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Chad Hansen is Chair Professor of Chinese Philosophy, Emeritus at the University of Hong Kong where he has taught for 30 years, He has previously held visiting and regular positions at universities around the world, including U of Hawaii, UCLA, Stanford, U of Michigan, U of Pittsburgh, U of Auckland, NUS Singapore, U of Vermont and Smith College. Hansen taught himself Cantonese and Chinese while in Hong Kong during the China's "Great Leap Forward" then took his BA at the U of Utah and Ph.D. at the University of Michigan. He was named University Scholar at the University of Vermont for his second book, A Daoist Theory of Chinese Thought, before taking his current position at Hong Kong University.
This, book grew out of his dissertation under Don Munro. Hansen's research, conducted In Taiwan and Hong Kong including studying with Liu Yuyun, Chen Guying, Mou Zhongshan and Tang Junyi. Guided by 20th century theories of language, his novel approach to interpretive theory launched the modern analytical study of Ancient Chinese philosophy
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