I. Education

• Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Philosophy, Shandong University | 1980-1984 • Thesis: The Concept of Nature in Spinoza's Philosophy

• Master of Arts (M.A.) in Philosophy, Hubei/Wuhan University | 1986-1989 • Thesis: Hermeneutic Ontology in Gadamer's Philosophical Project

• Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Philosophy, Wuhan University | 1989-1992 • Dissertation: Speculative Foundations: Schelling's Romantic Philosophy and Its Systematic Implications

II. Academic Positions

• Lecturer to Associate Professor in Philosophy, Naval University of Engineering | 1984-1995

• Full Professor & Doctoral Advisor, Department of Philosophy, Hunan Normal University | 1995-2003

• Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Research Fellow | 2001–2003. Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany. Research Focus: Schelling's Philosophy of Revelation. Supervisor: Professor Hans Poser. Affiliation: Participated in academic activities at the Schelling Research Center (Schelling-Forschungsstelle).

• Full Professor & Research Director, School of Philosophy, Fudan University | 2003–Present

• Doctoral Advisor in Western Philosophy & Founding Director, Center for Global Ethics

• New Century Elite Scholar (Ministry of Education Award, 2007)

• Changjiang Scholar Distinguished Professor (Ministry of Education's Highest Academic Honor, 2017)

• Tenured Senior Professor of Humanities (Wenke Zishen Professor), Fudan University（since 2025)

Visiting Scholar at

• University of Hannover, Germany (2016) | Advisor: Prof. Wenchao Li

• Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Germany (2016, 2018) | Advisor: Prof. Heiner Klemme

• Eötvös Loránd University, Hungary (2018) | Erasmus Programme Professor

III. Research Focus & Scholarly Expertise

• Contemporary Hermeneutics (Gadamer's hermeneutics)

• German Classical Philosophy (19th c. Thought Leadership)

• Ancient Greek Moral Philosophy

• Historiography of Western Ethics

IV. Academic Affiliations

• Founder and Editor-in-Chief, Academia Ethica, a biannual journal founded in 2016

• Executive Deputy Editor-in-Chief, Gesammelte Werke von Hegel, Chinese Edition, People's Publishing House

• Vice President, Chinese Society for Ethical Studies

• Executive Council Member, Chinese Society for the History of Foreign Philosophy

• Rotating Chair, Division of German Philosophy, Chinese Society for Modern Western Philosophy

• Director, Center for Global Ethics, Fudan University

• Director, Institute of Western Ethics at the Center for Ethics and Moral Construction (a Key Research Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences designated by the Ministry of Education), Renmin University of China

• Visiting Professor, Institute of Foreign Philosophy, Peking University

V. Authored Books

• Schelling (Taipei: Sanmin Book Co., Ltd., 1995)

• Schopenhauer (Taipei: Sanmin Book Co., Ltd., 1997)

• Schleiermacher (Taipei: Sanmin Book Co., Ltd., 1999)

• Appreciation and Creation of Beauty (Changsha: Hunan Normal University Press, 1997; awarded the China Educational Books Exhibition Award, 1998)

• On Cultural Construction (co-authored, Hunan Publishing House, 1998; award-winning work)

• Kant and Hegel in China (co-authored with Professor Yang He, Peking University, Capital Normal University Press, 2004; awarded the 14th National Book Award)

• Selected Readings of World Famous Works on Thought and Culture: Philosophy Volume (Guangzhou: Huacheng Publishing House, 2006)

• Justice Ethics and Value Order: Approaches in Classical Practical Philosophy (Shanghai: Fudan University Press, 2013)

• Enlightenment Ethics and Public Order and Good Customs in Modern Society: A Re-examination of the Moral Undertakings of German Classical Philosophy (Beijing: People's Publishing House, 2014). Awards: Second Prize of the 13th Shanghai Philosophy and Social Sciences Outstanding Works (2016); Second Prize of the 8th Outstanding Academic Achievements in Higher Education Institutions by the Ministry of Education (2019); Third Guojie Education Fund Excellent Book Award (2021)

• Ongoing Publication Series (10 vols.), A General History of Western Moral Philosophy (Beijing: Commercial Press):

• Introduction Volume: Deontological Existential Ethics (2022).

