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Dr. William CHIAH Hao
Assistant Professor
hao.chiah@newera.edu.my
Doctor of Philosophy, Tunghai University
Master of Arts, Tunghai Unviersity
Bachelor of Arts, Tunghai Unviersity
MAJOR Chinese Palaeography, Chinese Phonology, Pre-Qin and Han Dynasties Classics, Sinology, Ancient Chinese History
RESEARCH AREAS
  • Oracle Bone Inscription Studies
  • Bronze Inscription Studies
  • Philology of Ancient Chinese
  • Pre-Qin and Han Dynasties Classics
  • Sinology
  • Ancient Chinese History
TEACHING SUBJECTS
  • Etymology
  • Phonology
  • Critical Interpretation of Ancient Texts
  • Classical Chinese Language
  • Modern Chinese Language
  • Introduction to Linguistics
  • Chinese Philology (Department of Teaching Chinese as a Second Language)
  • Modern Chinese Language (diploma in Teaching Chinese as a Second Language, TCSL)
WORKING EXPERIENCE Assistant Professor, Department of Chinese Language and Literature (September 2025- )
MEMBERSHIP OF ADVISORY BOARDS COMMITTEES / PROFESSIONAL BODIES
  1. Association of Chinese Character (Taiwan) (Member,2019-)
  2. Association of Macau Chinese Character (member, 2019-)
RELATED ACHIEVEMENTS:
DISSERTATION/THESIS

【Ph.D.】The Research Based on Kenichi Takashima’s Oracle Bone Studies, Doctoral Dissertation of Tunghai Unviersity (2025), supervised by Professor Chu Ke-Cheung

【Master】The Research of Zhao Cheng’s Achievement of Bronze Inscriptions, Master Thesis of Tunghai Unviersity (2019), supervised by Professor Chu Ke-Cheung

BOOKS

Academic

  1. The Research of Zhao Chengjin’s Literature, New Taipei: Hua Mu Lan Cultural Enterprise, 2023

Literature

  1. Part-time Poet, Taipei: Showwe Information, 2021
  2. The Twist of Autumn, Taipei: Shin Hsueh Lin Publishing Co., 2017
PUBLISHED PAPERS
  1. “The Interpretation of the Graph 果 Guo”, Journal of Chinese Literature of Providence University, Vol. 22, Dec 2022, page 1-27, 2022
  2. “English Translation about Late Shang's Commemorate and Rewarding Bronze Inscription”, Studies in the Humanities and Social Science (Hungkuang University), Vol. 24, page 97-100, 2021
  3. “Preliminary on the Methods of Translation for Oracle Bones Inscription based on Ritual Terms—Examples Taken from Translation of Two Sinologists”, Annual Publication of the You Feng Chu Ming Journal, Vol. 17, page 229-250, 2021
CONFERENCE PAPERS
  1. “On the Character ‘妹’ as a Negative Particle in Oracle Bone Script”,2024 Annual Conference of the Macau Chinese Character Society
  2. “Discussion on the ‘Confucianisation’ of Zhong Shan Nation: Taking the Translation and Interpretation Based on the Bottle of Zhong Shan King Cuo Bronze Inscriptions as Example”,SCIEA 14th Annual Meeting,2022
  3. “Preliminary Exploration of Oracle Bone Script English Translation: A Case Study of Two Sinologists' Ritual Terminology Translations in the ‘Bing Compilation’”,16th National Postgraduate Research Conference ‘The First Cry of the Phoenix’,2021
  4. “On the Arrangement of ‘Hu’ and ‘Xi’ in Character Compilation Systems”,2021 11th Joint Postgraduate Thesis Presentation Conference of the Departments of Literature, History and Philosophy, Tunghai University
  5. “On the Contributions of Zhao Cheng's Outline of Oracle Bone Inscriptions Philology”,2019 Annual Conference of the Macau Chinese Character Society
  6. “A Study of the ‘盨’ Vessel: On Three Stages of Zhao Cheng's Duality in Bronze Inscriptions”,2018 Central Region Postgraduate Seminar
AWARDS/ HONOURS Academic Research Achievement Awards for Students of the College of Arts, Academic Year of 2022/2023, Tunghai University