Dr. Jon (Jun) Fang is Chair of the History Department at Huron University College. His two main areas of research are the history of Yuan-Ming China (13th century - 17th century China) and the history of teacher education in Hong Kong. The former is specifically centered on the history of Nanjing during the Ming dynasty.
In the past two years Dr. Fang has published two journal articles on Ming Nanjing, "The Political Functions of the Southern Capital in the Ming Dynasty" and "The Military Function of the Southern Capital in Ming China." He has also co-authored and co-edited a book, The History of Education in Hong Kong, which was published in Hong Kong in mid 2008.
In addition, Dr. Fang was interviewed for the radio program Voice of Taiwan about the Rape of Nanjing. The interview also touched on a 2007 book he edited on the atrocities committed by the Imperial Japanese Army in the then Chinese capital from December 1937 to February 1938. The 50 minute interview was broadcast on January 23, 2008.
"My interest in studying Ming dynasty Nanjing has something to do with my life experience with the city - I was born and raised there and received my first two degrees respectively at Nanjing Normal University and Nanjing University. I was fascinated by the dual capital system of the Ming (when Nanjing served as an auxiliary capital of the dynasty) when I was doing my master's degree and wanted to study that phenomenon for quite some time," says Dr. Fang about the reasons that prompted his research. Researching the history of education in Hong Kong also resulted from his teaching experience.
According to Dr. Fang, research and teaching should not be separate. This is evident in his teaching as the history of the Ming period is an important component of his current survey course. This integration of research has also led him to develop a new upper year course on China from the 16th century onward. About the benefits of doing research, Dr. Fang says, "Doing research not only enriches the researcher's understanding of his/her subject, but it also enhances the researcher's analytical and critical thinking abilities."
Dr. Fang's goal for his research is to eventually publish a book about his findings on Ming Nanjing. He adds, "I want to shift my focus to the social aspects of the city in the 16th-17th centuries."
1. Fang, Jun and Xiong Xianjun eds. (2008). History of Education in Hong Kong. Hong Kong: Ling Kee Publishing Co., 640 pp.
2. Fang, Jun, Xianjun Xiong, and Chiu-ling Mak(2006). Source Materials on Education Selected from Hong Kong's Chinese Newspapers of Early Twentieth Century. Changsha: Hunan People's Press, 612 pp.
3. Fang, Jun, et al (2006). An Encyclopedia of the Sino-Western Calendars. Changchun: Jilin Literature and History Press, 4 vols., 4498 pp.
4. Grossman, David, Saiki Au, and Jun Fang, eds. (2002). An Oral History of Hong Kong's Colleges of Education. Hong Kong: Hong Kong Institute of Education, 406 pp.
5. Lee, Wing-on, Jun Fang, and Tin Yau Lo, eds. (2001). Liberal Education in China. Hong Kong: Longman Education Limited, 226 pp.
6. Qiu, Shusen, Lin Bingyan, and Jun Fang (1999). History of the Chinese Nation. Haikou: Southern Press. 2 vols., 1019 pp.
1. Fang, Jun (2007). "The Military Functions of the Southern Capital in Ming China." Monumenta Serica: European Journal of Oriental Studies, vol. 55, pp. 133-156.
2. Fang, Jun (2006). "The Political Functions of the Southern Capital in Ming China." Ming Studies, 54: 2 (fall 2006), pp. 71-106.
3. Qiu, Shusen and Jun Fang (2001). "New Findings in Marco Polo Studies." Journal of Sung-Yuan Studies, no. 31, pp. 356-362.
4. Fang, Jun (1998). "New Lights on Song and Yuan Studies." Journal of Sung-Yuan Studies, no. 28, pp. 294-302.
5. Fang Jun (1997). "The Military Triumvirate in the Southern Capital of the Ming Dynasty." Ming Studies, no. 37, pp. 7-21.
6. Lo, Tin Yau and Jun Fang (1997). "Hong Kong as seen by mainland Chinese Scholars." Revue Bibliographique de Sinologie, no. 15, pp. 13-26.
7. Fang, Jun (1994). "Yuan Studies in China: 1980-1991." Journal of Sung-Yuan Studies, no. 24, pp. 237-254.
8. Fang, Jun (1994)."The Gazetteer of the Nanjing Ministry of Revenue: The Record of an Auxiliary Capital Department in the Ming Dynasty." Journal of East Asian Library, 7:1, pp. 73-97.
