Staff Profile

Biography

Mr. KONG Yin Hei is a PhD (Humanities) candidate at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. He completed his BA and MA studies at the University of Hong Kong. He is currently a Lecturer at the School of Education and Languages of Hong Kong Metropolitan University. Prior to joining HKMU, he took several teaching and research positions at local tertiary institutions. Yin Hei's major research interests lie in Confucian classics studies, Chinese intellectual thoughts, Chinese philology, Chinese literary criticism, and bibliography. He has published articles in peer-reviewed journals, and his academic achievements made him a recipient of various prizes and scholarships, including the Academia Sinica Fellowship for Doctoral Candidates in the Humanities and Social Sciences.

Teaching Areas & Research Interests

• Chinese Literature
• Chinese Etymology, Phonology and Exegesis
• Chinese Linguistics
• Chinese Philosophy

Academic & Professional Experience

Selected Conference Papers

1. “Insights of Phonetics and Phonology studies in the Late Qing and Republican era of China” 〈晚清民國時期「正音」概念之新變〉, presented in Annual Research Forum, The Linguistic Society of Hong Kong, organized by The Linguistic Society of Hong Kong and The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 11-12 Dec 2020.
2. “Female identity and education in medieval China: the perspectives of Chu Hsi”, presented in International Conference on Gender, Language and Education (ICGLE), organized by Department of Linguistics and Modern Language Studies, Centre for Research on Linguistics and Language Studies and Department of Social Sciences, The Education University of Hong Kong, 2-4 December 2020.
3. “A discussion on tone variations of the Chinese character zhong (衷)” 〈論「衷」之平、去二讀〉, presented in The 18th International Symposium and 38th National Conference on Historical Chinese Phonology 第十八屆國際暨第三十八屆全國聲韻學學術研討會, organized by the Association of Chinese Phonology, R.O.C, Department of Chinese Literature, Soochow University and Institute of Linguistics, Academia Sinica, 28-29 Nov 2020.
4. “A survey on Arthur Cooper's Chinese writing system studies” 〈Arthur Cooper 漢字研究綜述〉, presented in Annual Research Forum, The Linguistic Society of Hong Kong, organized by The Linguistic Society of Hong Kong and The Education University of Hong Kong, 7 Dec 2019.
5. “On the English translations of flora terms in the Book of Songs” 〈《詩經》草木英譯述論〉, presented in Language and Ecology: Towards a Shared Narrative in Interdisciplinary Research 2019, organized by Hong Kong Shue Yan University and University of Warsaw, 5-7 September 2019.
6. “The usage, meaning and translation of English words in Hong Kong Cantonese code-mixing utterances” 〈香港粵語“中英夾雜”語句中的英語用字用法、意義和翻譯〉, presented in The 22nd International Conference on Yue Dialects 第二十二屆國際粵方言研討會, organized by Department of Linguistics and Modern Language Studies and Centre for Research on Linguistics and Language Studies, The Education University of Hong Kong, 8-9 December 2017.
7.  “Reading and study skills of Ch'ien Mu: Succession and transformation of the ‘Scholastic Tradition’” 〈錢穆先生之讀書指導──「學術傳統」的繼承與變化〉, in Proceedings of the 2nd International Academic Conference on the Development of Chinese Culture and Humanities《第二屆中華文化人文發展國際學術研討會論文集》, Hong Kong: Research Institute of Chinese Literature and History, Chu Hai College of Higher Education香港珠海學院中國文學及歷史研究所, Nov 2017, pp. 833-850.
8. “Imagistic and propositional languages in classical Chinese poetry” (with John Lee), in Proceedings of International Conference on Asian Language Processing, Los Alamitos, Calif. : Conference Pub. Services, IEEE Computer Society, Oct 2014, pp. 99-102.

Selected Publications

Journal Articles

• 〈卞之琳新詩的中國哲學解讀──以《斷章》、《圓寶盒》、《白螺殼》為中心〉，載香港新亞研究所編：《新亞論叢》（2022年23期），頁429-440。
• 〈詩律之醞釀與形成——沈約「此秘未覩」說駁議〉，載萬卷樓圖書公司編：《國文天地》（2022年442期），頁95-99。
• 〈戴震《中庸補注》論朱熹「隱為道之體」說探析〉，載馮曉庭主編：《經學研究論叢》（2020年25期），頁101-123。
• “Syntactic patterns in classical Chinese poems: A quantitative study” (with John Lee and Mengqi Luo), in Digital Scholarship in the Humanities, published by Oxford University Press, Vol. 33 (1), 2018, pp. 82-95.
• 〈清代“讀者為本”詮釋理論溯源辨誤〉，載香港大學中文學院編：《明清史集刊》（2017年12期），頁243-260。
• 〈龍啟瑞《經籍舉要》及張之洞《書目答問》關係研究〉，載北京大學國學研究院中國傳統文化研究中心編：《國學研究》（2016年38期），頁313-354。
• “Knowledge-rich, computer-assisted composition of Chinese couplets” (with John Lee and Ying Cheuk Hui), in Literary and Linguistic Computing, published by Oxford University Press, Vol 31(1), 2016, pp. 152-163.
• “A dependency treebank of Chinese Buddhist texts” (with John Lee), in Literary and Linguistic Computing, published by Oxford University Press, Vol 31(1), 2016, pp. 140-151.
• 〈歷代“孔子刪《詩》”論說述評〉，載香港新亞研究所編：《新亞學報》, （2013年31期上），頁1-44。

Selected Professional & Community Services

• Adjudicator, Writing Contest on Youth Life and Career Planning, Hang Seng--St. James' Settlement “I am...” Youth Portal 恒生— 聖雅各福群會青年職學平台—「I am...」, May-June 2020.

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