University of Pisa. (Online)
- 2024. 09.11-13:From the Ritualisation of Sentiment to Ritualised Sentiment: A Xunzian Perspective. “Moral Sentimentalism across East Asian Traditions” International Conference. Taipei: National Chengchi University.
- 2024. 08. 01-08:Thinking the Human Formation through Xunzi’s Thought of “Transforming Nature by Human Deliberate Effort (Huaxing er qiwei)” in the Age of Technology. XXV World Congress of Philosophy: Philosophy across Boundaries. Rome.
- 2024. 04. 17: Classical Confucian Junzi and Its Implications for Philosophy of Education. “Introduction to Chinese Philosophy.” Taipei: National Taiwan University.
- 2023. 02. 03: “Philosophy in Taiwan: Retrospect and Prospect.” Cross Culture Research and Study with Korea. 30 January- 3 February, 2023. National Department of Applied Chinese Language, Taichung University of Science and Technology.
- 2022. 08. 09-11: “Considering the Implications of the Confucian “Six Arts” in a Contemporary Educational Context.” Paper presented at 2022 Summer Seminar of Asian Link of Philosophy of Education (ALPE) (Online, Hosted by Osaka University, Japan).
- 2022. 07. 20-23: Rethinking the Implications of Xunzi’s “Dispelling Blindness (Jiebi)” for Character and Moral Education in the Post-truth Era. Paper presented at 48th Annual AME Conference (Hosted by AME, APNME, and JME). Manchester, UK.
- 2020. 01. 13: Teacher Education in Taiwan: An Overview. Pädagogische Hochschule Vorarlberg, Austria.
- 2019. 11. 07-09: The Insight of Confucian Role Ethics and Its Implications for Moral Education. Poster presented at 45th Annual AME Conference. Seattle, USA.
- 2019. 06. 26-29: The “Politics of Difference” in Xunzi’s Discourse on Ritual and Its Implications for Moral Education. Paper presented at the 13th Annual Conference of the Asia-Pacific Network for Moral Education (APNME): Moral Education and Cross-Cultural Understanding. Bali: Ganesha University of Education, Indonesia.
- 2019. 01. 25-27: Narratives and Stories of Paradigms in the Classical Confucian Project for Character Education. Paper presented at 2019 Winter Seminar of Asian Link of Philosophy of Education (ALPE). Chiayi: National Chiayi University, Taiwan.
- 11. 08- 10: Xunzi’s Perspective on the Making of the “Junzi” and Its Implication for Character Education. Poster presented at 44th Annual AME Conference. Barcelona: University of Barcelona, Spain.
- 2018. 08. 01-02: Character Education in the Classical Confucian Perspective. Paper presented at The International Conference: Re-Learning to Be Human for Global Times: Becoming Human and Education for/in Global Times. Tunghai University. Taichung
- 2017. 07. 29-30: Modern Development of Chinese Philosophy of Education: A Discussion Focused on Prof. Lin An-Wu’s Lectures on Philosophy of Education. Paper presented at 2017 Summer Seminar of Asian Link of Philosophy of Education (ALPE). Hiroshima: Hiroshima University, Japan.
- 2016. 07. 11-14: Rethinking the Inception and the Development of John Hick’s Philosophy of Religion in Terms of His Faith and Knowledge. Paper presented at the 12thTheology and Humanities Summer Institute: Rethinking Universalism. Beijing: Renmin University of China.
- 2012. 02. 15-16: Religious Pluralism in the Perspective of Confucian Proposition of “the Li is One but Its Manifestations Are Many (li-yi-fen-shu). Paper presented at FROM RELIGIOUS DIVERSITY TO RELIGIOUS PLURALISM WHAT IS AT STAKE? International Conference. Department of Sociology, University of Padua, Italy.
In Chinese
- 2025. 06. 20-23: Thinking the Human Formation through Xunzi’s Thought of “Transforming Nature by Human Deliberate Effort (Huaxing er qiwei)” in the Age of Technology. 24th ISCP Conference: “Addressing Global Crises and Reimagining Solutions through Chinese Philosophy.” University of Ljubljana. Slovenia.
