1986-1988: Luce Fellow at the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies & Visiting Scholar at the Department of East Asian Studies, Harvard University
1993-2009: Head of the Academic and Teaching Unit
1995-1996: Foreign Research Fellow, Faculty of Humanities, The University of Tokyo
1997: Visiting Professor, the Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations, Harvard University
1999: Specially Appointed Research Fellow, Institute for Oriental and Occidental Studies, Kansai University
1999-2000: Visiting Professor, Chinese University of Hong Kong
2000-present: Part-time Professor at Wuhan University
2002: Visiting Professor, University of Science and Technology of Hong Kong
2002-2007: Deputy Executive Director of the International Society for Chinese Philosophy
2002-present: Member of the Social Science Committee of the Ministry of Education
2003: Visiting Professor, City University of Hong Kong
2004: Visiting Scholar, Academia Sinica, Taiwan
2004-2009: Director of the Confucian Studies Center, Peking University
2004-present: Part-time Professor at Zhejiang University
2005-2009: Director of the Academic Committee of the Philosophy Department, Peking University
2006-2007: Visiting Scholar, Harvard-Yenching Institute
2008-2009: Visiting Professor, National Central University, Taiwan
2009-present: Part-time Professor at Peking University
2010-present: Member of the Academic Committee of the Institute for Advanced Humanistic Studies
2011: Visiting Professor, Chinese University of Hong Kong
2012: Keynote Speaker, the 14th Annual Distinguished Scholar Special Lecture, Korean Academic Research Council (KARC), Seoul, South Korea
2012-present: Member of China Central Institute for Culture and History, appointed by the Premier of the State Council
2013: Keynote Speaker, 23rd World Congress of Philosophy, Athens, Greece
2015-present: Distinguished Professor at Shandong University
2016-present: Director of the Shanghai Institute of Confucian Studies, Fudan University
2016-present: Distinguished Professor at Fudan University
2017: Fourth New Asia Confucianism Lecturer, New Asia College, Chinese University of Hong Kong
2018: Cultural Master Lecturer, Cultural Affairs Bureau of the Macau SAR Government
2018-2023: Member of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC)
2018-present: Member of the Academic Degrees Committee of the State Council
1991: Recognized as a Chinese PhD Holder with Outstanding Contributions by the State Council Academic Degrees Committee and National Education Commission
1992: Recognized as a National Young Expert with Outstanding Contributions, awarded a special government allowance
1992: Second Prize for the China Books Prize
1993: Appointed as Doctoral Supervisor by the State Council Academic Degrees Committee
1998: Second Prize for the second Ministry of Education Outstanding Achievement Award for Higher Education Scientific Research (Humanities and Social Sciences)
1998: “Cross-century Talent” awarded by the Ministry of Education
2002: National Book Award Nomination
2003: Baogang National Outstanding Teacher Award
2004: First Prize for Teaching Excellence in Higher Education, Beijing Municipality
2005: Second Prize, National Teaching Achievement Award in Higher Education
2013: The first Chinese scholar selected to delivered a plenary lecture at the World Congress of Philosophy in Athens
2014,2016,2018: Global Chinese Achievement Award of Chinese Learning
2015: Simian Originality Award
2015: Confucius Culture Award
2016: “Master of Confucianism” of Shandong Province (awarded to only two scholars worldwide)
2017: Zhang Shiying Aesthetics and Philosophy Academic Award
2018: Huilin Culture Award for International Communication of Chinese Culture
2019, 2020: First Prize for Beijing Philosophy and Social Sciences Outstanding Achievement Award
2020: First Prize for the 8th Ministry of Education Outstanding Achievement Award for Higher Education Scientific Research (Humanities and Social Sciences)
2020: Global Chinese Lifetime Achievement Award of Chinese Learning
2024: First Prize for the 9th Ministry of Education Outstanding Achievement Award for Higher Education Scientific Research (Humanities and Social Sciences)
-Chinese Books
·Chen, L., A Love of Learning Leads to Inner Understanding: Chinese Culture and Philosophy (好学心知集——中国文化与哲学)，Zhonghua Book Company, 2025.
·Chen, L., The Philosophical World of Zhu Xi (朱子的哲学世界)，Sanlian Bookstore, 2024.
·Chen, L., Modern Perspectives on Chinese Philosophy (中国哲学的现代视野), Zhonghua Book Company, 2023.
·Chen, L., On Confucian Virtue Ethics (儒学美德论), Sanlian Bookstore, 2019.
·Chen, L., Research on East Asian Confucianism in Early Modern Times (近世东亚儒学研究), Peking University Press, 2018.
·Chen, L., Research on Modern Confucian Philosophy (现代儒家哲学研究), Peking University Press, 2018.
·Chen, L., Research on Feng Youlan’s Ethical Thoughts (冯友兰伦理思想研究), Sanlian Bookstore, 2018.
·Chen, L., Confucius, Mencius, Xunzi: Lectures on Pre-Qin Confucianism (孔子﹒孟子．荀子——先秦儒学讲稿), Sanlian Bookstore, 2017.
·Chen, L., From the World of Thought to the World of History (从思想世界到历史世界), Peking University Press, 2015.
·Chen, L., Humaneness-based Ontology (仁学本体论), Sanlian Bookstore, 2014.
·Chen, L., Confucius and the Modern World (孔夫子与现代世界), Peking University Press, 2011.
·Chen, L., Returning to Tradition (回向传统), Beijing Normal University Press, 2011.
·Chen, L., Research on the History of Modern Chinese Thought (中国近世思想史研究), Commercial Press, 2003; revised edition, Sanlian Bookstore, 2010.
