John R. Williams currently teaches at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, where he was selected for the Shenzhen High-Level Overseas Talent (Peacock Plan) Program. He obtained his Ph.D. from the Department of Philosophy at National University of Singapore, where he was awarded the President's Graduate Fellowship. Additionally, he studied at the International Chinese Language Program at National Taiwan University.
His research interests include traditional interpretations of the Zhuangzi 莊子 (ca. 4th through 3rd century BCE) by thinkers such as Guo Xiang 郭象 (252-312), Lin Xiyi 林希逸 (1193-1271), Hanshan Deqing 憨山德清 (1546-1623), Fang …
John R. Williams currently teaches at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, where he was selected for the Shenzhen High-Level Overseas Talent (Peacock Plan) Program. He obtained his Ph.D. from the Department of Philosophy at National University of Singapore, where he was awarded the President's Graduate Fellowship. Additionally, he studied at the International Chinese Language Program at National Taiwan University.
His research interests include traditional interpretations of the Zhuangzi 莊子 (ca. 4th through 3rd century BCE) by thinkers such as Guo Xiang 郭象 (252-312), Lin Xiyi 林希逸 (1193-1271), Hanshan Deqing 憨山德清 (1546-1623), Fang Yizhi 方以智 (1611-1671), Wang Fuzhi 王夫之 (1619-1692), Lin Yunming 林雲銘 (1628-1697), Xuan Ying 宣穎 (fl. 1721), Liu Fengbao 劉鳳苞 (1826-1905), and Zhang Binglin 章炳麟 (1869-1936).
