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Phaedo (或《談靈魂》；倫理性的). Plato. (Yang Jiang, Trans.). Hong Kong: Cosmos Books. 2000.

The Ugly Chinaman and the Crisis of Chinese Culture. Bo Yang. China: People's Literature Publishing House. 2008.

Thinking with Exhibitions, Thinking with People, in The Curatorial in Parallax. Simon Sheikh. National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art. 2018.

Mit dem Rücken zur Kunst 背向藝術：權力的新身分地位象徵 . Wolfgang Ullrich. 2000.

Rebellion in Silhouette: The New Myth of the Contemporary Artist 叛逆的捉影：當代藝術家的新迷思. KAO, Chienhui. Taipei: Yuan-Liou Publishing. 2006.

Status anxiety. Alain de Botton. 2008.

Dialogues with Marcel Duchamp. Pierre Cabanne. China: Guangxi Normal University Press. 2013.

Sensitive: The Hidden Power of the Highly Sensitive Person in a Loud, Fast, Too-Much World. Jenn Granneman. 2023

The Meritocracy Trap: How America’s foundational myth feeds inequality, dismantles the middle class, and devours the elite. Daniel Markovits. Penguin Press. 2019.

The Revolt of the Elites and the Betrayal of Democracy. Christopher Lasch. 1995.

Representations of the Intellectual: the 1993 Reith lectures. Edward Said. 2012.

The Death of Expertise: The Campaign against Established Knowledge and Why it Matters. Tom Nichols. 2024.

The Crowd: A Study of the Popular Mind. Gustave Le Bon. Faces Publications. 2017.

I Love Art Basel: On Art and Captial. LEUNG Poshan Anthony. Hong Kong: dirty press, 2018.

Critical Design in Context: History, Theory, and Practice. Matt Malpass. 2017.

Heaven and hell. Emanuel Swedenborg. Taipei: Deeten Publishing. 2018.

Theology: A Very Short Introduction. Oxford Academic Books. David Ford. 2013.

Think Again: How to Reason and Argue. Walter Sinnott-Armstrong. Taipei: Rye Field Publishing. 2019.

The Burnout Society. Byung-Chul Han. Taipei: Locus Publishing. 2015.

Intellectuals and Society. Thomas Sowell. 2009.

Anti-Intellectualism in American Life. Richard Hofstadter. 1963.

Is God Real? Exploring the Ultimate Question of Life. Lee Strobel. 2023.

The Ignorant Schoolmaster: Five Lessons in Intellectual Emancipation. Jacques Rancière. China: Northwest China University Press. 2020.

An Unhurried Life: Following Jesus' Rhythms of Work and Rest. Alan Fadling. Hong Kong: InPress. 2024.

Of the Dignity or Meanness of Human Nature. David Hume. China: Hunan Literature & Art Publishing House. 2024.

Can Science Explain Everything?. John C. Lennox. 2019.

Articles and art critiques

Book Review: “The Death of Expertise”, Kent Anderson. 1 Mar 2017.

当代艺术领域最薄弱的地方：艺术的社会和人文内涵，朱其。ARTLINKART.

中国当代艺术剩下最后一个问题：灵魂，朱其。ARTLINKART.

Ivan Peries: 資產階級藝術家在第三世界的困境. Senake Bandaranayake. Asia Art Archive. 2012.

Fine Art and Commercial Architecture. Donald Judd. Judd Foundation. 1992.

A Long Discussion Not About Master-Pieces but Why There Are So Few of Them: Part I. Donald Judd. Judd Foundation. 1983.

A Long Discussion Not About Master-Pieces but Why There Are So Few of Them: Part II. Donald Judd. Judd Foundation. 1984.

The Field of Contemporary Art: A Diagram. Andrea Fraser. e-flux notes. 17 Oct 2024.

Funny people are also more intelligent, according to new research. World Economic Forum. 19 Oct 2017.

Anthropology Between Art and Science: An Essay on the Meaning of Research. Tim Ingold. FIELD. 2018.

Major Artists Are Also Major Narcissists, Says Science. Ben Davis. artnet. 2016.

Why the Art World’s Raging Narcissism Epidemic Is Killing Art. Christian Viveros-Fauné. artnet. 2015.

Economist proves artist narcissism is positively associated with art market performance. e-flex Conversations.

Philosophy, Truth, and the Wisdom of Love. Lambert Zuidervaart. Christian Scholar’s Review. 2018

"Love and Understanding": The tangle of love and wisdom (Love #7). Will Buckingham. 2021

Videos, presentations and seminars

A Conceptual History of Exhibition-making. Simon Sheikh. 1st Former West Congress. 2009

Thomas Sowell on Intellectuals and Society. Dr. Thomas Sowell. Hoover Institution. 2009

Jordan Peterson: Advice for Hyper-Intellectual People. Channel: PhilosophyInsights. 2017

Miracles: Is Belief in the Supernatural Irrational?. John Lennox. The Veritas Forum. Harvard Medical School. 2012

How We Begin: The Right Start. Pastor Andrew Gardener. The Vine Church. 2025 (Sermon)

Live as a Scholar and a Believer. Carlos Eire. Saint Thomas More Chapel & Center. Yale University. 2024.

Lost in the Mystery of God: Remembered Wisdom Before Retirement. Stephanie Paulsell. Harvard Divinity School. 2024.

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