Li Xun

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Native Place: JilinProvince

Gender: Male

Highest Degree: PhD

Graduated from: Jilin University

Research Interests: Teaching Chinese to Speakers of Other Languages, History of Chinese Language Education, Sociolinguistics

Courses Taught: Chinese courses for overseas students; short-term language courses;local teacher training courses; volunteer and dispatched teacher training courses

Email: 741875986@qq.com


Professional Experience

2016–2018: Teacher, Confucius Institute at Saint Mary’s University, Canada

2013–Present: Teacher, Chinese International Education College (Overseas Education College) , Xiamen University

2019–2020: Project Officer, Department of Teacher Development, Center for Language Education and Cooperation, Ministry of Education, China

2023–2025: Chinese Language Education Advisor, Department of Basic Education, South Africa

2026–Present: Chinese Teacher & Chinese Director, Confucius Institute at Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Nigeria


Publications

Journal Papers

1. Characteristics and Effects of Tsarist Russia’s Language Education Policies in Northeast China in the Late Qing and Early Republican Periods. Journal of Social Science of Harbin Normal University, 2016 (1st author)

2. Grammatical Features of Northeast Dialect in the Late Qing Dynasty Reflected in Meiji-era Japanese Textbooks of Chinese. Journal of Changchun Normal University, 2017 (1st author)

3. The Genealogy of “Li’s Grammar”: The Significance of Inheritance and Innovation in Japan’s Practical Chinese Grammar (1944). Journal of Soochow University (Philosophy and Social Sciences), 2018 (1st author)

4. A Phonological Study of Northeast Dialect in the Late Qing and Early Republican Periods — Based on Japanese Compiled Textbooks of Northeast Dialect. Studies on the History of International Chinese Education (Vol.2), 2019 (1st author)

5. A Comparative Study of Selection, Training, Deployment and Management Systems for Dispatched Personnel between Other Global Language Promotion Institutions and Confucius Institutes. Studies on the History of International Chinese Education (Vol.3), 2022 (1st author)

6. “Distorted Transformation”: The Linguistic Colonial Consciousness in He Sheng-san’s Manchukuo Grammar (1936). Journal of Chinese Culture, 2021 (1st author)

7. Colonial Linguistic Strategic Consciousness and Academic Significance of the Modern Japanese Journal New Chinese. Journal of Chinese Culture, 2023 (1st author)

8. Chinese Scholars and Meiji-era Japanese Textbooks of Chinese. International Chinese Teaching Trends and Research, 2007 (2nd author)

9. The Initial Construction of Modern Chinese Linguistic Theory: The Significance of Japan’s Modern Chinese Linguistics (1908). Journal of Xiamen University (Philosophy and Social Sciences), 2014 (2nd author)

10. The Value of Conversational Materials in Japanese Textbooks of Northeast Dialect (Late Qing & Early Republican) from the Perspective of Cooperative Principle. Dongjiang Journal, 2015 (2nd author)

11. Mainstream Ideology in the History of Modern Japanese Chinese Linguistics. Contemporary Linguistics, 2022 (2nd author)

12. Perspectives from East Asia: Several Approaches to the History of Chinese Phonology. Journal of Zhejiang University, 2023 (2nd author)


Research Projects (Principal Investigator / Participant)

1. National Social Science Fund Youth Project: Research on Linguistic System and Chinese Variation in the Manchukuo Period (2014, Principal Investigator)

2. Fujian Provincial Social Science Fund Project: Discovery and Research on Fujian Dialect Documents in Modern Japanese-edited Chinese Language Journals (2022, Principal Investigator)

3. National Social Science Fund General Project: Linguistic Research on Beijing Mandarin Textbooks in Meiji Japan (2008, Participant)

4. National Social Science Fund Major Project: Discovery and Research on Ming and Qing Chinese Documents Collected in East Asia (2012, Participant)

5. Hanban Project: Online Case Library for Intercultural Communication Cases (2014, Participant)

6. National Social Science Fund Special Project for Rare and Unique Knowledge: Discovery and Research on Documents in the History of East Asian Chinese Phonology (2021, Participant)

7. National Social Science Fund Key Project: Discovery and Research on Documents in the History of Rhyme Mirror Studies in East Asia (2020, 3rd Participant)

8. Project of Center for Language Education and Cooperation, Ministry of Education: Innovative Paths for Local Chinese Teacher Training in the UAE from the Perspective of Area Studies (2023, 2nd Participant)

9. Fujian 14th Five-Year Plan Undergraduate Textbook Construction Project: General History of International Chinese (2024, Participant)


Monographs

1. Research on Linguistic System and Chinese Variation in the Manchukuo Period (Independent Author), Xiamen University Press, 2026

2. Through East and West: On the Principles of the Founding of Philology (Co-author), Xiamen University Press, December 2021

3. Guide and Catalogue of Works on Teaching Chinese to Speakers of Other Languages (China Volume) (Co-author), Writers Publishing House, 2008

4. Compilation and Annotation of Rhyme Mirror Documents Collected in Japan (Co-author), Xiamen University Press, September 2023


Academic Awards

1. 12th Xiamen Excellent Social Science Achievement Award (First Prize), Xiamen Municipal People’s Government, February 2023 (2nd Recipient)

2. 15th Fujian Provincial Social Science Outstanding Achievement Award (Second Prize), Fujian Provincial People’s Government, December 2023 (2nd Recipient)

3. 13th Xiamen Excellent Social Science Achievement Award (First Prize), Xiamen Municipal People’s Government, December 2025 (2nd Recipient)

4. 16th Fujian Provincial Social Science Outstanding Achievement Award (Second Prize), Fujian Provincial People’s Government, December 2025 (3rd Recipient)


Kunluan Building (Building 2, Main Building Group), Xiang'an Campus, Xiamen University, Xiang'an South Road, Xindian Town, Xiang'an

District, Xiamen City, Fujian Province, China 361102, Chinese International Education College (Overseas Education College), Xiamen University

Email: oec@xmu.edu.cn (Enrollment) gjzwjy@xmu.edu.cn (Office) Website: http://oec.xmu.edu.cn/

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