Publications

Journal articles and Book chapters (in English)

2026 “Epigraphic Aesthetics and Layered Histories: Li Jian and Wen C. Fong’s Bond Across Time and Continents,” Orientations, 57:2 (March/April 2026), pp. 78-88. PDF (Academia)

2026 “Looking Back and Looking In: Tracing Women Calligraphers in Taiwan across Time and Disciplines,” in Lin Yong-neng, ed., Walking Their Own Paths: Women Calligraphers in Contemporary Taiwan (Taoyuan: Taoyuan Museum of Fine Arts).

2023 “On the Edge of Ambiguity: Thoughts on the 2023 Hengshan Calligraphy Biennial,” in Wu Chao-jen, ed., Era of Principle and No Principle Interwoven: Calligraphy as a Visual Form (Taoyuan: Taoyuan Museum of Fine Arts), pp. E38-E45. PDF (Academia)

2017 “A Forgery and the Pursuit of the Authentic Style of Wang Xizhi (303-361),” in Patricia Buckley Ebrey and Shih-shan Susan Huang, eds., Visual Cultures in Middle Period China (Leiden: Brill), pp. 193-225. PDF (Academia)

2016 “Re-constructing the Calligraphic Canon in Copies and Miniatures: The Case of Qian Yong (1759-1844) and His Model-book of Tang Calligraphy,” in Harold Mok, ed., Double Beauty, III (Hong Kong: Art Museum, Chinese University of Hong Kong), pp. 18-29. PDF (Academia)

2013 “Wild Cursive Calligraphy, Poetry, and Chan Monks in Tenth-Century China,” in Wu Hung, ed., Tenth-Century China and Beyond: Art and Visual Culture in a Multi-Centered Age, Chicago: University of Chicago Press, pp. 364-390. PDF (Academia)

2011 “Imaging Oriental Art in Late-Nineteenth-Century America: The Walters Collection Catalogue,” in Jerome Silbergeld et al, eds., Bridges to Heaven: A Symposium on East Asian Art in Honor of Professor Wen C. Fong, Princeton: Princeton University, pp. 713-741. PDF (Academia)

2010 Review of The Landscape of Words: Stone Inscriptions from Early and Medieval China by Robert E. Harrist (Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2008), Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies, vol. 70, no. 1 (June), pp. 232-246.

2009 “Two Pieces of Kangxi Porcelain Decorated in Underglaze Red in the Walters Art Museum,” in The Journal of the Walters Art Museum 64/65, pp. 171-176.

1999 "Calligraphy of Stone Engravings in Northern Wei Loyang," in Character and Context in Chinese Calligraphy, Princeton: The Art Museum, Princeton University, pp. 78-103.

1999 Catalogue entries in The Embodied Image: Chinese Calligraphy from the John B. Elliott Collection, Princeton: The Art Museum, Princeton University.

Journal articles and Book chapters (in Chinese)

2025 “A Study of Several Versions of the 'Hai Character Edition' of The Essay on Yue Yi,” The National Palace Museum Research Quarterly《故宮學術季刊》43:2 (Winter), pp. 1-56. PDF (Academia)

2023 “On the Edge of Ambiguity: Thoughts on the 2023 Hengshan Calligraphy Biennial 在曖昧的邊界上：關於首屆「橫山書藝雙年展」的一些思考,” in Wu Chaoran, ed., Era of Principle and No Principle Interwoven: Calligraphy as a Visual Form 法與無法交織的年代—書法作為一種視覺形式 (Taoyuan: Taoyuan Museum of Fine Arts), pp. 48-59. PDF (Academia)

2022 “Calling Winds and Waves 興風作浪的浪漫,” in Craig Clunas, et. al., Seeing: 48 Object Readers and Their Worlds 物見：四十八位物件的閱讀者，與他們所見的世界 (Xinbei City: Yuanzu wenhua), pp. 202-209.

