Principal investigator:
Prof Pei-kai Cheng (CCIV)
Associate Investigators:
Dr Ka-wai Fan(CCIV), Dr Ka-fai Ma(CCIV), Dr Tai-shing Wut(CCIV)
Synopsis:
This project probes into university teaching of Chinese civilisation in the changing social, political, and cultural context of Hong Kong from 1926 to the present. This research will enhance our understanding of the entangled yet significant issues concerning how Chinese culture was and should be positioned in Hong Kong, from both governmental and societal viewpoints. The research will concentrate on three major aspects:
This project will help facilitate our strategic planning of Hong Kong tertiary and secondary education in Chinese civilisation at a turning point when Hong Kong is searching for its identity as both a Chinese and an international city.
Grant type: RGC General Research Fund
Completed
Principal Investigator:
Prof Pei-kai Cheng (CCIV)
Associate Investigators:
Mr Guo Li (CCIV), Dr Po-lau Leung (Department of Applied Physics), Prof Peter Kwan-ngok Yu (AP))
External Investigators:
Mr Chengji Liu (Guangdong Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics & Archaeology, PRC)
Dr Chui-ki Wan (CUHK, Hong Kong)
Synopsis:
This project aims at studying the 9th to 15th century Chinese ceramics excavated from Tuen Mun and Yuen Long in Hong Kong, by integrating archaeological and typological analyses of ceramic findings, scientific testing of ceramics, and examination of local history. This case study on the Chinese ceramics from the two districts will help understand those from the entire of Hong Kong, and serve as a pilot project for the exploration of Hong Kong's historical role in the South China Sea maritime trade.
In this project the researchers have selected the Tsing Chuen Wai and San Hing Tsuen sites in Tuen Mun and the Ngau Horn Shek site in Yuen Long. These sites are chosen for their rich ceramic finds, good archaeological contextual information and geographic location—as recorded in historical texts, Tuen Mun and Yuen Long had long been a strategic position for local/overseas trade and military use. The Ngau Horn Shek site, for example, has yielded over 2,000 Tang to Song ceramic pieces, which are thought to have originated from kilns in Guangdong, Fujian, Jiangxi and Zhejiang provinces. The Tsing Chuen Wai and San Hing Tsuen sites have also uncovered abundant Song and Ming ceramic deposits. While crucial for revealing the trading activities of Hong Kong during the period concerned, these ceramics and related issues have not yet been systematically studied.
Grant Type: CityU Strategic Research Grant for Unfunded GRF (SRG-Fd)
CompletedPrincipal Investigator:
Prof Pei-kai Cheng (CCIV)
Associate Investigator:
Lai-sha Chui (CCIV)
Synopsis:
Through studying a group of Zhejiang painters active in Japan during the late Ming and early Qing periods, this project intends to explore how Chinese aesthetics had a significant impact on the development of Japanese art. The study will deal with the activities of these Chinese painters in the context of Sino-Japanese cultural exchange during this important period, which has not been fully explored by previous studies. It will use mainly the authentic paintings still extant in Japan, as well as other primary sources available in the literature, to present a significant phenomenon of cultural exchange.
Grant Type: CityU Direct Allocation Grant (DAG)
Completed
Principal Investigator:
Prof Pei-kai Cheng (CCIV)
Associate Investigator:
Miss Mengyuan Fan (CCIV)
Synopsis:
This project is based on the new archaeological discovery in Shangchuandao, with the related findings excavated and collected in Macao.
The research will integrate archaeological analyses of porcelain findings, making comparisons between these findings and the same type or similar porcelain produced in the Zhangzhou kilns of Fujian and Jingdezhen kilns of Jiangxi province. In addition, typological and statistical analyses will be combined with studies on both official and local historical documents of Ming and Qing Dynasties, and some Portuguese archives and travel notes. This project intends to conduct a systematic study on the beginning of the Sino-Portugal porcelain trade and help the reconstruction of early East-West cultural exchanges.
Grant Type: CityU Strategic Research Grant for unfunded GRF (SRG-Fd)
On-going
Principal Investigator:
Dr Ka-wai Fan
Synopsis:
Tang poetry can serve as a lens through which historians can learn much about the society and culture of the time, including medicine and diseases. This project is divided into three parts. The first part of the study involves collecting and collating Tang poetry related to medicine and diseases. Preliminary findings suggest that many scholars have erred in their comments on the medical aspects of these poems. So in the second part of the project, the researchers will select a limited number of poems and provide accurate commentaries, hoping to be of service to researchers of literature and the history of medicine. Finally, the project will rely on the materials, including poetry and medical books, to examine the following topics: disease, patients, drugs, and treatment.
Grant Type: CityU Start-up Grant for New Staff (StUp)
CompletedPrincipal Investigator:
Dr Ka-wai Fan (CCIV)
External Investigator:
Dr Hok-ming Cheung (CUHK, Hong Kong)
Synopsis:
Xian dai Zhong yi yao and Zhongguo xin yi yao, two journals aimed at promoting the “scientization” of Chinese medicine and the integration of Chinese and western medicine, were published in Hong Kong during the 1950s and 1960s. Focusing on these two journals, this project aims to (i) probe into the role Hong Kong played in the history of the “scientization” of Chinese medicine and the integration of Chinese and western medicine, (ii) study Hong Kong Chinese doctors’ contributions to these topics, and (iii) offer some conclusions on the historical experience of the “scientization” of Chinese medicine and the integration of Chinese and western medicine in Hong Kong. First, the chief editors of the two journals will be described, focussing on their attitude to the relationship between Chinese and western medicine. Second, the contents of the articles will be examined and their viewpoints will be analyzed. Third, discussion will concentrate on the contributions of two western-style doctors to the “scientization” of Chinese medicine. Finally, the investigator will explore the discussions related to the status of Chinese doctors and the dilemma faced by Chinese medicine in Hong Kong during the 1950s and 1960s.
Grant Type: RGC General Research Fund (GRF)
On-goingPrincipal Investigator:
Mr King-chung Wong (CCIV)
Associate Investigators:
Mr Lawrence F Leo (CCIV)
Dr Minghui Luo (CCIV)
Synopsis:
Our project focuses on creating a tailor-made teaching website to provide an interactive and easily accessible learning platform outside classroom for students who study CCIV courses, especially Chinese musical culture, in the mode of OBTL (which acts as one of TLAs). The multimedia website includes numerous audio and visual excerpts accompanied by appropriate textual description. The website is divided into four parts: 1) textual description of Chinese music culture, 2) music theories and musical instruments, 3) audio and visual excerpts demonstration, 4) games, tests (for revision), and discussion board. This project is the first stage of the whole project of interactive digital teaching and learning of Chinese music and its instruments. For the present project, four representative musical instruments (dizi, pipa, erhu, zheng) and their music are selected and covered by the website.
CityU Teaching Development Grant
On-goingPrincipal Investigator:
Dr Tai-shing Wut (CCIV)
Synopsis:
For a long time, the social life of Buddhist monks and nuns has been studied and described only using relevant records from the Buddhist Canon. In fact, such descriptions are somewhat idealized. This project will make use of various kinds of historical data to do a thorough study of the actual situation of Buddhist monks and nuns in China, particularly during the period from Wei-Chin to the late Tang dynasty.
Grant Type: RGC General Research Fund (GRF)
On-going
