Yongjia Yuan Resume
Phd Candidate in SOAS, focusing on the Church of the East in Turfan area (7-9 centuries). Specialized in the Spirituality of eastern Churches, Orthodox, Syriac Churches, Chinese Churches.
Founder (November 2021 - Present) of two non-profit project GCDFL, CTCFOL and wenbi.
Teacher of Eastern Churches for over 300 hours.
Translator of the works of Church Fathers for over 300k words.
Education en
| Time | Degree | School | focusing |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 Sep. -Now | Phd Candidate | SOAS | The Church of the East in Turfan area |
| 2019 Apr. - 2021 Nov. | Master of Studies in Theology | Boston College School of Theology and Ministry | Syriac Churches |
| 2015 Aug.- 2018 Nov. | Master of Theology | Hellenic College Holy Cross | the Spiritual of Greek Fathers Greek Tradition |
Language ability:
- fluent with Chinese, English, Ancient Greek, Syriac
- intermedia level: Latin, Coptic, Sogdian, Old Turkish, Middle Persian
- entry level: Japanese, French, German.
Skill
- Python, git, docker, linux system, nvim, mkdocs, yaml, toml, LLM.
Projests and Job experience
2024-now, Project of wenbi in github.
- A simple tool to make the video, audio, subtitle and url (especially youtube) content into a written markdown files with the ability to rewritten the oral expression into written ones, or translating the content into a target language by using LLM. Wenbi is a Chinese name 文 笔, meaning a good writting.
2021-now, Founder of GCDFL
- GCDFL (an abbreviation of 光从东方来), meaning the light comes from east, a non-profit project, focusing on introducing Eastern Churches through academic lectures to Chinese Speakers.
- GCDFL has invited 16 speakers to give more than 70 academic lectures (including 6 pilgrimage tour lectures) between 2023-2024.
- Over 30 lectures on the spirituality of Greek & Syriac traditions, the church history, opening 4 courses on Philokalia, Desert Fathers, Early Spirituality of the Syriac Fathers, and the Introduction to the Long Rules the St. Basil by myself.
- Inviting speakers, making schedules, offering simultaneous interpretations, editing and publishing the texts on GCDFL, uploading these lectures in our youtube channel.
2021-now, Founder of CTCFOL
- CTCFOL (Chinese Translation of Church Fathers from Original Languages), Non-profit project.
- Teaching Ancient Greek and Syriac courses.
- Translating and posting my translations over 250k words, including the Long Rule of St. Basil, Philokalia, St. Ephrem the Syrian: Hymns on Paradise and Book of Steps.
- Revising and polishing translations for my co-workers (mainly from Ancient Greek).
2022-now Web developer and Linux administer
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I self-hosted the following sites: GCDFL,CTCFOL, docs and forum, my personal resume site by Hugo and Mkdocs.
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I also learned Linux system (especially terminal, neovim, tmux), Yaml, Markdown, docker, Reverse proxy manager, such as Nginx and Caddy, Git, Github, python and javascripts. for more details see.
2020-Now, Homlies in a Missionary ministry
Starting in August 2020, I will be offering a sermon once a month at the church. I offer over 36 homlies. The sermons will cover various aspects of Genesis, Spiritualism, and Spiritual Formation.
2016-2019 Postman in Hellenic College Holy Cross
Postman, I worked as a postman in the mail room at Hellenic College Holy Cross, I was responsible for sending incoming mail and parcels to the corresponding teachers and students.
September 2013 - March 2015, Marketing Planner in China Gold Collection
Marketing Planner September 2013 - March 2015 (1 year 7 months) Beijing City, China I made the marketing plan for collection products, such as painting and calligraphy, stamp, jade. I wrote an advertisement for newspapers and product brochures.
May 2010 - August 2013, Children's sinology Editor in Beijing City, China
I edited the book The Ten Virtues and Longwenbianying [a famous elementary textbook in Qing dynasty], and published one paper, On The Ten Virtues, online.