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Wei-Hung Yen (嚴瑋泓) is a professor in the Department of Chinese Literature at National Cheng Kung University in Tainan, Taiwan. His scholarly interests encompass Chinese Buddhism, Chinese philosophy, and Buddhist ethics. Following the attainment of his doctoral degree, he dedicated himself to researching the interpretation of Chinese Buddhist classics, with a particular focus on the interpretive impacts and historical context surrounding the understanding and reception of Mahāprajñāpāramitopadeśa (Da-zhi-du-lun) in China. In recent years, Yen has been actively engaged in the construction of Chinese Buddhist ethical thought, leveraging his insights to the critical examination of contemporary ethical challenges, including issues related to warfare and artificial intelligence.