John R. Williams earned his Ph.D. from the Department of Philosophy at the National University of Singapore, where he held the President's Graduate Fellowship, and completed additional training at the International Chinese Language Program at National Taiwan University. He taught at The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, with support from the Péngchéng Peacock Program (鹏城孔雀计划), before stepping away from his position in May 2026 to devote himself to reading at leisure. His work centers on the much-beloved Zhuāngzǐ (莊子) and its commentarial tradition from the late Míng through the Qīng, when some people, it would appear, truly got the s…
John R. Williams earned his Ph.D. from the Department of Philosophy at the National University of Singapore, where he held the President's Graduate Fellowship, and completed additional training at the International Chinese Language Program at National Taiwan University. He taught at The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, with support from the Péngchéng Peacock Program (鹏城孔雀计划), before stepping away from his position in May 2026 to devote himself to reading at leisure. His work centers on the much-beloved Zhuāngzǐ (莊子) and its commentarial tradition from the late Míng through the Qīng, when some people, it would appear, truly got the spirit of it.