• Ancient Greek and Roman Volume: Classical Practical Philosophy and Virtue Ethics (2024).

• Modern Volume I: Enlightenment Ethics and Classical Utilitarianism (2024)

• Contemporary Volume I: Phenomenological and Existential Ethics (2025).

VI. Translations and Academic Reviews

• Chief Translator. Collected Works of Hans-Georg Gadamer. (Shanghai: Shanghai Far East Press, 1st ed. 1997, 2nd ed. 2002)

• Translator. Otfried Höffe, Moral als Preis der Moderne: ein Versuch über Wissenschaft, Technik und Umwelt.(Shanghai: Shanghai Translation Publishing House, 2005)

• Translator. Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling, Über das Wesen der menschlichen Freiheit. (Beijing: Commercial Press, 2008)

• Translator. Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling, Bruno: Ein Dialog über das göttliche und natürliche Prinzip der Dinge. (Beijing: Commercial Press, 2008)

• Translator. Christoph Stückelberger, Umwelt und Entwicklung: Eine sozialethische Orientierung, Verlag W.Kohlhammer, Stuttgart Berlin Köln1997.(Beijing: People's Publishing House, 2008)

• Translator. Friedrich Schleiermacher, Über die Religion: Reden an die Gebildeten unter ihren Verächtern. (Traditional Chinese Edition, Hong Kong: Dao Feng Publishing House, 2009)

• Translator and Annotator. Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics: Annotated Guide. (Beijing: People's Publishing House, 2010)

• Translator. Friedrich Schleiermacher, Über die Religion: Reden an die Gebildeten unter ihren Verächtern. (Simplified Chinese Edition, Beijing: People's Publishing House, 2011)

• Translator. Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, Gesammelte Werke von Hegel, Band 7: Grundlinien der Philosophie des Rechts. (Beijing: People's Publishing House, December 2016)

• Academic Reviewer. Chinese translation of Bruce N. Waller's Consider Philosophy. (Beijing: China Light Industry Press, 2017)

• Translator. Classics of Modern Western Value Philosophy: Nicolai Hartmann Volume. (Beijing: Renmin University Press, 2024)

VII. Editorial Works

• Classics of Contemporary Philosophy: Ethics Volume (Beijing: Beijing Normal University Publishing Group, 2014).

• Academia Ethica (founded 2016, two volumes annually; rated as CSSCI,2020-2025; awarded High-Impact Academic Series by CNKI, 2024):

• Vol. 1: Modern Political Ethics and the Reconstruction of Normative Order (Autumn 2016).

• Vol. 2: Return to the Age of Struggle? A Re-evaluation of Nietzsche's Will to Power in Moral Philosophy (Spring 2017).

• Vol. 3: Natural Law and Modern Justice: A Discussion Centered on Leibniz (Autumn 2017).

• Vol. 4: Benevolence and Justice: A Comparative Study of Chinese and Western Ethical Issues (Spring 2018).

• Vol. 5: Ontological Ethics: A Discussion Centered on Heidegger (Autumn 2018).

• Vol. 6: Post-conventional Ethics and Hegel's Theory of Justice (Spring 2019).

• Vol. 7: New Explorations in Virtue Ethics (Autumn 2019).

• Vol. 8: Moral Philosophy and Anthropology (Spring 2020).

• Vol. 9: Natural Spirit and Free Virtue in Ethics (Autumn 2020).

• Vol. 10: Existence as Power: Global Order and Ethics in a Time of Drastic Change (Spring 2021).