9. Fang, Jun (1993). "A Bibliography of Extant Yuan Gazetteers." Journal of Sung-Yuan Studies, no. 23, pp. 123-138.
10. Fang, Jun (1992). "The Central Military Commission: An Exploration of Its Status within the Chinese Communist Party." East Asia Forum, no. 1, pp. 43-65.
1. Mak, Chiu-ling & Jun Fang (2007). "The Development and Challenges of Basic Education in Hong Kong as Revealed in the Chinese Press, 1930s-1950s." Journal of Basic Education, 16: 2, pp. 1-20.
2. Fang, Jun (2007). "Teacher Education in Post-War Hong Kong." History of Education, no. 73, pp. 44-48.
3. Lo, Tin Yau and Fang, Jun (2005)."Jin Yingxi and His Achievements in Hong Kong Studies." Review of Social Sciences, no. 3 of 2005, pp. 50-58.
4. Fang, Jun (2005). "Vernacular Normal School for Men (1920-1940): An Important
Cradle of School Teachers in Early Twentieth Century Hong Kong." Educational Research Journal, 20: 1, pp. 213-330.
5. Fang, Jun (2003). "Vernacular Normal School for Women (1920-1941): The Sole Teacher Education Institute for Women in Hong Kong." New Horizon in Education, no. 48, pp. 56-63.
6. Fang, Jun (2002). "Consequences of Early Yuan's Asian Wars of Conquest at Home." Journal of Studies on the Yuan and Nationalities History, no. 15, pp. 51-60.
7. Fang, Jun (2002). "The Campaigns Against Opium-smoking in Modern China." Journal of Shaanxi Normal University, no. 3 of 2002, pp. 113-118.
8. Fang, Jun (2001). "The External Impacts of the Early Yuan's Conquest of Asian Countries." Journal of Studies on the Yuan and Nationalities History, no. 14, pp. 66-79.
9. Fang, Jun and He Lifang (2001). "Government Normal School (1881-1883): The First Teacher Education Institute in Hong Kong." Education Research Journal, 16: 2, pp. 315-330.
10. Fang, Jun (2001). "Vernacular Taipo Normal School (1926-41): The Pioneer of Basic Education in the New Territories." Education Journal, 29: 1, pp. 137-156.
11. Fang, Jun (2000). "The Opium Growth and Its Impacts on Agriculture in Modern China." Chinese Historical Geography, vol. 2, pp. 71-91.
12. Fang, Jun (2000). "Western Powers' Operation of Opium Business in Modern China." Journal of Humanities, no. 4 of 2000, pp. 104-109.
13. Fang, Jun (2000). "The Departmental Gazetteers of Southern Capital of Ming China." Journal of Nanjing Normal University, no. 4 of 2000, pp. 138-144.
14. Fang, Jun (2000). "The Extant Departmental Gazetteers of the Southern Capital of the Ming Dynasty." Journal of Further Education of Shaanxi Normal University, 17: 1, pp. 79-82. Reprinted in the Journal of Ming-Qing History (no. 3 of 2000) published by the Chinese People's University.
15. Fang, Jun (1999). "The Rural Training College (1946-54): An Important Chapter in the History of Hong Kong Teacher Education." Journal of Basic Education, 9: 1, pp. 1-19.
16. Fang, Jun (1998). "The Grand Commandants at the Southern Capital of Ming China." Journal of Sinica Research, no. 36, pp. 42-44.
17. Lo, Tin Yau & Fang Jun (1998). "On Wang Tao's Educational Thought." Journal of Sinica Research, no. 34, pp. 33-42.
18. Fang, Jun (1987). "Overseas Chinese during the Song-Yuan Period." Journal of Nanjing University Graduate Students, no. 2, pp. 52-55.
1. Fang, Jun (2008). "Traditional Chinese Education in Pre-1840 Hong Kong." In Fang, Jun & Xiong Xianjun, eds., History of Education in Hong Kong (Hong Kong: Ling Kee Publishing Company), pp. 23-41.
2. Fang, Jun (2008). "The Evolution of Teacher Education in Hong Kong during the 1945-1994 Period." In Fang, Jun & Xiong Xianjun, eds., History of Education in Hong Kong (Hong Kong: Ling Kee Publishing Company), pp. 434-443.