- 2025. 06. 11-13:“Human Beings Have Qi, Sheng, Zhi, and in Addition Have Yi; Hence They Are the Highest Beings on Earth”: the Perspective of Catholic Missionaries During the Ming and Qing Dynasties. Quest for Truth: The Legacy of St. Thomas Aquinas- The 15th Fu Jen Academia Catholica International Conference & Jubilee Conference on the 800th Birth Anniversary of St. Thomas Aquinas. Fu Jen Catholic University. New Taipei.
- 2025. 05.17: Chinese Neo- Scholasticism and the Encounter between Confucianism and Christianity. Fu Jen Catholic University. New Taipei.
- 2025. 04. 10: Ethics and Moral Education. Center for Teacher Education, National Taiwan University, Taipei.
- 2025. 01. 10: Divine Nature and Heavenly Virtue: Christian and Confucian Understandings of and Responses to the Ultimate Reality. Roundtable on the Religious Dimensions of Eastern and Western Philosophies III. Institute of Chinese Literature and Philosophy, Academia Sinica. Taipei.
- 2024. 11. 29-30: Divine Nature and Heavenly Virtue: Christian and Confucian Understandings of and Responses to the Ultimate Reality. The 2nd Conference on Interpretation of Classics in East Asian Philosophy. National Chung Cheng University. Chiayi.
- 2024. 11. 21: Ethics and Moral Education. Center for Teacher Education, National Taiwan University, Taipei.
- 2024. 10. 17-18:A Review of Paul A. Rule’s K’ung-tzu or Confucius? The Jesuit Interpretation of Confucianism. Conference on the Types and Development of Confucianism in Song, Ming and Qing Dynasties XI. National Central University, Taoyuan.
- 2024. 09. 24: Thinking the Feasibility of Implementing Religious Education in Taiwan’s 12-Year Basic Education from the Perspectives of Religious Pluralism and Multicultural Education. Department of Education and Learning Technology, National Tsing Hua University. Hsinchu.
- 2024. 08. 23-26: Thomé H. Fang’s Interpretation of the Term of “Huangji” of the Book of Documents. Forum on Chinese Hermeneutics. Shandong University. Qingdao.
- 2024. 06. 07-08: Can “Qing (Emotion, Sentiment or Feeling)” Be Taught?-A Discussion Based on Xunzi’s Thought of “Transforming Human Nature by Human Activity (Huaxing er qiwei).” International Conference on “Educational Policy and Philosophy of Education” and the 8th Taiwan Philosophy of Education Society Annual Conference. National Pingtung University. Pingtung.
- 2024. 06. 06-08: Vincent Shen’s Interpretation of the Term of “Huangji” of the Book of Documents. Being, Thinking and Meaningfulness of Life – International Conference in Memory of Professor Vincent Shen. Fu Jen Catholic University. New Taipei.
- 2024. 05. 15: Moral Education and Moral Philosophy. Center for Teacher Education, National Taiwan Ocean University. Keelung.
- 2024. 05. 14: Rethinking the Implementation of Taiwan’s Current Character and Moral Education in Light of Xunzi’s Thought on “Transform Human Nature by Human Activity (Huaxing qiwei).” National Kaohsiung Normal University. Kaohsiung.
- 2023. 12. 07: Ethics and Moral Education. Center for Teacher Education, National Taiwan University, Taipei.
- 2023. 12. 01: Rethinking Confucian and Christian Understandings of Human Nature. Roundtable on the Religious Dimensions of Eastern and Western Philosophies. Institute of Chinese Literature and Philosophy, Academia Sinica. Taipei.
- 2023. 11. 17-18: Confucian Spirituality and Its Practice of Self-cultivation: A Perspective from the Idea of The Great Learning of Confucianism. Conference on International Conference on“Reforming the Constitution of Education in Taiwan: Moving beyond the Past 30 Years.” National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei.
