Dr XU Ziyu

Biography

Dr Xu Ziyu graduated from City University of Hong Kong, obtaining a Ph.D. and a Master's degree in Chinese Language. She also earned a Master's degree in Comparative Literature and Cultural Studies from Hong Kong Baptist University. Her primary research focus is on Classical Chinese and the theory of Xungu(訓詁), with research areas spanning linguistics, semantics, phonology, and Chinese character studies.

Education

• PhD，City University of Hong Kong
• MA，City University of Hong Kong
• MA，Hong Kong Baptist University

Teaching

• Putonghua
• Chinese Communication

Research Areas

• Classical Chinese
• Xungu(訓詁)
• Semantics

Publications

• 「反訓」稱名的確立及其界義的演化 [The Establishment of the Term "Fanxun" and the Evolution of Its Conceptual Boundaries]，Sept 2022, In: 能仁學報[Nengren Academic Journal]. 17, p. 674-690
• 張岱的遺民心態 [The Survivor Mentality of Zhang Dai], 城大文史芻論（第二輯）[MACH Papers (Second Issue)]，63-72.

Forums and Workshops

• 從字詞關係角度看現代訓詁學建立的本土困境，Traditional Structure and Xungu：The Third Hong Kong Scholars Research Forum on History and Literature, 2024
• 反训的多层定义研究[The Many-Layered Definitions of Fanxun], The Fifth Biannual Workshop of International Centre for the Study of Ancient Text Culture, Renmin University of China.
• 張岱的歷史書寫[Zhang Dai's Historical Writing], Joint-school forums between Ctiy University of HK, Fudan University and Kyoto University