Hui-yu Chen Assistant Professor

• Korean:  TOPIK  Level  6

• Ph.D. in Philosophy, Graduate Institute of Philosophy, National Central University, Taiwan (Aug. 2014 – July 2021)

Publications

(1) Monograph

Chen, Hui-yu. The Investigation of “Simseol Argument” in Joseon Confucianism: The Late Joseon Period of Neo-Confucianism and the Modern Interpretation of Zhuism. Taipei: Xinwenfeng, 2023.

(2) Book Chapters and Journal Articles

1. Chen, Hui-yu. “The Development of Korean Confucian Ki Jung-jin’s Theory of ‘Four Buddings and Seven Feelings’.” Kant, Confucianism, and the Integration of Chinese and Western Thought: Festschrift in Honor of Professor Li Minghui’s Retirement, edited by Guoxiang Peng and Tzuli Chang, Taiwan Student Book Co., 2023, pp. 239–268.
2. Chen, Hui-yu. “The Comparison of the Concept of ‘Xin Ji Li’ between Lu Xiang-shan and Korean Confucian I Jin-sang—Focus on the Source of Moral Motivation.” Bulletin of Chinese, vol. 67, 2020, pp. 49–80.
3. Chen, Hui-yu. “An Analysis of Ki Jung-jin’s Account of Evil in Korean Confucian Thought.” The Korean Society for Chinese Studies, vol. 91, 2020, pp. 369–401.
4. Chen, Hui-yu. “The Meaning and Values of the Xinseol” Dong Hwa Journal of Chinese Studies, vol. 29, 2019, pp. 136–174.
5. Chen, Hui-yu. “A Research of Korean Confucian Studies in Taiwan (2010–2018).” The Journal of Korean Philosophical History, vol. 60, 2019, pp. 131–163.
6. Chen, Hui-yu. “From Comparing Mou Zong-san and I Hang-ro’s Interpretations of Zhu Xi’s Remarks on Mingde to See the Values of the ‘Xinseol Debate’.” Legein Monthly, vol. 61, 2018, pp. 133–172.
7. Chen, Hui-yu. “The Principle-Centered Framework (Li) in Jeong Do-jeon’s Anti-Buddhist Thought.” The Ganjae Society of Korea, vol. 22, 2018, pp. 121–141.

(3) Conference Presentations

1. Chen, Hui-yu. “Discussion of the Issue of ‘Moral Motivation’ in the Learning of Zhu Xi by the Korean Confucian Scholar Jeon Woo (⽥愚).” The 5th Biennial Conference of the European Association for Chinese Philosophy (EACP), European Summer of Chinese Philosophy, University of Iceland, 26–28 June 2025. Conference Presentation.
2. Chen, Hui-yu. “Jeong Yak-yong’s Interpretation of Mingde in the Great Learning.” International Conference on Dasan Studies and Zhu Xi Studies, Department of Chinese Literature, National Taiwan University; Dasan Academic and Cultural Foundation, National Taiwan University, 27–28 Mar. 2025. Conference Presentation.
3. Chen, Hui-yu. “The Interpretation of Zhu Xi’s ‘Remarks on Mingde‘ in Korean Confucianism: Focusing on the Debate between Kim Pyungmuk (‘Mingde Is Li‘) and Im Heonhoi (‘Mingde Is Qi‘).” New Explorations of East Asian Confucianism, Institute for Chinese Civilization and Wuyi Studies, Renmin University of China, 6–9 Dec. 2024. Conference Presentation.
4. Chen, Hui-yu. “The Debate between the Korean Confucians Yi Jin-sang and Yu Chi-myung on the Status of Xin: With a Supplementary Discussion on the Principle-Centered Interpretation of Mingde.” The 2nd Academic Conference on the Interpretation of East Asian Philosophical Classics, Department of Chinese Literature, National Chung Cheng University, 29–30 Nov. 2024. Conference Presentation.
5. Chen, Hui-yu. “Yi Hwang’s Understanding of Xin Jing Fu Zhu and the Characteristics of His Interpretation.” The 1st Ehu Forum and Academic Conference on Song-Ming Neo-Confucianism and the Construction of Modern Chinese Civilization, Department of Philosophy, Nanchang University; Ehu Forum Organizing Committee; Jiangyou Research Center for Philosophy; Research Center for Song-Ming Neo-Confucianism, Nanchang University, 15–17 Nov. 2024. Conference Presentation.
6. Chen, Hui-yu. “A Study of the ‘Mingde Debate’ in Korean Confucianism: Reflections on the Problem of Moral Motivation in Zhuism.” 2022 International Conference on the 100th Anniversary of Master Ganjae’s Passing: The Universal Value of Confucian Thought and the Inheritance and Development of Ganjae Studies, The Ganjae Society and Ganjae Research Institute, Jeonbuk National University, 21–22 Oct. 2022. Conference Presentation.
7. Chen, Hui-yu. “The Development of Zhu Xi’s Commentary on Mingde in Korean Confucianism: Centered on the ‘Mingde Debate’.” Between the Centripetal and Centrifugal Forces in Sinology: Multiplicity, Multitude, and Multidirectionality, Korean Society for Contemporary Philosophy; Ministry of Education, Taiwan, 11 Aug. 2022. Conference Presentation.
8. Chen, Hui-yu. “On the Issuance of Li in Early Korean Confucianism: Yi Toegye’s Inheritance of Cheng Zhengmin’s Xin Jing Fu Zhu as a Clue.” 2021 International Conference on Ming-Qing Studies, Academia Sinica, Committee for the Promotion of Ming-Qing Studies; Institute of Taiwan History; Institute of History and Philology; Institute of Modern History; Institute of Chinese Literature and Philosophy, Academia Sinica, 15–17 Dec. 2021. Conference Presentation.
9. Chen, Hui-yu. “The ‘Priority of Li‘ in Late Joseon Confucianism: Ki Jeong-jin and Yi Hang-no’s Reflections on the Ho-Rak Debate.” 2020 Conference on Classics and Culture in East Asian Confucianism, Research Project on Classics and Culture in East Asian Confucianism and Research Center for East Asian Confucianism, Institute for Advanced Studies in Humanities and Social Sciences, National Taiwan University, 28–29 Nov. 2020. Conference Presentation.
10. Chen, Hui-yu. “Discussion of the Issue of ‘Moral Motivation’ in the Learning of Zhu Xi through Jeon Woo’s (⽥愚) Theory of ‘Xing as Teacher and Xin as Disciple’.” Summer Forum of the Korean Society for Contemporary Philosophy, 11 July 2020. Conference Presentation.
11. Chen, Hui-yu. “The Meaning of Yi Jin-sang’s ‘Xin Is Li’ Theory in Korean Confucianism.” The 20th International Conference of the International Society for Chinese Philosophy (ISCP): Chinese Philosophy in a Multicultural World, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, 4–7 July 2017. Conference Presentation.