John Robert Williams

Research

John Robert Williams
Title:

Assistant Professor (Teaching)

Education Background:
Ph.D. National University of Singapore

Research

Chinese Philosophy 中國哲學, Comparative Philosophy 比較哲學

Research List

1.) Chinese philosophy: esp. traditional philosophically-oriented readings of the Zhuāngzǐ 莊子 (c. 4th-3rd century BCE) by (e.g.) Guo Xiàng 郭象 (252-312), Wáng Fūzhī 王夫之 (1619-1692), and Fāng Yǐzhì 方以智 (1611-1671) 


2.) Chinese aesthetics: esp. appreciative literary criticism on the Zhuāngzǐ by (e.g.) Lín Xīyì 林希逸 (1193-1271), Lín Yúnmíng 林雲銘 (1628-1697), Xuān Yǐng 宣穎 (fl. 1721), and Liú Fèngbāo 劉鳳苞 (1826-1905) as well as the Zhuāngzǐ on music (esp. vis-à-vis 20th century avant-garde music)