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Yim Fong Chan at the World Congress of Philosophy in Rome
Yim Fong Chan gave a presentation entitled “Liang Shuming’s Concept of Lixing: His Effort in Safeguarding Confucianism During the Cultural Revolution” at the World Congress of Philosophy. The congress was held from 1-8 August 2024, at Sapienza University of Rome. The presentation examined how Liang Shuming, a modern Confucian intellectual in twentieth-century China, addressed the cultural crisis during the early period of the Cultural Revolution in the late 1960s. By analyzing his philosophical concept of “lixing” (moral reason), the presentation aimed to reveal Liang’s peculiar understanding of Marxism.
Yim Fong Chan is an SNSF fellow in the project The Exterior of Philosophy at the Institute for European Global Studies. In her dissertation, she investigates Confucian philosophy in China between 1949 and 1976. Her general research interests lie in the area of New Confucianism and Chinese intellectual history.