CHEN Zhi

CHEN Zhi serves as Chair Professor in the Department of Chinese Language and Literature within the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (Academy of Chinese, History, Religion and Philosophy) at Hong Kong Baptist University, where he maintains primary affiliation with the Academy of Chinese studies.

His research spans foundational Chinese humanities disciplines with emphasis on textual analysis and historical methodology. Key focus areas include:

• Classical Chinese textual traditions and paleography
• Historical documentation practices from Early China through Ming-Qing periods
• Biographical literature and intellectual history frameworks
• Excavated manuscripts and linguistic evolution
• Theoretical approaches to classical poetics
• Interdisciplinary methodologies bridging philology and historiography

Fluent in Putonghua and English, Professor Chen's work integrates philological rigor with historical contextualization across China's intellectual heritage.