Message from College Master

Dear students,

Welcome to the Ling College at The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen! This will be a warm family that you will remember for the next four years and even for your entire life. The welcoming pine at the door of Ling College stands tall and vigorous, the ripples in the pool flow leisurely, and the green lawn in the courtyard breathes the fragrance of the earth.

To Cultivate the Self, and Benefit Others, is the motto of Ling. To establish character by the practice of Dao, and promote such value to the world; with no gap between east and west, to embrace all with a broad mind, connect the past and the present, and establish the heart of benevolence and impartiality, is the vision of Ling. Inheriting the cultural lineage of China, strolling through the aesthetic corridor, knowing what to revere, cherishing fortune and being grateful, building a sturdy physique, and doing service-learning, is the culture of Ling. Life in Ling will become a memorable chapter in your life journey.

Master of Ling College

Professor LU Zongli

EMAIL luzongli@cuhk.edu.cn

Bio

Professor LU Zongli is currently the Master of Ling College, and a part-time professor at the School of Humanities and Social Sciences at The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen. He holds a Master's degree in History from the Graduate School of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, as well as a Master's and Ph.D. degree in East Asian Studies from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA. Professor LU has served as the Deputy Director of the Warring States and Qin-Han Research Department at the Institute of History in the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Director of the Center for Cultural Studies in the School of Humanities and Social Science at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Deputy Dean of the School of Humanities and Social Science, Executive Dean of the Peking University-Hong Kong University of Science and Technology-Virginia University Joint Institute, and Dean of the School of Humanities and Social Sciences at Harbin Institute of Technology (Shenzhen).

EDUCATION

Ph. D. in Chinese cultural history, Department of East Asian Languages and Literature, University of Wisconsin-Madison, U.S.A.

M. A. in Chinese literature, Department of East Asian Languages and Literature, University of Wisconsin-Madison, U.S.A.

M. A. in History, Department of History, Graduate School of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Beijing, People’s Republic of China.

FIELDS OF RESEARCH

Chinese political history, politics, society, and cultural history from the Qin-Han to the Wei-Jin and Northern-Southern Dynasties, classical literature, folk beliefs, rumors, and divination.