Qinghe XIAO（肖清和）, now an associate professor with tenured in the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies at Peking University, received his B.A. in philosophy from Peking University in 2003 and continued his graduate studies in the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies at the same University. In 2005, he attended the joint program of Ph.D. between Peking University and the Chinese University of Hong Kong. He received his Ph.D. degrees both from Peking University and the Chinese University of Hong Kong in 2009. In 2009, he joined the Department of History at Shanghai University. From 2019 to 2021, he was a visiting scholar in the Department of History at Penn State University. His research focuses on Chinese Catholic communities and groups during the late Ming and early Qing dynasties. His current research is on the key concepts and thoughts of Christianity in China, the collection and study of Sino-Christian texts, and the interaction between western learning and society in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. He has published nearly seventy scholarly articles on Chinese Catholicism in Chinese and in English.

Education:

2003-2009, Department of Philosophy, Peking University, PhD.

2006-2008, Department of Cultural and Religious Studies, CUHK, PhD. (Joint program with PKU).

1999-2003, Department of Philosophy, Peking University, BA. (Major in Philosophy, Minor in German Studies, College of Foreign Studies, PKU.)

Employment:

2023- , Department of Philosophy, Peking University, Associate Professor (with tenured).

2019-2023, Department of History, Shanghai University, Professor.

2012-2019, Department of History, Shanghai University, Associate Professor.

2009-2012, Department of History, Shanghai University, Lecturer.

Research Interests:

History of Christianity in China; Study of Sino-Christian Texts; History of Sino-Western Cultural Relations; Intellectual History in Ming and Qing; Chinese Christian Philosophy.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Books (Author)

The Sameness and Differences between Tian (Heaven) and Ru (Confucianism): Studies on Confucian Christians in Early Qing Dynasty, Shanghai: Shanghai University Press, 2019.

“Tianhui (The Association of Heaven)” and “Wudang (Our Party)”: On the Catholics Communities’ Formation and Communications during Late Ming and Early Qing (1580-1722), Beijing: Zhonghua Book Company, 2015.

Book (Chapter)

Edited by ZHANG Zhigang, Studies on Views of Religions in 20th Century. “Chapter 5”. Beijing: Peking University Press, 2007, pp. 203-241.

Books (Editor)

Religion and History, Volume 10, Beijing: Social Sciences Academic Press, July, 2018.

Christianity and Modern Education in China, Shanghai: Shanghai Translation Publishing House, 2018.

Religion and History, Volume 8, Beijing: Social Sciences Academic Press, March, 2018.

Religion and History, Volume 5, Shanghai: Shanghai University Press, 2016.

Religion and History, Volume 1, Shanghai: Shanghai University Press, 2013.

Classical Books Publishing with Commentaries

Notes and Comments on Chaoxing xueyao (Summa Theologiae), collected in Series of Missionaries Writings in Chinese during late Ming and early Qing, Part Two Nanjing: Phoenix Press, 2017.

Notes and Comments on Tongjian jishi benmo buhou bian (Explore the Sameness and Differences between Heaven and Confucianism), Jinan: Qilu Publishing House, 2016.

Tianru tongyi kao: Collected Essays of Confucian Christian Zhang Xingyao in early Qing. Taipei: Olive Publishing Co. ltd, 2015.

Notes and Comments on Kouduo richao, Aijin xingquan, Gujin jingtian jian, collected in Series of Missionaries Writings in Chinese during late Ming and early Qing, Part One Nanjing: Phoenix Press, 2013.

Notes and Comments on Duoshu (Book of Admonition). Beijing: Hua Xia Publishing House, 2008.

Selected Articles (full texts, please visit: https://pku.academia.edu/QingheXIAO).

XIAO Qinghe and XU Ruiyou, “A New Probe into the Relationship between Jin Sheng, an Important Minister in the Southern Ming Dynasty, and Western Learning and Western Religion”, in International Journal of Sino-Western Studies (ESCI), 24 (2023): 103-120.

XIAO Qinghe, “Interpretation and Divergence: Response to the Dissemination of Jesus’s Image in Ming and Qing Society,” in Beyond Indigenization: Christianity and Chinese History in a Global Context, Leiden: Brill, 2022, pp. 116-149. 

XIAO Qinghe, “The Other Face of Confucianism: A Study on the Religionization of Confucianism in the Thought of Wen Xiangfeng”, in Journal of Chinese Studies 75 (2022): 81-140.

XIAO Qinghe, “Sin and Boundary: On the Catholic Hamartiology in Late Ming and Early Qing Dynasties and Its Social Significances”, in Sino-Christian Studies (A&HCI) 33 (2022): 29-60.