- 2023. 10. 19-20: Chinese Religious Sects in Matteo Ricci’s Della entrata della Compagnia di Gesù e christianità nella Cina. Conference on the Types and Development of Confucianism in Song, Ming and Qing Dynasties X. National Central University, Taoyuan.
- 2023. 06. 01: Ethics and Moral Education. Center for Teacher Education, National Taiwan University, Taipei.
- 2022. 12. 15: Ethics and Moral Education. Center for Teacher Education, National Taiwan University, Taipei.
- 2022. 11. 25: Thinking an Alternative to the Communication between Confucianism and Christianity through the Dialogue between Tsai Jen-hou and Chow Lien-hwa. Roundtable on the Religious Dimensions of Eastern and Western Philosophies. National Central University. Taoyuan.
- 2022. 10. 20-21: Zhang Xingyao’s Understanding of Zhu Xi’s Thought: A Discussion Focusing on Supplements to the History of the Comprehensive Mirror Topically Arranged. Conference on the Types and Development of Confucianism in Song, Ming and Qing Dynasties IX. 20-21 October, 2022. National Central University, Taoyuan.
- 2022. 06. 11: Character Education in the Global Context: A Perspective from the Idea of The Great Learning of Confucianism. Conference on Character Education in the Context of Seeking for a Global Ethic and Eco-civilization (Online).
- 2022. 05. 31: John Hick’s Religious Pluralism and His Understanding of Buddhism. Department of Chinese, National Chung Cheng University. (Online)
- 2022. 05. 05: Ethics and Moral Education. Center for Teacher Education, National Taiwan University, Taipei (Online)
- 2021. 11. 18: Ethics and Moral Education. Center for Teacher Education, National Taiwan University, Taipei.
- 2021. 11. 13: How Is It Possible to “Transform Human Nature by Human Activity (Huaxing qiwei)”?: Xunzi’s Theory of Heart-Mind (Xin) and Nature (Xing) and Its Implications for the Implementation of Character and Moral Education in Taiwan. Center for Teacher Education, National Taiwan University, Taipei.
- 2021. 10. 01-03: The Moral Self-cultivation of Wang Yangming’s “Inquiry into the Great Learning (Daxuewen)” and Its Implications for the Implementation of Character and Moral Education in Taiwan. East meets West, Grateful for Origin, Multicultural Acceptance, Academic Innovation: The Inheritance and Innovation of Social Science The 4th International Indigenous Social Science Conference & The 5th International Indigenous Counseling Psychology Conference (Online)
- 2021. 08. 30: A Tentative Discussion on the Image of Confucianism Reflected in Zhang Xingyao’s Examination of the Similarities and Differences between the Lord of Heaven Teaching and the Literati Teaching (Tianru Tongyi Kao). Institute of Chinese Literature and Philosophy, Academia Sinica, Taipei. (Online).
- 2021. 06. 01: Ethics and Moral Education. Center for Teacher Education, National Taiwan University, Taipei.
- 2020. 12. 11: How Is It Possible to “Transform Human Nature by Human Activity (Huaxing qiwei)”?: Xunzi’s Theory of Heart-Mind (Xin) and Nature (Xing) and Its Implications for Character and Moral Education. Department of Education, National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei.
- 2020. 12. 04- 05: Thinking the Feasibility of “Sinophone Studies in Practice” in the Light of Prof. Vincent Shen’s Interpretation of Confucianism. NCCU Research Center for Chinese Cultural Subjectivity in Taiwan Conference on Practice and Sense-Making, 4-5 December, 2020. National Taiwan University, Taiwan.
- 2020. 11. 13- 14: Revisiting Classical Confucian Ideal of “Junzi.” 2020 International Conference on Education for Future Citizens: Powerful Learning and Innovative Education. National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei.
- 2020. 10. 30: How Is It Possible to “Transform Human Nature by Human Activity (Huaxing qiwei)”?: Xunzi’s Theory of Heart-Mind (Xin) and Nature (Xing) and Its Implications for Character and Moral Education. Nian Tai Academy Young Scholars Forum. Graduate Institute of Philosophy, National Central University, Taipei.