2021 “A Retrospect on and Prospects of Art History: Forty Years of Development in Taiwan 藝術史研究的回顧與展望” (with Li-chiang Lin, Ching-fei Shih, and Han-ni Chiu), in Geng Li-chun, ed., A Flourishing Four Decades of Chinese Studies in Taiwan: A Review and Outlook 深耕茁壯—臺灣漢學四十回顧與展望 (Taipei: Hanxue yanjiuzhongxin), pp. 427-470. PDF (Academia)

2020 “The Activities and Connoisseurship of Painting and Calligraphy Among Northern Literati in the Early Yuan: A Survey of Several Points Focusing on Wang Yun’s (1227-1304) Complete Collected Works of Qiujian 元初北方士大夫的書畫活動與鑒藏：以王惲 (1227-1304)《秋澗先生大全集》為中心的幾點考察,” The National Palace Museum Research Quarterly《故宮學術季刊》, 38:2 (Winter), pp. 47-82。 PDF (Academia)

2020 “Dong Qichang and Scriptures of the Tang Dynasty 董其昌與唐人寫經,” Taida Journal of Art History《國立臺灣大學美術史研究集刊》, No. 48 (March), pp. 1-92. PDF (Academia)

2019 “Introduction: Wen Fong’s Research on Chinese Calligraphy導讀：書為心畫──方聞的中國書法史研究,” in Wen C. Fong, Chinese Calligraphy: Theory and History《中國書法：理論與歷史》(translated by Hui-Wen Lu and Che-ying Hsu) (Shanghai: Shanghai shuhua chubanshe), pp. 7-20. PDF (Academia)

2018 “Zhao Mengfu’s Rivers and Peaks and His Reformation of the “Level-distance” Landscapes 由《重江疊嶂圖》卷談趙孟頫對北宋平遠山水的繼承與創新,” Palace Museum Journal《故宮博物院院刊》, Issue 6, pp. 79-98. PDF (Academia)

2014 “Kangli Naonao (1295-1345) and His Cursive Calligraphy: Reconsidering ‘Sinification’ during the Mongol Yuan Period 康里巎巎 (1295-1345) 行草書分期與風格溯源：再思元代非漢族書家的「漢化」問題,” The National Palace Museum Research Quarterly《故宮學術季刊》, 32:1 (Autumn), pp. 47-126. PDF (Academia)

2014 “A Paradigm Re-defined: Wang Xizhi’s (303-361) Calligraphic Masterpiece Essay on Yue Yi (Yue Yi lun) in the Age of Printing 唐至宋的六朝書史觀之變：以王羲之〈樂毅論〉在宋代的摹刻及變貌為例,” The National Palace Museum Research Quarterly《故宮學術季刊》, 31:3 (Spring), pp. 1-56. PDF (Academia)

2011 “Model Calligraphy of Panyunge in the History of Qing Calligraphy 碑與帖的交會–錢泳《攀雲閣帖》在清代書史中的意義,” Taida Journal of Art History《國立臺灣大學美術史研究集刊》, No. 31 (September), pp. 205-260. PDF (Academia)

2011 “Transitions and Transformations: Wild Cursive Calligraphy from Tang through Song 從神機到人文：盛唐到北宋的草書之變,” The National Palace Museum Research Quarterly《故宮學術季刊》, 28: 4 (Summer), pp. 1-58. PDF (Academia)

2009 “Han Steles at the Jining Prefectural School and Fangbei Activities in the Late-18th Century 漢碑圖畫出文章—從濟寧州學的漢碑談十八世紀後期的訪碑活動,” Taida Journal of Art History《國立臺灣大學美術史研究集刊》, No. 26 (March), pp. 37-92. PDF (Academia)

2008 “Dating Xue Shaopeng’s Calligraphy 薛紹彭書法分期與相關問題,” Founding Paradigms: Art and Culture of the Northern Song《開創典範：北宋的藝術與文化研討會論文集》, Taipei: National Palace Museum, pp. 659-688.

Book Reviews

2015 Review of Pietro de Laurentis, The Manual of Calligraphy by Sun Guotingof the Tang: A Comprehensive Study on the Manuscript and Its Author, Napoli: Università degli studi di Napoli “L’Orientale,” 2011, Tang Studies 唐研究, No. 21, pp. 500-504. (in Chinese) PDF (Academia)

2010 “Review of The Landscape of Words: Stone Inscriptions from Early and Medieval China by Robert E. Harrist (Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2008),” Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies, vol. 70, no. 1 (June, 2010), pp. 232-246. (in English) PDF (Academia)

Translation

2019 Wen C. Fong, Chinese Calligraphy: Theory and History《中國書法：理論與歷史》(translation with Che-ying Hsu), Shanghai: Shanghai shuhua chubanshe.