• Vol. 11: The Reorientation of Virtue Ethics (Autumn 2021, published 2022).

• Vol. 12: Ethical Naturalism and Normativist Ethics (Spring 2022).

• Vol. 13: Wildness and Soul in Culture and Nature (Autumn 2022).

• Vol. 14: Stoicism and Modern Ethical Dilemmas (Spring 2023).

• Vol. 15: Stoicism and Modern Ethical Dilemmas (Autumn 2023).

• Vol. 16: Philosophy as a Way of Life and Kantian Virtue Ethics (Spring 2024).

• Vol. 17: Moral Sentimentalism and Beyond (Autumn 2024).

• Vol. 18: Literature and Ethics (Spring 2015).

• Global Ethics, Volume I (English edition, Shanghai Education Publishing House, 2024)

VIII. Selected International Academic Activities

• Presenter. Dialogue between Heidegger and German Idealism Conference, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, Germany (Nov. 2001). Paper: Die Analyse der Seinsfrage bei Schelling und Heidegger

• Presenter. International Conference on Schelling's Philosophy, University of Venice, Italy (Aug. 2002). Paper: Sein und Gott——die Seinsfrage bei Schellings Philosophie der Offenbarung

• Keynote Speaker. 10th International Leibniz Congress, Hanover, Germany (July 2016)

• Conference Organizer and Host. Action and Justice in Hegel’s Practical Philosophy, Fudan University (Dec. 2018)

• Presenter. International Conference on Chinese and Western Philosophy and Ethics, Macau (Jan. 2019). Paper: Re-examining Kant's Distinction between Sitte and Morality.

• Presenter. Kant's Philosophy and the Future of Humanity International Symposium, Peking University (May 2019). Paper: Über die Bedeutungen der Anthropologie in der Kantischen Ethik

• Organizer and Host. Hegel and the Modern World Online Lecture Series (2022). An international series featuring over 20 domestic scholars and leading international academics.

• Presenter and Workshop. Kant 300th Anniversary Events, Halle, Germany (Jan. 2024). Presented at the Formen der Rationalität: Kant und die Moderne conference. Co-hosted the Workshop zur Kantrezeption in China with the International Kant Forum.

• Organizer and Host, 1st Shanghai Forum on Reinvigorating Global Ethics (Shanghai, Sep. 2023). In response to growing global crises , this forum convened nearly 30 scholars from the US, UK, Italy, the Netherlands, and greater China. The event aimed to re-examine the 1993. Declaration Toward a Global Ethic from philosophical, scientific, and cross-cultural perspectives. Notable participants included FISP President Luca M. Scarantino, Journal of Global Ethics Editor Des Gasper, and North American Kant Society President Robert Louden.

• Organizer, 2nd International Forum on Global Ethics (Rome, Italy, Aug. 2024). This event was held as a roundtable at the 25th World Congress of Philosophy at Sapienza University of Rome. Themed Global Ethics: How to relaunch this discussion in the face of global crises?, the forum gathered over 30 scholars from around the world for discussion.

• Organizer, 3rd International Forum on Global Ethics (Dubrovnik, Croatia, July 2025). Held at the International University Centre (IUC), this forum focused on the theme Civilization and Violence: Dialogues from the Perspective of Global Ethics. The event facilitated in-depth dialogue among more than 10 professors and graduate students from China, Germany, and Croatia.

IX. Representative Publications (From over 200 total articles)

• The Modern Significance of Schleiermacher's Thought, Philosophy and Culture Monthly (Taiwan), June 2000. （A&HCI)

• Das göttliche Sein und die individuelle Freiheit bei Schelling, Berliner Schelling Studien 2, July 2001.

• Being and God: The Theological Significance of Schelling's Philosophy of Revelation, Logos &Pneuma:Chinese Journal of Theology (Hong Kong, A&HCI), July 2003.

• On Schelling's Philosophy of Freedom: With a Discussion on the Unity of Schelling's Philosophy, Philosophical Research, May 2001.

