Introduction

  

Located in Qufu, Shandong Province
Qufu, Shandong Province, the tourist area, which includes the Mansion, Temple and Cemetery of Confucius(1), enjoys a worldwide fame as a traditional Chinese cultural site. They attract numerous tourists from both home and abroad annually. In 1994, they were listed as world cultural heritage sites.

The Mansion of Confucius is the living quarters of the first grandson of Confucius, a great philosopher, educator and a founder of Confucianism. It is also known as Master Yansheng's Mansion because in 1055, or the second year of the reign of Song Emperor Zhaozhen, Kong Zongyuan, the 46th generation male descendant of Confucius was given the title 'Master Yansheng'. The title was passed down to Kong Decheng, the 77th generation male descendant of Confucius.

 

With an area of 160,000 square meters, the mansion has nine courtyards with 463 rooms along the east, west and middle routes. The main part of the mansion centers the houses along the middle route . The first four yards contain offices and the other five serve as residences. At the rear it is a garden. The mansion stores more than 9,000 volumes of files from 1534 (the 13th year of the reign of Ming Emperor Jiaqing) to 1948 and great quantities of rare and precious cultural and historical relics.

 

The Temple of Confucius served as a place for worshipping Confucius in various dynasties. In 478 B.C., the second year after Confucius' death, the ruler of the State of Lu converted Confucius' former residence, the three-room mansion, into a temple and made it a place for worshipping Confucius. The temple was constantly renovated and expanded to its present size by emperors of the Western Han Dynasty and the following historical periods. It covers an area of 218,000 square meters and is 1,120 meters in length from south to north. There are nine courtyards and 466 rooms along three routes in the left, right and middle. The temple has an outer wall, with four corner towers, which shelters ancient pines. The main buildings along the middle route are Kuiwen Pavilion, Thirteen Stele Pavilion, Xingtan Pavilion, Dacheng Hall, Hall of Confucius' Wife and Shengji Hall. Dacheng Hall stands out and is the main hall where Confucius was worshipped.

 

The temple houses some 2,000 tablets dating from the Western Han Dynasty right up to the founding of New China. They are one of the largest collections of tablets in the country. There are now three exhibition halls displaying tablets from the Han dynasty and Six Kingdoms of Wei, stone statues from the Han Dynasty and calligraphic carvings on Yuhonglou tablets. The 17 tablets of Han Dynasty are the largest collection in the country in term of quantity reserved in one place.

The Cemetery of Confucius is about 1.5 kilometers north of Qufu and is the Confucius family cemetery. It takes up 1.998 million square meters and around it there is a seven-kilometer-long hedge. The pavilions, towers, halls and archways built in various historical periods are set in a forest. Behind the Zhushui Bridge is the graveyard, dating from the Eastern Zhou, which houses the tomb of Confucius, the tombs of his son Kong Li and grandson Kong Ji. The tomb of Confucius is 6.2 meters high and has a circumference of 88 meters.

 

Brief Introduction of the University

Qufu Normal University, a key university in Shandong Province, is located in Qufu, the hometown of Confucius and also features a new campus in the beautiful coastal city of Rizhao. The university has 5 disciplines ranked among ESI's top 1% in the world; 6 first-class disciplines in Shandong Province; and 4 high-level disciplines as well. There are 11 doctoral disciplines, one authorized category of Ph.D programs, 25 Master's programs, 18 authorized categories of Master's professional degrees, 11 post-doctoral programs, and 70 undergraduate enrollment specialties, forming a comprehensive educational system covering 10 disciplines such as liberal arts, science, engineering, and law. A complete talent training system is in place for all degree programs, including post-doctoral students.

The instructional standard also aims for a very healthy mood: diligence, simplicity, unity and personal initiative. It has trained and provided more than 140 thousand qualified graduates to society and it has been making a great contribution to the country’s economic construction.

The university invited Dr. Ding Zhaozhong, Nobel prize winner and a world famous physicist as its honorary president. It also invited two academicians and two professors from different universities. There are 2262 faculty and staff. The faculty numbers 1393 of whom 219 are professors and 267 are associate professors. Seven young experts were respectively awarded national and provincial recognition for their exceptional contributions. There are 11 faculty who were honored as Shandong outstanding professionals in their fields. 40 faculty are candidates for the academic backbone of Shandong institutes of high learning, and 24 faculty shared the nation subsidy. The university now has 2037 master’s candidates and doctoral candidates, 24983 four-year and two-year students and 15207 continuing education students.
 

