Name: Feng Lijun

Office: 303(2)

Email: fljch@163.com      

Position:

· Professor, PhD in History

· Associate Dean, Research School for Southeast Asian Studies

· Director of Institute of History of Sino Foreign Relations and Overseas Chinese Studies, Research School for Southeast Asian Studies

Research Fields:

· Southeast Asian History

· History of Chinese Overseas Trade

· Overseas Chinese and Chinese Diaspora

Work Experience:

· 2000–present: Faculty Member, Xiamen University

· May 2016 – May 2017: Visiting Scholar, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

· Conducted field research and participated in academic conferences at Tunghai University (Taiwan, China); the National University of Singapore; Nanyang Technological University, Singapore; Chulalongkorn University (Thailand); Thammasat University (Thailand); Ramkhamhaeng University (Thailand); the University of Malaya (Malaysia); and the Angkor archaeological site in Cambodia.

Teaching:

· Graduate-level: Ancient History of Southeast Asia

· Undergraduate-level: Contemporary International Relations; Politics and Diplomacy of Russia and Eastern Europe

Research Projects:

· 2025, Self-Initiated Research Project of the School of International Relations / Research School for Southeast Asian Studies, Xiamen University: The Evolution of the Philippines’ South China Sea Policy in the Context of Sino–U.S. Strategic Competition since the Early Twenty-First Century

· 2023, Major Project of the Ministry of Education’s Key Research Base for Humanities and Social Sciences:  Policy Evolution of ASEAN Member States’ Approaches to the ‘South China Sea Issue’ and Its Impacts in the Context of Sino–U.S. Strategic Competition since the Early Twenty-First Century

· 2021, Sub-project of the Major Project of the National Social Science Fund of China: Management and Governance Systems of the South China Sea Maritime Frontier from the Ming and Qing Dynasties to the Republican Period – A Study of the Traditional Governance System of China’s South China Sea Maritime Frontier under State Management from the Ming Dynasty to the Eve of the First Opium War

· 2015, Project funded by the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities, Xiamen University: “Cognition, Market and Trade: A Study on Trepang, Edible Bird’s Nest and Shark’s Fin Trade between China and Southeast Asia during the Ming and Qing Dynasties.”

· 2014, National Social Science Research Fund: The Trade of Trepang, Bird’s Nest, and Shark’s Fin between China and Southeast Asia in Ming and Qing Dynasty

· 2013, All-China Federation of Returned Overseas Chinese Project: Military Monopoly, Free Competition or the Advantage of Networking: The Chinese Traders in the trade of Sea Cucumber and Bird’s Nest between China and Southeast Asia in Qing Dynasty

· 2007, Xiamen Social Science Key Project: The Exchange between China and the West in Qing Dynasty and the Social Changes in Xiamen

· 2003, Xiamen University Preparatory Research Fund: The Exchange of Chinese Medicine between China and Southeast Asia          

Publications:

· Journal Articles（More than 30 academic papers have been published. Below are some selected achievements.）

1.Competition and Symbiosis: The Contest for the Edible Bird’s Nest Trade in Southeast Asia between the Mid-19th and the First Half of the 20th Century, World History, 2024.6; reprinted in full in Renmin University Reprint Materials (World History), 2025.5.

2.Exploring the Frontiers, Identifying Hot Topics, and Cultivating Younger Scholars: Mr. Han Zhenhua and the Study of China’s Overseas Trade History, in The Progress of Studies on the History of China’s Foreign Relations, China Social Sciences Press, 2023.

3.Some Reflections on Collaborative Research on China’s Maritime Frontier Issues in the South China Sea, Collected Papers of History Studies, 2023.4; reprinted in full in Renmin University Reprint Materials ( History), 2023.10.

4.Zhang Xinglang and The Travels of Marco Polo,” in Xiamen University and Modern Chinese Scholarship: A Collection of Prefaces to the Series “Selected Academic Works for the Centenary of Xiamen University”, Xiamen University Press, 2021.

