Personal Information

HU Jiechen is an associate professor at the Department of Religious Studies. He holds a PhD degree in Religious Studies from the Chinese University of Hong Kong. His main areas of research are Daoism and popular religions in late imperial China. He specializes in the documentary and social history of the Wenchang cults, spirit-writing communities, morality books, and Confucian altars.

Email: hujiechen@fudan.edu.cn

Office: Room 2519, West Main Building of Guanghua Tower

Education

2006–2010: B. A. in Economics, Fudan University

2012–2013: M. A. in Religious Studies, Chinese University of Hong Kong

2013–2017: Ph. D. in Religious Studies, Chinese University of Hong Kong

Work Experience

2017–2021: Assistant Professor, Hunan University

2022–2023: Associate Professor, Hunan University

2023–present: Associate Professor, Fudan University

Selected Papers:

2024 “Terminology and Typology of Spirit-Writing in Early Modern China: A Preliminary Study.” In Matthias Schumann and Elena Valussi eds., Communicating with the Gods: Spirit-Writing in Chinese History and Society, 171–205. Leiden: Brill.

2023 “Rediscovering the ‘Brush Register’: A Sub-Type of Spirit-Writing during the Ming and Qing Dynasties” 「筆籙」鉤沉：明清扶乩的一個子類型. Journal of Chinese Ritual, Theatre and Folklore 民俗曲藝 221: 31–80.

2022  “On the Mutual Influence between the Ritual Texts in Sichuan and Guizhou in the late Qing Dynasty: A Case Study of the Daoist Texts included in the ‘Chongkan daozang jiyao xubian zimu’” 清末川黔地區科儀文本的交涉：以《重刊道藏輯要續編子目》所收部分道書為例. Submitted to Daoism: Religion, History and Society 道教研究學報：宗教、歷史與社會. 14: 83–116

2021“The Scripture of Filial Piety [Revealed] by Wenchang: A Bibliographical Study.” Acta Orientalia Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 74.2: 241–266.

2021“From ‘Space’ to ‘Place’: On Smith’s Criticism of Eliade’s Theory of ‘Sacred Space’” 從「空間」到「位置」：論史密斯對伊利亞德「神聖空間」理論的批判. The World Religious Cultures 世界宗教文化 129: 107–115.

2021“Re-discussing the Methods and Types of Spirit-Writing: Two Research Notes” 再論扶乩的方法與類型：劄記二則. Shanshu, jingjuan yu wenxian 善書、經卷與文獻 [Morality Books, Scriptures, and Literature] 4: 131–152.

2020“A Historical Investigation into the Publication in the Qing Dynasty of the Wenchang Canons in Six Varieties” 清代六種文帝類全書的出版史研究. Bulletin of the Institute of History and Philology Academia Sinica 中央研究院歷史語言研究所集刊91.2: 227–292.

2020“Liu Qiao, the Editor of Lüzu Quanshu and Wendi Quanshu: A Biographical Study”《呂祖全書》與《文帝全書》編纂者劉樵小考. Journal of Taoist Studies 道教學刊 5: 66–80.

2019“A Preliminary Study of Guandi Texts in the Ming and Qing Dynasties: Guandi Canons in the Early-Mid Qing” 明清關帝文獻初探：清代前中期關帝類合集的文獻史研究. Journal of Taoist Studies 道教學刊3: 92–115.

2017“A New Hypothesis on the Origin of the Wenchang Dijun Yinzhiwen: Based on the Study of Weishan Yinzhi, Quanxing Yinzhiwen, and Zitong Dijun Jiujie Baozhang” 《文昌帝君陰隲文》起源新研：以《為善陰隲》、《勸行陰隲文》以及《梓潼帝君救劫寶章》為中心. Lishi, yishu yu Taiwan renwen luncong 歷史、藝術與臺灣人文論叢[Journal of History, Art, and Taiwan Humanities] 11: 133–169.

Courses

PHIL130299 Folk religion and Taoism 民間宗教與道教

PHIL130084 Introduction to the Studies of New Religious Movements 新興宗教概論

PHIL630034 Seminar on History of Daoism 道教史專題

PHIL630033 Seminar on Daoist Texts 道教原著精讀

PHIL630088 Seminar on Chinese Folk Religions 中國民間宗教專題