Native Place: Ningbo, Zhejiang

Gender: Female

Highest Degree: Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)

Alma Mater: Nanjing University

Professional Title: Lecturer

Research Field: Literature of the Ming and Qing Dynasties

Courses Taught: Intermediate Business Chinese, Advanced Business Chinese

E-mail: syueyan@gmail.com

Personal Experience

1996–2000  Bachelor’s degree, Zhejiang Normal University

2000–2003  Master’s degree, Shaanxi Normal University

2004–2007  PhD, Nanjing University

2003–2007  Researcher, Jiangsu Provincial Academy of Social Sciences

2007–Present  Faculty member, School of Overseas Education, Xiamen University

Publications

• Gambling in the Tang Dynasty, Chinese Culture, No. 3, 2001.

• Ray Huang and the Study of Chinese History, Journal of Zhejiang Normal University, No. 1, 2003.

• Xiyang Ji and the Study of Zheng He, in Proceedings of the International Academic Forum in Commemoration of the 600th Anniversary of Zheng He's Voyages to the Western Seas, Social Sciences Academic Press, June 2005.

• A Study on the Life Span of Degree Holders in the Tang Imperial Examinations, Jianghan Tribune, No. 9, 2005.

• A Review of Chinese Medieval Political History from a New Perspective: On Chinese Political History from the 6th to the 9th Century, Journal of Shaanxi Normal University, No. 5, 2005.

• An Analysis of the Causes of Death Among Jinshi Graduates in the Tang Dynasty, Journal of Zhejiang Normal University, No. 3, 2005.

• Professor Huang Yongnian and the Study of Medieval History, Academic Research, No. 1, 2006.

• On the Origin and Development of the Jinling Six Dynasties School in the Ming Dynasty, Journal of Nanjing University (Philosophy and Social Sciences Edition), No. 3, 2008.

• Review and Reflection on the Construction of Business Chinese Teaching Materials, Overseas Chinese Education, No. 2, 2009.

• A Study on the Relationship between the Four Masters of Jinling in the Mid-Ming Dynasty and the Literary Archaist Movement, Journal of Xiamen University (Philosophy and Social Sciences Edition), No. 5, 2013.

• The Splendors of Nanjing Through the Ages (contributor), Nanjing Press, 2004.

Awarded the Second Prize of the 9th Jiangsu Provincial Excellent Achievements in Philosophy and Social Sciences.

• A General History of Wu Culture (contributor), China Literature and History Press, Beijing, 2006.

On the Development and Evolution of Taiwan Youth Films, Journal of Minnan Normal University (Philosophy and Social Sciences Edition), No. 2, 2019.

• On the Artistic Function of Flower Arrangement Descriptions in Ming and Qing Novels, Studies on Ming and Qing Novels, No. 3, 2020.

Research Project

Project of the Academy Prosperity Program: A Study on Cultural and Literary Innovations in Nanjing during the Mid-to-Late Ming Dynasty