• On the Ethical Nature of Plato's Philosophy, Social Sciences Front, No. 11, 2022.

• A Genealogical Investigation of Deontological Ethics, Studies in Ethics, No. 5, 2021.

• Nature, Spirit, and Ethics: Approaches to Hegel's Philosophy of Ethics, Journal of Tongji University, No. 5, 2021.

• On the Paradigmatic Significance of Nicolai Hartmann's Axiological Ethics, Morality and Civilization, No. 5, 2020 .

• Seeking Consensus: How Chinese Hermeneutics Interprets the Divided Real World, Exploration and Contention, No. 12, 2020.

• On Kant's Two Concepts of Ethics, Studies in Ethics, No. 4, 2019.

• Re-examining Kant's Distinction between Ethics and Morality, Journal of Peking University, May 2019.

• Natural Law as the Law of Freedom: The Premise and Key to Understanding Hegel's Philosophy of Right, Philosophical Trends, No. 1, 2019.

• The Tensional Structure between 'Moralität' and 'Sittlichkeit' in Kant's Practical Philosophy: A Critique of Habermas' 'Re-examining the Relationship between Morality and Ethical Life', Philosophical Analysis, No. 3, 2020.

• Critique of the Analytic Approach to Ethical Paradigms, Chinese Social Sciences Evaluation, No. 4, 2015.

• State and Justice: With a Review of Axel Honneth's Approach to the Reactualization of Hegel's Philosophy of Right, Social Sciences in China, No. 10, 2018.

• First Philosophy and Ethics: Taking Spinoza as an Example, in Chinese Philosophical Almanac 2016 (published 2017).

• Three Timeless Legacies of Enlightenment Philosophy, Journal of East China Normal University, No. 2, 2017.

• Why Phenomenological Ethics is So Important to Us, Modern Philosophy, No. 6, 2016.

• Integrating Chinese Ethical Academic Discourse into the Process of Modern World Civilization, Academia Ethica Vol. 1, Shanghai Education Publishing House, 2016.

• The Relationship between Hegel's Philosophy of Right and Natural Law, Journal of Fudan University, No. 6, 2016.

• From the Dissolution of Natural Ethics to the Creation of Ethical Community: An Interpretation of Hegel's System of Ethics, Journal of Fudan University, No. 3, 2011, pp. 33-45.

• A Textual Research on the Editions of Hegel's Philosophy of Right, Journal of Peking University, No. 6, 2015.

• The Enlightening Significance of Kant's Moral Theology, Philosophical Research, No. 7, 2007.

• Tracing the Origin of the Concept of Ethics in the West: An Existentialist Interpretation of Aristotle's Concept of Ethics, Social Sciences in China, Spring 2006.

• Tracing the Origin of the Concept of Ethics in the West: An Existentialist Interpretation of Aristotle's Concept of Ethics, Social Sciences in China, No. 4, 2005.

• Be Wary of the Arrogance of 'Virtue Ethics', Academia Ethica Vol. 11.

• An Existential Breakthrough from the Moral World to the Ethical World: On the Significance of Schelling's Early Ethical Thought, Journal of Shaanxi Normal University, No. 3, 2013 (reprinted in Foreign Philosophy No. 5).

• The First Example of Regression from Enlightenment to Myth: On the Ethical Thought in Schelling's Middle and Late Philosophy, Journal of Yunnan University, July 2013.

• Voluntarism and Natural Law: Debates in Early Modern Moral Philosophy, Journal of Yunnan University, No. 3, 2018.

• Why the Ethical Community in the Kantian Sense Cannot Be Achieved, in Religion and Philosophy Vol. 7, Chinese Social Sciences Press, 2018.

• Co-existential justice and individual freedom: the primary concern and the normative foundation of global ethics，in JOURNAL OF GLOBAL ETHICS，2024.3