Compass on the Ocean: Chinese Maritime Theory, History and Culture

Yang Guozhen, Professor of Chinese History at Xiamen UniversityResearch interests: History of Ming and Qing Dynasties, Chinese Socioeconomic History, and Maritime History.Education and Employment:1961 B.A. at the Department of History, Xiamen University1961-1978 Assistant professor at the Department of History, Xiamen University1978-1983 Lecturer at the Institute of History, Xiamen University1984-1986 Vice director at the Institute of History, Xiamen UniversityApril-July, 1985 Visiting Scholar to Kyoto UniversitySept, 1985-Sept, 1986 Visting Scholar to East Asian Study Center at Stanford University1985 Professor of History at Xiamen University1986 Ph.D. Supervisor1994 titled “Distinguished Young Scholar at National Level”1987-2006 Director of History Research Center at Xiamen University2010 Emeritus ProfessorCurrentlyChief Editor of Journal of Chinese Socioeconomic HistoryMember of the Academic Consultation Committee at the Institute of Chinese HistoryVisiting Professor of Capital Normal University at Beijing, National Central University and National Chengchi University at TaiwanChief Expert of the “985 Project” of the Innovation Research base of maritime development at Ocean University of ChinaBesides, Prof. Yang has been invited to give talks at Kyoto University, Stanford University, Oxford University, etc.Selected Publications:Prof. Yang is Author of A Biography of Lin Zexu (2010), A Life of Tan Kah Kee (1981), A Comprehensive Record of Legal Documents of Southern Fujian (2009), Fujian at Sea: Tracing Fujian Maritime History (1998), Oriental Water and Land: Marine Environment and Economic Development in Southeast China (2003)，Maritime Compass: Chinese Maritime Theory, History and Culture (2019), etc.He is also Compiler of A Selection of Qing Dynasty Title Deeds in Northern Fujian, A Collection of Southern Fujian Title Deeds, etc. As Editor-in-Chief, he is known for “Chinese Maritime Civilization Studies” (10 volumes, 2016), “The Sea and China Study Series” (25 monographs, 2019), etc.

• 1. New Outlook for Ocean and Maritime Humanities and Social Sciences.- 2. Maritime Development and Maritime culture.- 3. The Maritime History of China.- 4. Maritime History in the Jiaqing and Daoguang Periods.- 5. Bibliography.