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School of Sinology

The School aims to produce graduates well-rounded in China-related affairs, including administrative, political, economic, social, and foreign relations issues, with profound knowledge of the Chinese way of thinking and high proficiency in Chinese.

 

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  • Bachelor’s Degree
    • Business Chinese
    • Chinese Language and Culture
    • Chinese Studies
    • Teaching Chinese Language

 

Contact School

School of Sinology, Mae Fah Luang University

333 Moo1, Thasud, Muang, Chiang Rai 57100

  • Telephone. 0 5391 6690
  • Fax. 0 5391 6723
  • Email: sinology@mfu.ac.th
  • Website: sinology.mfu.ac.th

 

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Dr.Arphon Thiragun

Dr.Arphon Thiragun

Lecturer

Tel: +66 (0) 5391 7789
E-mail: arphon.thi@mfu.ac.th

Education

  • Ph.D.      Chinese Language Philology, Southwest University, China
  • M.A.        Teaching Chinese to Speakers of Other Language, Southwest University, China
  • B.A.         Information Science, Khon Kaen University, Thailand

Specialization

  • Ancient character of Chinese and Thai Dialect
  • Linguistic
  • Sipsongbanna Dai alphabet(Tai lue in Xishuangbanna)
  • Isarn sutra alphabet(Thamma isarn)
  • Lanna alphabet
  • Chinese-Thai Folklore
  • Chinese culture
  • Comparison of ancient alphabets

Awards/Publications

  1. Thiragun, A.(2020).Comtemporary Chinese loan word in New Dai Lue Xishuangbanna-Chinese Dictionary. Dhammathas Academic Journal.20(3)227-236.
  2. Yu, B., & Thiragun, A.(2021).The Creation of Chinese Nationalistic Awareness of the Dai  Ethnic Group in the Sipsongpanna Region, via Implementation of Chinese Educational Material in Students from Primary One to Secondary Three(Year 2000-2016). Dhammathas Academic Journal.21(3)137-149.
  3. Thiragun, A.(2021).A Comparative Analysis of the Nine-tailed Dog of Tai-Kadai and the Nine-tailed Fox in Chinese. Dhammathas Academic Journal.21(3) 75-88.
  4. Thiragun, A., & Rui, Z.(2022). Research on the Current Situation of Teaching Chinese Language in Thailand During the Covid-19 Pandemic and Coping strategies:A Case study conducted in the School of Sinology at Mae Fah Luang University.Online Chinese Teaching and Learning in 2020:A Monograph for Journal of technology and Chinese Language Teaching,Uniersity of Hawaii Manoa .ISBN 9781643168593.
  5. Rui, Z., & Thiragun, A.(2021).Re-examination of Stephen Owen’s English Complete Translation of The Poetry of Du Fu. Journal of Sinology and Chinese Language Education,1(1)64-77.
  6. Thiragun,(2023) A Comparative Study of Love Idiom in Thai and Chinese.Vacana Journal of Language and Linguistics,11(1) 21-43.
  7. Thiragun, A., & Rui, Z.(2023).The Belief in Three-Legged Toads and Their Influence in Thailand.Journal of Sinology,17(2)12-24.
  8. Thiragun, A., & Praphattong, P.(2025).Analysis of Beliefs and Rituals Presented in the Chicken Bone Scriptures of the Zhuang Ethnic Group.Journal of Liberal Arts Maejo University,13(1)1-21.

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