Biography

Dr. Tan Huey Meei has been serving as a part-time lecturer in the Department of Chinese Studies, Xiamen University, since September 2025. 

Research Interest

Chinese Paleography, Excavated and Transmitted Text.

Educational Background

• PhD of Philosophy (Chinese Paleography & Excavated Texts), Chengchi University, Taiwan (2025)
• Master of Arts (Chinese Paleography & Transmitted texts), Tzu Chi University, Taiwan (2019)
• Bachelor of Arts (Chinese Linguistics, Chinese Paleography & Chinese Philosophy), Tzu Chi University, Taiwan (2015)

Working Experience

• Part-time Lecturer, Department of Chinese Studies, Xiamen University Malaysia (2025-Current). 
• Academic Tutor, Department of Oriental Languages and Literature & Master's Program, Tzu Chi University, Taiwan (2022–2023). 
• Academic Tutor, Office of International Affairs, Tzu Chi University, Taiwan (2016–2019). 
• Trilingual Text Editor, Speer Creative Advertising Design Company, Malaysia (2012–2013).

Representative Publications

• Tan, Huey Meei. (2026). A Study of the Formats and Formulaic Expressions of Postal Slips in the Juyan Han Bamboo Slips. In Studies on Chinese Bamboo and Wooden Slips (《简牍学研究》), Vol. 20. Lanzhou: Gansu People's Publishing House, 2026.
• Tan, Huey Meei. (2025). Research on the writing formats of Garrison Han Dynasty bamboo slips—Mainly on the Han Dynasty bamboo slips in Juyan (Doctoral dissertation).  Chengchi University. Taipei.
• Tan, Huey Meei. (2022). A phonetic and semantic study of Warring States characters with the 'shi' (  ) radical. In Proceedings of the 33rd International Conference on Chinese Etymology (pp. 377–396). Chinese Etymology Association; Department of Chinese Literature, Fu Jen Catholic University. Taichung; Taipei.
• Tan, Huey Meei. (2020). Verification and supplementation of the list of character examples in the "Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants". In Proceedings of the 31st International Conference on Chinese Etymology (pp. 369–388). Chinese Etymology Association; International College, Tzu Chi University; Department of Chinese Language and Literature, Dong Hwa University. Hualien.
• Tan, Huey Meei. (2019). A research on variant Chinese characters’ development from simplified characters (Master's thesis). Tzu Chi University. Hualien.