Edited Volumes

2026 Striving for Perfection: Special Exhibition of Works by Painters and Calligraphers Who Crossed the Strait in 1949 (exhibition catalogue)《豈止於善—受贈渡海書畫展圖錄》Taipei: Graduate Institute of Art History, National Taiwan University (in Chinese and English).

2019 Moon in Water, Image in Mirror: Monk Huaisu’s Autobiographical Essay and its Replications (exhibition catalogue)《水月鏡像—懷素自敘帖摹刻本與風格傳衍特展圖錄》, Taipei: Graduate Institute of Art History, National Taiwan University.

2010 Special Issue of “Rethinking the Written Word: Interdisciplinary Studies on Chinese Calligraphy,” Tsing Hua Journal of Chinese Studies《清華學報》, 40:3 (September)。

Invited presentations and lectures (select)

2025 Speaker at the International Conference on Contemporary Taiwanese Art in Edinburgh. Paper title: “Reflections and Gazes: Tracing Women Calligraphers in Taiwan across Time and Disciplines.” November 3-4, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.

2024 Speaker at the International Symposium on Song History and Art (ca. 1100-1279). Paper title: “Heritage and Renewal in the Old Capital: Xue Shaopeng (active ca. late 11th to early 12th c.) and His Family’s Pursuit of Calligraphy in the Guanzhong Area during Huizong’s Reign,” November 2-3, Hangzhou, China.

2024 Speaker at the 2024 Symposium on Yuan Dynasty Painting and Calligraphy. Paper title: “The Transmission and Influence of Tang Dynasty xiaokai (small standard script) Scripture Manuscripts during the Yuan Dynasty: An Investigation Centered on the Lingfeijing juan Attributed to Zhong Shaojing, the Shanjianlü juan by Guo Quan, and the Zhuanlun Shengwangjing juan by an Anonymous Writer.” October 29-30, Beijing, China.

2024 Co-organizer and Speaker at the international conference Crossing: New Approaches to the Material Cultures of the Sui and Tang Empires. Paper title: “Reviews and Prospects of Studies of Material Culture in the Sui and Tang Empires.” October 26-27, National Taiwan University and Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan.

2024 Speaker at the 13th International Academic Lectures in Art History. Paper title: “The Embodied Image: Writing, Materiality, and Bodily Experience in Chinese Calligraphy.” August 31, National Museum of Korea, Seoul, Korea.

2024 Speaker at Taoyuan Contemporary Art & Calligraphy Symposium III in TMoFA. Paper title: “Research on Contemporary Women's Calligraphy Creation in Taiwan.” July 13, Taoyuan Museum of Fine Arts, Taoyuan, Taiwan.

2024 Speaker at 2024 East Asian Calligraphy International Academic Conference. Paper title: “Post-War Japanese Modern Calligraphy from a Gender Perspective: Shinoda Toko (1913-2021) as an Example.” June 1-2, Huafan University, New Taipei, Taiwan.

2024 Keynote Speaker at Writing and Material Culture in East Asia International Conference. Paper title: “Calligraphy, Writing Mediums, and Bodily Experience.” April 12-13, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan.
Co-organized by the Department of Chinese Literature of National Taiwan University (Taiwan), the Centre for the Study of Manuscript Cultures of the University of Hamburg (German), the École française d’Extrême-Orient (France), and Université Paris Sciences & Lettres (France).

2023 Speaker at NTU College of Liberal Arts’ Cross-domain Forum. Paper title: “University Art Museums: A Place of Artistic Delight and Healing.” September 27, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan.

2022 Speaker at Taoyuan Contemporary Art & Calligraphy Symposium II in TMoFA. Paper title: “An Analysis of the Journey and Development of Calligraphers' Associations in the Taoyuan Area.” March 27, Taoyuan Museum of Fine Arts, Taoyuan, Taiwan.

2021 Instructor of “Summer Course - Reading Chinese Cursive Script,” Zurich University, Switzerland, August to September (online course)

Editorial Committee

2007 - present NCU Journal of Art Studies 《藝術學研究》(Graduate Institute of Art Studies, National Central University, Jhongli, Taiwan)