CRSACD – Achievement 研究成果
CRSACD – Academic Journal Papers
1) Research Project: The Malaysian Historical Geographical Information System (MHGIS)
Authors:
Guan Thye Hue, Wei Kai Kui, Juhn Khai Klan Choo, Xin De Josephine Fong, Weikai Dong, Kenneth Dean, Ruo Lin, Meng Yu and Hean Cheong Tai
Journal information:
The Malaysian Historical Geographical Information System (MHGIS): The Case of Chinese Temples in Johor (马来西亚历史地理信息系统：以柔佛庙宇为例), in Religions 2023, 14(3), 336; https://doi.org/10.3390/rel14030336
Abstract:
This is a quantitative study of Chinese temples in Johor using temple data to show the development of Chinese religion in the state. The study finds that Chinese temples in Johor are dominated by a fusion of Confucianism, Buddhism and Daoism, with only a minority of orthodox Buddhism in existence. The broad range of Buddhist and Daoist deities shows the diversity and inclusiveness of the religion. In addition, the number of newly created temples in the state is still on the rise, contradicting the perception that they, especially Daoist ones, are on the decline. The quantitative data collation and analysis of Chinese temples in Johor not only will reflect more accurately the development of religion and beliefs of the local Chinese community, but also is an attempt to construct Malaysia Historical Geographic Information System (MHGIS). We hope that in the future, we can make use of the convenience of the data humanities system to make a more macro and holistic exploration and development of the study of Chinese temples and beliefs in Malaysia.
2) Research Project: A Study of Chinese Cemetery Hills in Singapore
Authors:
Hue Guan Thye, Liu Yilin, Klan Choo Juhn Khai, Kenneth Dean, Tang Chang, Wang Yidan, Lin Ruo, Caroline Chia, Xue Yiran, Yan Yingwei, Kui Wei Kai
Journal information:
The Development and Changes of Singapore Chinese Society in 19–20th Century—An Analysis from the Perspective of Dialect Group Cemetery Hills (19-20世纪新加坡华人社会发展与变迁——以方言群坟山为视角分析), in Histories, 2022, 2 (3), 288; MDPI, Basel, Switzerland; https://doi.org/10.3390/histories2030022
Abstract:
This project uses the data on Qing Dynasty graves in Singapore obtained through fieldwork by a research team from the Department of Chinese at the National University of Singapore as an entry point to explore the changing history of Chinese society in Singapore as reflected behind the Chinese graveyards in Singapore. Meantime, under the perspective of the “two-tier pattern” (两级格局) of the predecessors, the origin of Chinese society in Singapore is interpreted in an extended manner from the geopolitical aspect and using inscribed documents as historical materials.
3) Research Project: A Study of the Singaporean and Malaysian Chinese Leader, Sit Boon Teong
Authors:
Hue Guan Thye, Klan Choo Juhn Khai
Journal information:
Connecting the Chinese Diaspora: See Boon Tiong and His Temple Networks in Singapore and Malacca (连接海外华人：薛文仲在新加坡与马六甲的庙宇网络), in Histories, 2022, 2(3), 241; MDPI, Basel, Switzerland; https://doi.org/10.3390/histories2030019
Abstract:
The purpose of this study is to explore and chart the development of See Boon Tiong, a little-known Chinese community leader active in Singapore and Melacca in the 19th century. This paper focuses not only on the trajectory of See Bon Tiong’s activities in Singapore and Malacca, but also on the network of relationships he built in the temples in both regions to achieve a higher position of leadership in the Chinese community. The development of See Boon Tiong’s power reflects the reconfiguration of the power of the Malaccan merchants who formed a network of power in Singapore in the 19th century upon their return to their homeland, illustrating the mutual influence and inseparability of the leadership of the Chinese community in Singapore and Malacca at that time, and proposing that the change and development of the power structure of the Chinese community depended on the network of power formed behind the temples.
4) Research Project: Singapore United Temples Study
Authors:
Hue Guan Thye, Wang Yidan, Kenneth Dean, Lin Ruo, Tang Chang, Klan Choo Juhn Khai, Liu Yilin, Kui Wei Kai, Dong Weikai, Xue Yiran, Caroline Chia
Journal information:
A Study of United Temple in Singapore—Analysis of Union from the Perspective of Sub-Temple (新加坡联合庙研究——从分庙视角分析联合), in Religions, 2022, 13 (7), 602; MDPI, Basel, Switzerland; https://doi.org/10.3390/rel13070602
Abstract:
The study of Singapore United Temples takes the Singapore Chinese United Temples as the object of study, and from the attributes of the sub-temples under the United Temples, a new classification of temples is drawn up, namely “ancestral temples” (血缘庙), “geographic temples” (地缘庙) and “deity-related temples” (神缘庙), to explore the formation patterns of the temples under the influence of multiple spatial, social and cultural factors.
5) Research Project: A Study of the Singaporean and Malaysian Chinese Leader Lee Choon Seng
Authors:
Hue Guan Thye, Tang Chang, Klan Choo Juhn Khai
Journal information:
The Buddhist Philanthropist: The Life and Times of Lee Choon Seng (佛教的事业：李俊承的时代与一生), in Religions, 2022, 13(2), 147; MDPI, Basel, Switzerland; https://doi.org/10.3390/rel13020147
Abstract:
The research team explored how Lee Jun Seung used his assets, associations, and leadership to extend Buddhist influence to Singapore, Malaysia, China, and beyond in turbulent times, starting with his social connections and Buddhist faith network in the context of the Singaporean and Malaysian corresponding era.