·Chen, L., The Pursuit of Modern Chinese Philosophy: New Neo-Confucianism and New Learning of Heart-Mind (现代中国哲学的追寻——新理学与新心学), People’s Publishing House, 2001; revised edition, Sanlian Bookstore, 2010.
·Chen, L., Research on the Five Elements in Bamboo and Silk Manuscripts (竹帛五行与简帛研究), Sanlian Bookstore, 2009.
·Chen, L., Nine Discourses on East Asian Confucianism (东亚儒学九论), Sanlian Bookstore, 2008.
·Chen, L., Tradition and Modernity (传统与现代), Peking University Press, 2006.
·Chen, L., Interpretation and Reconstruction: The Philosophical Spirit of Wang Chuanshan (诠释与重建——王船山的哲学精神), Peking University Press, 2004.
·Chen, L., The World of Ancient Thought and Culture: Religion, Ethics, and Social Thought in the Spring and Autumn Period (古代思想文化的世界——春秋时代的宗教、伦理与社会思想), Sanlian Bookstore, 2002.
·Chen, L., Studies on Zhu Xi’s Philosophy (朱子哲学研究), East China Normal University Press, 2000.
·Chen, L., History of Chinese Philosophy During the Song, Yuan, and Ming Dynasties (中国宋元明哲学史), Hong Kong Open University Press, 1999.
·Chen, L., Ancient Religion and Ethics: The Roots of Confucian Thought (古代宗教与伦理─儒家思想的根源), Sanlian Bookstore, 1996.
·Chen, L., Philosophy and Tradition: Modern Confucian Philosophy and Modern Chinese Culture (哲学与传统：现代儒家哲学与现代中国文化), Yunchen Culture Publishing Company, 1994.
·Chen, L., Neo-Confucianism of the Song and Ming Dynasties (宋明理学), Liaoning Education Publishing House, 1992.
·Chen, L., The Realms of Being and Non-being: The Spirit of Wang Yangming’s Philosophy (有无之境——王阳明哲学的精神), People’s Publishing House, 1991.
·Chen, L., A Chronological Evidential Examination of Master Zhu Xi’s Writings And Letters (朱子书信编年考证), Shanghai People’s Publishing House, 1989.
·Chen, L., Studies on Zhu Xi’s Philosophy (朱熹哲学研究), China Social Sciences Press, 1988.
-English Books
·Chen, L., A Study of Modern Confucian Philosophy, Royal Collins Publishing Company, 2025.
·Chen, L., The Realms of Being and Non-Being: The Spirit of Wang Yangming’s Philosophy, Los Angeles: Bridge 21 Publications, 2021.
·Chen, L., Philosophy and Confucian Tradition, Los Angeles: Bridge 21 Publications, 2019.
·Chen, L., Confucius and the Modern World, Routledge, 2018.
·Chen, L., The Core Values of Chinese Civilization, Springer Singapore, 2016.
·Chen, L., Tradition and Modernity, Leiden-Boston: Brill, 2009.
-English Articles
·Chen L., “Practical Wisdom in Confucian Philosophy,” Journal of Philosophical Research, Vol. 40, Supplement Issue (2015), pp. 69-80.
·Chen, L., “Arguing for Zisi and Mencius as the Respective Authors of the ‘Wuxing’ Canon and Commentary Sections, and the Historical Significance of the Discovery of the Guodian ‘Wuxing’ Text,” Contemporary Chinese Thought, Vol. 43, Issue 2 (2012), pp. 14-25.
·Chen, L., “Brief Notes on the Bamboo ‘Wuxing’ Sections and Sentences,” Contemporary Chinese Thought, Vol. 43, Issue 2 (2012), pp. 26-33.
·Chen, L., “A Study of the Bamboo ‘Wuxing’ Text and Zisi’s Thought,” Contemporary Chinese Thought, Vol. 43, Issue 2 (2012), pp. 34-69.
·Chen, L., “A Study of the Philosophy of the Silk ‘Wuxing’ Text Commentary Section and a Discussion of the Silk ‘Wuxing Text and Mencius’ Philosophy, Contemporary Chinese Thought, Vol. 43, Issue 2 (2012), pp. 70-107.
·Chen L., “Virtue Ethics and Confucian Ethics,” Dao: A Journal of Comparative Philosophy, Vol. 9, Issue. 3, (September 2010), pp. 275-287.
·Chen L., “‘After-sage’ Life Pursuits: The Ethical Meaning of Feng Youlan’s Xin ShiLun,” Frontiers of Philosophy in China, Vol. 2, No. 3, (June 2007), pp. 363-378.
·Chen L., “On the Universal and Local Aspects of Confucianism,” Frontiers of Philosophy in China, Vol. 1, No. 1 (January 2006), pp. 79-91.
·Chen L., “An Elementary Discussion of a Number of Questions Concerning ‘Chinese Philosophy’,” Contemporary Chinese Thought, Vol. 37, Issue 1 (2005), pp. 34-42.
·Chen L., “The Discussion of Mind and Nature in Zhu Xi’s Philosophy,” in Chinese Philosophy in An Era of Globilization, ed., Robin Wang, Albany: State University of New York Press, 2004, pp. 75-98.
·Chen L., “Concept of Dao and Li in Chinese Philosophy” Contemporary Chinese Thought, Vol. 30, Issue 4 (1999), pp. 9-24.
·Chen L., “‘New Lixue’ Metaphysics: Examination and Critique,’ Journal of Chinese Philosophy, Vol. 21, Issue 3-4 (1994), pp. 363-396.
