Chung-ying Cheng

Chung-Ying Cheng (Chinese: 成中英; November 8, 1935 – July 2, 2024) was an American scholar of Chinese philosophy and a professor of philosophy at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa.

He is considered one of the pioneers who formalized the field of Chinese philosophy in the United States in the 1960s.

He joined the Department of Philosophy at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa in 1963.

Recently, he was Visiting Chair Professor in Chinese Philosophy at King's College London, visiting professor at Peking University and Tsinghua University, Distinguished Chair Professor at Renmin University, and Visiting Chair Professor of Humanities at Shanghai Jiaotong University.

Recently, he had specifically worked on the philosophy of c-management and Confucian Bio-Ethics as they relate to the Chinese tradition, and on how Chinese culture relates to world culture.