XIAO Qinghe, “A Possible Way on the Study of Sino-Christian Theology during Ming and Qing: Case Study on the Keyword Trinity (Sanwei yiti)”, in Logos & Pneuma: Chinese Journal of Theology (A&HCI), 50 (2019) : 95-128.

XIAO Qinghe, “The Imperial Astronomical Bureau and the Official Catholics Community during the late Ming and early Qing Dynasties”, in International Journal of Sino-Western Studies (ESCI) 22(2022): 41-54.

XIAO Qinghe, and Paulos Huang, “Chinese Christian Texts and the Formation of New Thoughts in Ming and Qing Dynasties”, in International Journal of Sino-Western Studies (ESCI) 22(2022):9-14.

XIAO Qinghe, "New Research on Confucian Christian Liu Ning during early Qing Dynasty", in International Journal of Sino-Western Studies (ESCI) 20 (2021): 93-120.

XIAO Qinghe and Paulos HUANG, “The Dialogue between Chinese Great Guoxue and the Western Studies in the Light of Globalization”, in Yearbook of Chinese Theology 6 (2020): 1-16.

XIAO Qinghe, “Discourses on the Sheng (Holy) by Catholicism in Late Ming and early Qing”, in Sino-Christian Studies (A&HCI), no. 27 (2019): 43-91.

XIAO Qinghe, “Angelology in Late Ming: On Gao Yizhi (Alphonse Vagnoni，1566-1640) and Shengui zhengji (True Recordings on Gods and Ghosts)”, in International Journal of Sino-Western Studies (ESCI), 16 (2019):111-124.

XIAO Qinghe, “François Noël (1651-1729) and the Chinese Voices in Rite Controversy”, in Journal of University of Jinan, 6 (2018): 91-97.

XIAO Qinghe, “Study on the Apologetics Thought of Li Wenyu: Focus on Xu Liku”, in Religion and History, Volume 10, pp. 233-250.

XIAO Qinghe, “Figurist Joseph de Prémare’s Thought on Trinity and Intra-Cultural Interpretation during early Qing: Focus on Sanyisan (On Trinity)”, in Journal of Beijing Administrative College, 4(2018): 113-119.

XIAO Qinghe, “Defending and Separation: Johann Adam von Bell and the Origin of Catholic (Zhujiao Yuanqi)”, in World Religious Studies, 5(2017): 131-150.

XIAO Qinghe, “The Great Dao is for the universal world since the original time”: New Research on Confucian Christian LI Zubai (?-1665) in early Qing”, in Sino-Christian Studies (A&HCI) 23(2017): 135-176.

XIAO Qinghe, “The Thought World of Confucian Christians in early Qing: case study on Liu Ning and Zhang Xingyao”, in Journal of Research for Christianity in China, 7(2016): 192-207.

XIAO Qinghe, “Figurism and Learning of Heaven: Research on Joseph de Prémare’s Theology”, in Academic Monthly 1(2016): 156-178.

XIAO Qinghe, “Defending and Interpretation: On the Catholic Apologetic Thoughts in Late Ming and Early Qing”, in Jinan Journal (Philosophy and Social Sciences), 5(2016): 85-94.

XIAO Qinghe, “Discoveries on a Catholic in Early Qing Dynasty: Guo Tingshang”, in Regent Review of Christian Thoughts, 20 (2015): 174-191.

XIAO Qinghe, “New Research on Literati Guo Zizhang and His Relationship with Catholicism during the Late Ming Dynasty”, in Journal of Macao Polytechnic Institute, 3(2015): 69-78.

XIAO Qinghe, “Aijin Xingquan (De operibus Misericordiae) and the Catholic Doctrine of Merit-making during Late Ming”, in Logos & Pneuma: Chinese Journal of Theology (A&HCI), 42(2015):147-177.

XIAO Qinghe, “Explanation and Renewal: On Joachim Bouvet (1656-1730)’s Doctrine of Revering Heaven during early Qing Dynasty, in Journal of Comparative Scripture 3(2014): 143-168.

XIAO Qinghe, “Social-net and Anti-Catholicism: On the Personal Relationships in Shengchao poxie ji”, in World Religious Studies, 6(2013):116-125.

XIAO Qinghe, “Salvation and Education: on Missionaries’ preaching and charity to Children during Ming and Qing”, in Jinan Journal (Philosophy and Social Sciences), 9(2013):66-80.

