# Jin Guantao

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Chinese scholar

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**Jin Guantao** (Chinese: 金观涛; born 1947) is a Chinese scholar who is currently the chair professor of the Department of Chinese Literature at the [National Chengchi University](/source/National_Chengchi_University) in [Taiwan](/source/Taiwan).[1][2] Jin was an influential figure in the [New Enlightenment movement](/source/New_Enlightenment_(China)) in the 1980s in [mainland China](/source/Mainland_China), creating the *[Towards the Future Book Series](/source/Toward_the_Future_Series)* with [Bao Zunxin](/source/Bao_Zunxin) and others in 1984.[3][4][5] In 1990, he founded the academic journal *[Twenty-First Century](/source/Twenty-First_Century)* with his wife Liu Qingfeng at the [Chinese University of Hong Kong](/source/Chinese_University_of_Hong_Kong).[3][4]

## Biography

Jin Guantao was born in [Yiwu, Zhejiang](/source/Yiwu%2C_Zhejiang) in 1947, and graduated from [Peking University](/source/Peking_University) in 1970 with a degree in chemistry.[2][5] During the [Chinese Cultural Revolution](/source/Chinese_Cultural_Revolution) (1966–1976), he became interested in humanities and social sciences.[2]

Jin was an active figure during the [New Enlightenment movement](/source/New_Enlightenment_(China)) in [mainland China](/source/Mainland_China) in the 1980s, creating the popular *[Towards the Future Book Series](/source/Toward_the_Future_Series)* with [Bao Zunxin](/source/Bao_Zunxin) and others in 1984.[3][4][5]

From an anti-Marxist perspective, Jin and Liu Qingfeng contended that Chinese history should be studied as a macro system according to the internal logic of its culture and values.[6] In their view, Chinese civilization was an "ultrastable structure" with [Confucianism](/source/Confucianism) as the main regulator of its "deep structure" and the root reason for its stability.[6]

He served as the director of the Philosophy of Science in the Research Institute of the [Chinese Academy of Sciences](/source/Chinese_Academy_of_Sciences).[4][7] In 1986, he spent a year as a visiting researcher at the [University of Pennsylvania](/source/University_of_Pennsylvania) in the [United States](/source/United_States).[5][8] In 1988, he became the main advisor to the influential TV documentary *[River Elegy](/source/River_Elegy)*.[4]

After the [Tiananmen Square Massacre](/source/Tiananmen_Square_Massacre) in 1989, Jin moved to the [Chinese University of Hong Kong](/source/Chinese_University_of_Hong_Kong) where he founded the academic journal *[Twenty-First Century](/source/Twenty-First_Century)* and built "the Database for the Study of Modern Chinese Thought (1830-1930)" with his wife Liu Qingfeng.[2][4] Jin was a Senior Research Fellow of the Institute of Chinese Studies in the Chinese University of Hong Kong from 1989 to 2008.[2]

Since 2009, Jin has been a professor at the [National Chengchi University](/source/National_Chengchi_University) in [Taiwan](/source/Taiwan).[1][2][4]

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-:0_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-:0_1-1) ["GUAN-TAO JIN"](https://ah.lib.nccu.edu.tw/scholar?id=7077&title=person). *National Chengchi University*. Retrieved 2024-10-14.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-:1_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-:1_2-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-:1_2-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-:1_2-3) [***e***](#cite_ref-:1_2-4) [***f***](#cite_ref-:1_2-5) ["Jin Guantao 金观涛 b.1947 | Centre for Chinese Research"](https://ccr.ubc.ca/jin-guantao/). *[University of British Columbia](/source/University_of_British_Columbia)*. Retrieved 2024-10-14.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-:2_3-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-:2_3-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-:2_3-2) Bartel, David (2011-07-30). ["No Forbidden Zone in 21st Century"](https://journals.openedition.org/chinaperspectives/5576). *China Perspectives*. **2011** (2): 66‑73. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.4000/chinaperspectives.5576](https://doi.org/10.4000%2Fchinaperspectives.5576). [ISSN](/source/ISSN_(identifier)) [2070-3449](https://search.worldcat.org/issn/2070-3449).

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-:3_4-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-:3_4-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-:3_4-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-:3_4-3) [***e***](#cite_ref-:3_4-4) [***f***](#cite_ref-:3_4-5) [***g***](#cite_ref-:3_4-6) ["金觀濤和劉青峰老師簡介"](https://hc.nccu.edu.tw/public/view.php?main=3&sub=25&ssub=27&id=142). *National Chengchi University*. 2012-05-21. Retrieved 2024-10-14.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-:4_5-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-:4_5-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-:4_5-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-:4_5-3) ["\[预告\]深入分析近30年中国思想启蒙发展历程"](https://phtv.ifeng.com/program/zhtfl/200811/1117_1687_881651.shtml) [[Preview] Deep analysis of the development of China's enlightenment thought in the past 30 years]. *[Phoenix New Media](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Phoenix_New_Media&action=edit&redlink=1)*. 2008-11-17. Retrieved 2024-10-14.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-:12_6-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-:12_6-1) Imbach, Jessica (2025). "Network Fantasies: Liu Cixin's China 2185, Digital Futurism, and History as Computer Code". *Digital China: Creativity and Community in the Sinocybersphere*. [Routledge](/source/Routledge). p. 190. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [9781041178088](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781041178088).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** ["High Culture Fever"](https://publishing.cdlib.org/ucpressebooks/view?docId=ft0489n683&chunk.id=d0e1118&toc.id=d0e734&brand=ucpress). *[University of California](/source/University_of_California)*. Retrieved 2024-10-14.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** Jin, Guantao; Liu, Qingfeng (2011-11-01). ["兴盛与危机：论中国社会超稳定结构"](http://www.megbook.com.hk/mall/detail.jsp?proID=3984218). *megBook (Hong Kong)*. Retrieved 2024-10-14.

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