Youxia and Knights; Liang Qichao and Modern China

 Western Literary Theory; Philosophy of Technology; Cybernetic Culture; Critical Thinking and Writing Education

2017–2020: Ph.D. in Study of Art and Literature, School of Chinese Language and Literature, Beijing Normal University

2022–Present: Lecturer, Teaching Center for Writing and Communication (TCWC), Tsinghua University

2020–2022: Full-time Instructor, TCWC, Tsinghua University; Postdoctoral Fellow, School of Education, Tsinghua University

Editor, Digital Humanities

Convener, 314A Teaching Academic Workshop

Academic Research

Geng Hongming. Millennium Electronic Objects and the Birth of Programmatic Nostalgia. China Book Review, Issue 9, 2025.

Geng Hongming. What Is ‘Chaos’ Aesthetics? A Mathematical Concept and Its Modern and Artistic Journey. International Aesthetics, Issue 1, 2025.

Geng Hongming. What Exactly Is ‘Cyborg’? – Astro Boy, Haraway, Warwick, and the Set Theory of ‘Cyborg’. China Book Review, Issue 3, 2025.

Geng Hongming. Video Games and Scientific Experiments: A New Possibility for Experimental Art. Chinese Journal of Art Studies, Issue 2, 2025.

Geng Hongming. Two Imaginaries of the ‘2000s’. Exploration and Free Views, Issue 2, 2025.

Geng Hongming. Linear Writing and Nonlinear Writing: What Is the Difference Between Pen, Typewriter, and Keyboard? Beijing Review, Issue 2, 2024.

Geng Hongming. Controlling the Literary Mind: How First-Order, Second-Order, and N-Order Cybernetics Influence Literature and Art. Theory and Criticism of Literature and Art, Issue 4, 2024.

Geng Hongming. Liang Qichao, Lu Xun, and the Emergence and Dissemination of the Concept of ‘Erlebnis’ in Modern China. Academic Research, Issue 4, 2024.

Geng Hongming. The Method of Artistic Concepts Generation in the Age of AI and Its Reflections. Chinese Journal of Art Studies, Issue 2, 2022.

Geng Hongming. How CG Is Changing Animation. China Book Review, Issue 1, 2024.

Geng Hongming. How to Evaluate the National Character of Black Myth: Wukong? – Reflections Inspired by ‘Souls-Like’ Games and the Unreal Engine 5. Theory and Criticism of Literature and Art, Issue 6, 2024.

Geng Hongming. The Definitional Dilemma of ‘Critical Thinking’ and Possible Strategies: An Exploration Based on University Writing Instruction. Writing, Issue 6, 2021.

Geng Hongming. Storytelling and Metacognition: The Application of Moral Dilemmas in Writing Pedagogy. Contemporary Literary Criticism, Issue 4, 2025, pp. 99–105.

Essays and Opinion Pieces

Geng Hongming. “The Age of Segmented Communication Calls for ‘Common Texts’.” People’s Daily, Supplement p. 20, May 20, 2025.

Geng Hongming. “Dreyfus’s Alchemy of Artificial Intelligence.” Reading, Issue 6, 2023.

Geng Hongming. “Personalized AI and Generalized Academic Discourse: Starting from AI Writing.” Guangming Daily, p. 9, November 9, 2024.

Geng Hongming. “Mechanical Clocks, Printing, and AIGC: The Self-Cultivation of Writers in the Age of Artificial Intelligence.” The Thinker, Issue 1, 2024.

Translated Works

Dennis Yi. How Machines Learn to Write: A Literary Theory for Artificial Intelligence. Translated by Geng Hongming. Shanghai: Orient Publishing Center, 2025.

Oscar Wilde. Selected Essays of Oscar Wilde: Mirrors, Lies, and Moments. Compiled and translated by Geng Hongming. Beijing: Life·Reading·Knoeledge SDX Joint Publishing Company, 2021.

Research Projects

Principal Investigator, Sub-project of Major Project of the Key Research Base of the Ministry of Education (Humanities and Social Sciences) –“A Study of Discourses on Technology and Literature.”

Principal Investigator, TCWC, Tsinghua University Project – “An Inquiry into the Connotation and Pedagogical Approaches of Critical Thinking.”

Principal Investigator, TCWC, Tsinghua University Project – “The ‘New Style’ of the Late Qing and the Modern Transformation of Argumentative Writing: A Case Study of Liang Qichao.