XIAO Qinghe, “Apostolate through Gifts: Social-net and Accommodation of Catholicism in China during late Ming and early Qing dynasties”, in Dongyue Tribune, 3(2013): 81-94.

XIAO Qinghe, “On the Life Stories and Social-net of Confucian Christian Liu Ning in early Qing Dynasty”, in Chinese Classics and Culture, 4(2012): 42-54.

XIAO Qinghe, “Miracle Stories and the Popularization of Christianity during late Ming and early Qing dynasties”, in Dongyue Tribune, 1(20011): 29-44.

XIAO Qinghe, “Differences between China and the West: Research on the Catholic funeral in China during late Ming and early Qing”, in Logos & Pneuma: Chinese Journal of Theology (A&HCI) 33(2010): 97- 118.

XIAO Qinghe, “Classics, Hermeneutics, and Sino-Theology”, in Logos & Pneuma: Chinese Journal of Theology (A&HCI) 33(2010): 293－305.

XIAO Qinghe, “On the Religious Studies in the Context of Post-Modernism”, in Journal of Religious Philosophy, 50(2009): 1-16.

XIAO Qinghe, “Identity and Calendar Discussion: Focus on Budeyi and Budeyi bian”, in (Beijing) Catholic Studies 5(2008): 166-220.

XIAO Qinghe, “Wuli and the Chinese Catholics’ Changes during Early Qing-A Case Study on Xu Kouduo Richao”, in (Taiwan) New Century Religious Studies, Vol. 6(2008): 112-157.

XIAO Qinghe, “Zhang Xingyao and Tianru tongyi kao: Catholics’ communications and identities during early Qing”, in (Beijing) Catholic Study, 4 (2007), pp.213-263.

XIAO Qinghe, “On the Meaning of Religion: with the perspective of sociology of religion”, in (Taiwan) Journal of Religious Philosophy, 41(2007): 185-200.

XIAO Qinghe, “The Group Association and Identification of the Chinese Catholcs in Late Ming Dynasty: Focused on Li Jioubiao and Kouduo Richao.” in Department of Philosophy (Zhe Xue Men), 8(2007):155-173.

XIAO Qinghe, “On the Relationship between Science and Religion”, in (Taiwan) Journal of Religious Philosophy, 39(2007.3): 68-84.

XIAO Qinghe, “The Understanding and Interpretation of Texts in Duoshu”, in (Taiwan) Fu Jen Religious Studies, 14 (2006 winter), pp.127-161.

XIAO Qinghe, “Between Interpretation and Explanation: Research on Duoshu”, in Journal of Christian Culture.Vol.12 (2005 Spring), The Renmin University of China Press, 2006, pp.215-242.

Book Reviews

Review on Nicolas Standaert, The Intercultural Weaving of Historical Texts: Chinese and European Stories about Emperor Ku and His Concubines, in Journal of Research for Christianity in China 9(2017): 304-319.

Review on Wu, Changsing, ed. Reinterpreting the History of Catholic Church in China: Collected Essays, Sino-Christian Studies 20 (2015): 191-195.

Review on Dai Guoqing, The Virgin Mary in China《圣母玛利亚在中国评论》，Sino-Christian Studies (A&HCI) 19(2015):203-210.

Book Review on The Chinese Face of Jesus Christ”, Volume 2, in Logos & Pneuma(A&HCI) 2012 (36):291-304.

Review on Nicolas Standaert: The Interweaving of Rituals: Funerals in the Cultural Exchange between China and Europe, in Zhexuemen 22(2010):340-347.

Review on Zhang Xianqing: Authorities, Clans and Catholicism, in Chinese Studies 28(2010):347-353.

Review on Huang Yilong: Two-head Snakes, in Logos & Pneuma, 27(2007), pp. 295-303.

Review on You Zi’an: Charity and Civilization since the Ming and Qing Periods, in Zhexuemen 7(2006):311-317.

GRANT AND FUND

2017-2022: “Collections and Research on Catholic LI Wenyu’s Works in Late Qing Dynasty”, China National Social Science Research Fund.

2017-2022: “Revering Heaven and Loving Human: Research on the Thought of Worshiping Heaven in Late Ming and Early Qing”, Shanghai Shuguang Project.

2012-2016: “Research on Confucian Christians: History, Thought and Literature”, National Excellent PhD Dissertation Award Fund.

2010-2016: “On the Confucian Christians in early Qing dynasty: Thought, Faith and Social-net”, China National Social Science Research Fund

2010-2012: “Christian Localization and State Control: On the History of Christianity in China during the Persecution Period (1722-1860)”, Shanghai Chenguang Project.