- 2020. 10. 16: Thinking the Professional Competency of the Picture of the Teacher of Lifelong Learning in the Light of Plato’s “Allegory of Cave.” 42nd Forum for Curriculum and Instruction. Nantou, National Chi Nan University.
- 2020. 09. 12: The Nine Horizons of Mind and the Diversity of Religion- On Tang Chün-i’s (Tang Junyi) Philosophy of Religion. TPES Philosophy of Education Seminar. National Taipei University of Education, Taipei.
- 2020. 05. 28: Ethics and Moral Education. Center for Teacher Education, National Taiwan University, Taipei.
- 2019. 11. 26: Diverse Development of Educational Reform. National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei.
- 2019. 10. 26-27: Spirituality and Self- Cultivation: A Confucian Perspective. The 15th Conference on Life Education. National Taiwan University, Taipei.
- 2019. 10. 26-27: Thinking the Feasibility of Implementing Religious Education in Taiwan’s 12-Year Basic Education from the Perspectives of Religious Pluralism and Multicultural Education. Conference on Interdisciplinary Dialogue and Development of Philosophy of Chinese Association of Philosophy, 2019. 26th -27th October, 2019. Fu Jen Catholic University, New Taipei.
- 2019. 09. 27-28: Modern Development of Chinese Philosophy of Education: Challenges and Vision. The 8th China- Japan- Korea Conference on The Future of Earth’s Civilization. Qingdao: Shandong University, China.
- 2019. 07. 10-11: Discourse on “Interreligious Dialogue” in the Perspective of Contemporary Chinese Neo-Scholasticism: An Approach Based on Prof. Vincent T. Shen’s Model of “Mutual Strangification.” Paper presented at the Conference in Memory of Prof. Vincent Shen: “Toward Many Others: Contemporary Chinese Neo-Scholasticism and Its Future.” Fu Jen Catholic University, New Taipei.
- 2019. 05. 19: Modern Development of Chinese Philosophy of Education: Challenges and Vision. Tsinghua Education Forum. National Tsinghua University, Hsinchu.
- 2019. 04. 19-20: Studies on Xunzi’s Ritual Education in Contemporary Chinese Philosophy of Education: Retrospect and Prospect. Paper presented at The 3rd Taiwan Philosophy of Education Society Annual Conference. National Chung Cheng University, Chiayi.
- 2018. 12. 08: From Contrast to Strangification- Personality Education in the Context of Globalization: Its Practice and Strategy. 2018 Character Education Seminar. University of Taipei, Taipei.
- 2018. 11. 15: Speech on “Religious Pluralism and Multicultural Education.” Institute of Curriculum Instruction and Technology at National Chi Nan University, Nantou.
- 2018. 08. 13-20: The Studies of Xunzi’s Ritual Education in Contemporary Chinese Philosophy of Education. Paper presented at The 24th World Congress of Philosophy: Learning To Be Human. Peking University, Beijing, China.
- 2018. 04. 20-21 (with Shih-Wei Tsai). Seeing the Confucian Concept of Junzi in Light of Derrida’s Hétérodidactique. International Conference on Interpreting Chinese Philosophical Texts- Theories, Case Studies and Praxis. Tunghai University, Taichung.
- 2018. 04. 12-13: The Nine Horizons of Mind and the Diversity of Religion- On Tang Chün-i’s (Tang Junyi) Philosophy of Religion. 2018 Conference on Prof. Tang Chün-i’s Thought- Commemorating the 40 Anniversary of the Death of Prof. Tang Chün-i. National Central University, Taoyuan.
- 2017. 12. 08-09 (with Shih-Wei Tsai): Seeing the Confucian Concept of Junzi in Light of Derrida’s Hétérodidactique. The 5th Conference on Hermeneutics and Culture: Confucius, Confucianism and the Interpretations of Confucian Classics, Research Center for East-West Philosophy and Hermeneutics. National Taipei University, Taipei.