3. Fang, Jun (2008). "Education in Post-Handover Hong Kong." In Fang, Jun & Xiong Xianjun, eds., History of Education in Hong Kong (Hong Kong: Ling Kee Publishing Company), pp. 497-521.
4. Fang, Jun and Lo, Tin Yau (2006)."The Thinking and Practice of Lei Peihong's Adult Education." In Ting, S.P., et al, eds., Collected Essays on Foreign-educated Students of Modern China (Hong Kong: Hong Kong Museum of History), pp. 408-421.
5. Fang, Jun and Lo, Tin Yau (2004). "A Study of Wang Zaijin's Compendium on Coastal Defense Strategies." In Lee Kam-kueng, et al, eds., Modern Chinese Naval History: New Perspectives (Hong Kong: Hong Kong Museum of Coastal Defense), pp. 108-122.
6. Lo, Tin Yau and Fang, Jun (2003). "Liang Tingnan's Historical Analysis of the Opium War." In Lam, Kai Yin and Cindy Chu, eds., The Opium War Revisited (Hong Kong: Chinese University Press), pp. 21-38.
7. Fang, Jun (2002). "Colleges of Education: An Important Cradle of Teachers in Hong Kong." In Fang Jun, et al, eds., An Oral History of Hong Kong's Colleges of Education (Hong Kong: Hong Kong Institute of Education), pp. 1-9.
8. Fang, Jun (2001). "Yan Yangchu's Civic Education Thought." In Fang, Jun, et al, eds., Liberal Education in China (Hong Kong: Longman Education Limited), pp. 89-103.
9. Fang, Jun and Lo, Tin Yau (1999)."Zheng Ruozeng's Coastal Defense Strategy." In Lee Kam Keung, et al, eds., Coastal Defense and Maritime Economy of Modern China (Hong Kong: Modern Chinese History Society of Hong Kong), pp. 17-40.
10. Wang, Lianggong and Fang, Jun (1999). "Ming Dynasty" and "Qing Dynasty". In Fang, Jun, et al, History of the Chinese Nation (Haikou: Southern Press), pp. 406-575.
1. Fang, Jun, ed. Nanjing datusha shiliao xinbian (2007). Translation of Timothy Brook, Documents on the Rape of Nanking. Taipei: Taiwan Commercial Press, pp. 329.
2. Fang, Jun, et al (2004). Zongle de kunhuo: Mingdai de shangye yu wenhua. Translation of Timothy Brook, Confusions of Pleasure: Commerce and Culture in Ming China. Taipei: Linking Publishing Company (version of complex Chinese characters), 392 pp; Beijing: Sanlian Joint Publishing Company (version of simplified Chinese characters), 332 pp.
3. Fang, Jun and Wang, Xiuli (2001). "Nanjing de zhuanbian 1350-1400." Translation of F.W. Mote, "Transformation of Nanking, 1350-1400." Collections of Essays on Chinese Historical Geography, 16:3, pp. 31-45.
4. Fang Jun (2001). "Ziwo guanli yu shehui zeren: Ma Xiangbo de jiaoyuguan." Translation of Ruth Hayhoe, "The May Fourth Movement and Shanghai," in Fang, Jun, et al, eds., Liberal Education in China (Hong Kong: Longman Education Limited), pp. 81-89.
5. Jiang, Fan (pseudonym of Fang, Jun) (1988). "Yuandi shi Hanwen ma?" Translation of Herbert Franke, "Could the Mongol Emperors Read and Write Chinese?" China Yuan Studies Newsletter, no. 14, pp. 20-26.
6. Fang, Jun (1987). "Sulian de Xixia xue." Translation of Ruth Dunnel, "Tangut Studies in the Soviet Union," Gansu Nationalities Studies, nos. 22-23, pp. 141-142.
7. Fang, Jun (1987). "Yibu zhengui de Yuandai fojiao wenxian." Translation of "A Hitherto Unnoticed Yuan-period Collection Attributed to Phagspa," Overseas Tibetan Studies, no. 2, pp. 24-27.
8. Fang, Jun (1985). "Yuandai de Nuzhenren." Translation of Morris Rossabi, "Jurchen in the Yuan and Ming Periods," China Yuan Studies Newsletter , no. 10, pp. 25-31.