5.Luxury Consumption and Transregional Exchange: A Case Study of the Consumption and Trade of Edible Bird’s Nests in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, in Review of Studies on the History of China’s Foreign Relations and Interactions along the Silk Road, China Social Sciences Press, 2021.

6.Hamashita Takeshi, The Journey of Capital: The Chinese Diaspora, Remittance, and the Chinese Network (Book Review), The International Journal of Diasporic Chinese Studies, 2021.4.

7.A Glimpse into the Development of the Academic Discipline of the History of China’s Foreign Relations, The Silk Road, 2021.4.

8.New Development in the Study of Asian Maritime History in the Twentieth-First Century: English-Language Scholarship as a Focus, Historiography Quarterly, 2018.2.

9.The Sea Routes between China and Australia: A Neglected Maritime Silk Road, Journal of Xiamen University, 2018.4.

10.A Study of Shark Fin Trade between China and Southeast Asia in the Qing Dynasty, Journal of Xiamen University, 2017.2.

11.On Chinese Maritime Merchants of Trepang and Edible Bird’s Nest Trade between China and Southeast Asia in the 18th and 19th Centuries, Journal of Xiamen University, 2015.4.

12. The Ups_and_Downs of the Ocean Trade of the Bugis People from the 17th Century to the 19th Century, World History, 2009.6.

13.A Brief Description about Medical and Hygeian Customs of Nations in Southeast Asia during Ancient times, World Ethno-National Studies, 2004.6, pp.70-76.

14.Discussion on Edible Bird’s Nest Trade between China and Southeast Asia in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, Researches in Chinese Economic History, 2015.2.

15.Cognition, Market and Trade: Discussion on Trepang Trade between China and Southeast Asia in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, Journal of Xiamen University, 2012.6.

16.A Brief Account of the Aromatic-Drug Trade between China and Cambodia before the Qing Dynasty, Southeast Asian Affairs, 2011.2.

17.A Brief Account of Exchanges in Traditional Chinese Medicine between China and Indonesia during the Qing Dynasty, Southeast Asian Affairs, 2010.1.

18.Macassar’s Role in the Malayan Archipelago’s Maritime Trade from the 17th to 19th , Southeast Asian Studies, 2010.2.

19.Overseas Chinese and the Diffusion of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Southeast Asia, Overseas Chinese History Studies, 2003.3.

20.Management and Control of Guangxi-Vietnam Border Trade in the Early Qing Dynasty, Southeast Asian Affairs, 2007.3.

21.A Brief Study on Traditional Chinese Medicine Exchanges between China and the Ryukyu during the Ming and Qing Dynasties, Historical Archives, 2007.1.

22.A Study of Yunnan–Burma Trade and Its Administration from the Ming Dynasty to the Mid-Qing Period, Southeast Asian Affairs, 2005.3.

23.A Brief Comment on Ancient European’s Knowledge of Chinese Medicine, Collected Papers of History Studies, 2003.4.

24.On Xiamen’s Management of Overseas Trade in the Earlier Stage of the Qing Dynasty, Southeast Asian Affairs, 2001.4.

25.Coastal Prohibition in the Early Qing Dynasty and Xiamen Foreign Trade under the Control of Zheng Chenggong’s Forces, Southeast Asian Affairs, 2000.4.

· Book

1.A Study of Traditional Chinese Medicine Exchanges Between China and Southeast Asia in Ancient Times, Kuming：Yunnan Arts Press，2010

2.The Maritime Silk Road and the Overseas Dissemination of TCM Culture -- Centered on the Dissemination and Influence of TCM Culture in Southeast Asia, Harbin: Heilongjiang Education Press, 2019

3.The Progress of Studies on the History of China’s Foreign Relations (ed.), China Social Sciences Press, 2023.

Awards and Honors:

·The Maritime Silk Road and the Overseas Dissemination of Traditional Chinese Medicine Culture: Focusing on Its Spread and Influence in Southeast Asia, Heilongjiang Education Press, 2019. Awarded the Third Prize (Monograph Category) of the 14th Fujian Provincial Award for Outstanding Achievements in Social Sciences.