Chen Tang (唐宸)

  • Email : tangchen@mail.tsinghua.edu.cn
  • Research Room : Room 119, Meng Minwei Humanities Building, Tsinghua University
Education & Academic Appointments
  • Associate Professor, Department of Chinese Language and      Literature, Tsinghua University (Oct 2025–Present)

  • Associate Professor, Anhui University (May 2023 – Sep 2025)

  • Lecturer, Anhui University (July 2016 – April 2023)

  • Ph.D. in Literature, Zhejiang University (July 2016)

  • Joint Ph.D. Candidate, Sun Yat-sen University (Taiwan) (2015)

Research Interests
  • Classical Chinese Philology

  • Digital Humanities (DH)

Teaching
  • Undergraduate Courses: Classical Chinese Philology ; Digital  Humanities

  • Graduate Courses: The Digital Study of Ancient Chinese Classics


Selected Publications

Peer-Reviewed Articles:

  1. “Preliminary Exploration and the Future Trend      of the Study of Literary Astronomy.” Journal of Tsinghua      University (Philosophy and Social Sciences) 6 (2023). (Fully      reprinted in China Social Science Excellence (Information      Center for Social Sciences, RUC), no. 3, 2024).

  2. “Reflection on the Method of Gathering of      Scattered Literature in the Digital Humanity Era.” Literary      Heritage (Wenxue Yichan) 6 (2022). (Fully      reprinted in Xinhua Digest Digital Edition, no. 7, 2023;      reprinted in China Social Science Excellence, no. 3, 2023;      excerpted in Literary Research Digest, no. 2, 2023).*

  3. “A Study on the Value of Two Newly Discovered      Bibliographies in the Ming Dynasty.” Wenxian (Documents)      4 (2022). (Indexed in the Xinhua Digest Periodical      Index, no. 22, 2022).

  4. “Textual Research on the Manuscript Copy of      the Wen Hui Ge Si Ku Quan Shu Mu Lu Collected in Taiwan.” Wenxian (Documents)      4 (2019).

  5. “Textual Research on the First Edition of Zhu      Xi’s Chu Ci Ji Zhu.” Wenxian (Documents) 5      (2015).

Books and Edited Volumes:

  1. Digital Restoration and Chronology of the Lost      Works of Number One Scholar Tang Gao in Ming Dynasty. Shanghai: Zhongxi Book Company, April      2025. (Digital recovery and compilation of historical texts).

  2. Yiwu County Annals of the Jiaqing Era. Beijing: Zhonghua Book Company, December      2025. (Traditional text collation and punctuation).

  3. Collected Works of Hang Shijun. Co-authored with Prof. Jinfang Cai. Zhejiang      Ancient Books Publishing House, April 2015. (Traditional text      collation and punctuation).

  4. Introduction to Digital Humanities. Co-authored. Beijing: Zhonghua Book Company,      April 2026.

  5. A Dictionary of Fu Poetry Appreciation Across      Dynasties.      Co-authored. Shanghai Lexicographical Publishing House, December 2017.



Research Grants & Projects

Digital Humanities R&D Projects (Principal Developer/Lead):

  1. Dianjin 典津: Image Index of Global Chinese Ancient Books

  2. Kuizhangge 奎章阁: Chinese      Classical Literature Resources Navigation System

  3. GIS-Based Distribution Of Global Chinese      Ancient Books Collection

  4. Portal website of China Digital Humanities      (DHCN)

  5. Xuanji 璇玑: Celestial Simulation Platform of Classical Literature and      History (Beta)

  6. Xuancong 璇琮: Digital Humanities Smart Platform (AI Edition)

Research Grants:

  1. Principal Investigator (PI), “Classification Standards and AI Interaction      Mechanisms for Ancient Chinese Book Databases.” Funded by the National      Office for Philosophy and Social Sciences (Central Publicity Department),      2026.

  2. Principal Investigator (PI), “Aggregation and Collation of Global Ancient      Chinese Book Metadata and Databases.” Funded by the National Office for      Philosophy and Social Sciences (Central Publicity Department), 2024.

  3. Principal Investigator (PI), “Collation of Hang Shijun’s Xu Liji      Jishuo (Sequel to the Collected Commentaries on the Book of      Rites).” Funded by the National Committee for the Compilation of Ancient      Chinese Books (Ministry of Education).

  4. Principal Investigator (PI), “A Descriptive Bibliography of the Editions      of Li Bai’s Collected Works.” Anhui Provincial Philosophy and Social      Sciences Planning Project.

  5. Principal Investigator (PI), “A Study of the History of Rites in the Han      Dynasty.” Anhui Provincial Humanities and Social Sciences Key Project.

  6. Core Member, “Analysis and Research of Classical Ancient Literary Texts Based on Big Data Technology.” Major Project of the National Social Science Fund of China.



Academic Activities

Academic Services:

Executive Editor, Digital Humanities (Journal)

Editorial Board Member, Digital      Humanities Research on Ancient Texts

Honors & Awards:

Second Prize, National Scholarship for Ancient  Chinese Philology (Ph.D. level), 2016

First Prize for Outstanding Paper, High-Level  Forum on the Study of Siku Quanshu, 2019

Second Prize, Anhui Provincial Award for Teaching Achievements, 2022