- 2017. 08- 09: Xunzi’s Thought of Ritual and Music and Its Implications for Contemporary Moral and Character Education. The 5th Conference on Hermeneutics and Culture: Confucius, Confucianism and the Interpretations of Confucian Classics, Research Center for East-West Philosophy and Hermeneutics. National Taipei University, Taipei.
- 2017. 06. 02: Modern Development of Chinese Philosophy of Education: A Discussion Focused on Prof. Lin An-wu’s Lectures on Philosophy of Education. TPES Seminar on Philosophy of Education at Central Taiwan. National Changhua University of Education, Changhua.
- 2017. 05. 25: Speech on “Religious Pluralism and Multicultural Education.” Department of Education at National Chiayi University, Chiayi.
- 2017. 05. 19-20: “Xunzi’s Ritual Education and His Perspective on “the Goodness of Human Nature.” 1st Taiwan Philosophy of Education Society Annual Conference. Nantou: National Chi-Nan University.
- 2017. 05 .10: Speech on “Reformation and the Religious Education in the West.” Department of Education and Learning Technology at National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu.
- 2016. 11. 04- 05: “Rethinking the Contemporary Movement of Teaching Classics with a Focus on John Dewey’s Philosophy of Education Declared in Democracy and Education.” 2016 Annual International Conference on Education for Democracy. National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei.
- 2016. 08. 02-03: Understanding the Concept of Tian in Confucius’ Analects in Light of Martin Heidegger’s “Formal Indication.” 2016 Visiting Scholar and Young Scholar Forum for Studies of Confucianism in the East Asia. National Taiwan University, Taipei.
- 2016. 07. 01-02: Rethinking the Inception and the Development of John Hick’s Philosophy of Religion in Terms of HisFaith and Knowledge. 2016 Annual Meeting of Taiwan Association for Religious Studies. National Cheng-chi University, Taipei.
- 2016. 06. 25-26: Rethinking Contemporary Classics Reading Education in light of Western Educational Theories: Education for Society or for Children? With a discussion on the position of Classics Reading Education. 6th International Conference for Classics Reading Education. Taichung: Department of Language and Literacy Education, National Taichung University of Education.
- 2016. 05. 16: Speech on “Reviewing Religion, Modernity and Globalization in the Perspective of Philosophy of Religion.” Taipei Municipal Zhong Shan Girls High School, Taipei.
- 2016. 01. 09: The Good Disposition of Human Nature: An Interpretation of Confucian View of Human Nature. Conference for the Celebration of Prof. An-wu Lin’s Sixtieth Birthday. National Chung Hsing University, Taichung.
- 2015. 12. 07: Speech on “Peace, Love and Education for Multiculturalism.” Center for Teacher Education at National Central University. National Central University, Taoyuan.
- 2014. 12. 26-27: The Logic of the Discovery of Religion in the Perspective of a Modern Interpretation of the Confucian proposition of “the Li is one but its manifestations are many (li-yi-fen-shu).”Conference of Hermeneutics and Culture: Contemporary Confucianism and Life Praxis, Research Center for East-West Philosophy and Hermeneutics, National Taipei University, Taipei.
- 2014. 11. 22: Moral Religion, Dialogic Culture and Perpetual Peace: A Modest Review of Prof. Oscar Jiaw Ouyang’s Thoughts of Religion and Peace. Conference for the Celebration of Prof. Oscar Jiaw Ouyang’s Eightieth Birthday. Department of Education, University of Taipei, Taipei.
- 2013. 10. 26-27: John Hick’s Religious Pluralism and Its Problems. 2013 Annual Conference of Taiwan Philosophical Association, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu.
- 2013. 06. 08: John Hick’s Religious Pluralism, Seminar on Education and Philosophy. Department of Education, University of Taipei, Taipei.
- 2014. 09. 24: The Role of “Moral Feeling” in Kant’s Moral Philosophy and Its Possible Roots. Paper presented in the Conference of Confucianism and Kant. Research Center for Confucian Studies at National Central University, Taoyuan.