The university covers an area of more than 2650 mu (about 166 hectares). Its building area occupies over one million square meters. The teaching and research assets are valued at 157 million yuan. The library houses 2.94 million books and 390 thousand electronic books. Four academic magazines are published by the university: Qilu Publication, Qufu Normal University Journal, High School Math, and Modern Chinese. The university is one of the first 200 universities announced Ministry of Education which have the right to accept foreign students. It has established a friendly relationship with 26 universities from abroad.

     

English teaching positions: 3

Contract Period: 1st Mar, 2025 - 31st Jan, 2026
                       1st Sep, 2025 - 31st Jul, 2026

Requirements: Bachelor degree or higher, native English speaker. at least 2 years teaching experiences preferred.

Monthly Salary: RMB12,000 or above

Teaching hours: 12-16 hours per week                       

Full-time Mathematical Science Teacher needed

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Contract Period: 1st Mar, 2025 - 31st Jan, 2026
                       1st Sep, 2025 - 31st Jul, 2026

Requirements: American or British nationality is preferred, doctoral degree, professor title, self-research field has achieved international recognition of important results. Some teaching experiences preferred

Monthly Salary: Negotiable (Depends on qualification, experiences, relevant research and publication etc)
Teaching hours: 6-10 hours per week

Full-time Physics Teacher needed (Quantum Mechanics and Quantum information)

Number required: 1 Post

Contract period: 1st Mar, 2025 - 31st Jan, 2026
                       1st Sep, 2025 - 31st Jul, 2026

Requirements: Doctorate degree holder, associate professor title or above. 5 years or more teaching experiences are preferred

Monthly Salary: Negotiable (Depends on qualification, experiences, relevant research, writing and publication etc)
Teaching hours: 8-10 hours per week

Full-time Design Science Teacher needed (Taught in Rizhao Campus)

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Contract Period: 1st Mar, 2025 - 31st Jan, 2026
                       1st Sep, 2025 - 31st Jul, 2026

Requirements: Master degree holder or above, associate professor or above, design major, more than 5 years of teaching experience

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Teaching hours: 12-16 hours per week, occasional participation in school activities

Full-time Psychology Teacher needed

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Requirements: Native English speaker, doctoral degree in psychology, associate professor or above, published at least 3 papers in international psychology SSCI/SCIZ journals preferred

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Teaching hours: 8-10 hours per week, occasional participation in school activities

Full-time Fine Arts Teacher needed

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Contract Period: 1st Mar, 2025 - 31st Jan, 2026
                       1st Sep, 2025 - 31st Jul, 2026

Requirements: Master degree or above, associate professor or above, arts major (painting), more than 5 years teaching experience

Monthly Salary: Negotiable (Depends on qualification and teaching experiences)

Teaching hours: 16 hours per week, occasional participation in school activities

Full-time Musicology Teacher needed

Number required: 1 Post

Contract Period: 1st Mar, 2025 - 31st Jan, 2026
                       1st Sep, 2025 - 31st Jul, 2026

Requirements: Korean nationality, master degree or above, associate professor or above, major in piano performance, more than 5-10 years of teaching experience, who has won international important competition awards is perferred

Monthly Salary: Negotiable (Depends on qualification and teaching experiences)

Teaching hours: 16 hours per week, occasional participation in school activities

Accommodation: A free single private apartment of about 80-90 square meters will be provided. The apartment includes bedroom, study room, living room, dining room, kitchen and bathroom (With air-conditioner, TV, Bed, Sofa. etc.). free ADSL Access . Fridge, and cooking utilities.

Internet access (Free): internet access at the apartment

Age of students: college students

Insurance: The university will purchase commercial insurance for foreign teachers. According to the provisions of the insurance contract, the insurance company will bear the medical expenses of foreign teachers in local Chinese regualr hosipitals/clincs.

Closest Airport: Jining Daan airport

Paid Holiday: 2 days off per week; public holidays in China and more than one month summer holiday (Spring starting)winter holiday(Fall starting)

Airticket reinbursement: The school will reimburse the teacher the cost of round trip air-ticket on completion of the one school year contract for 8000 RMB in total.

Travel Allowance: 2000 RMB for one school year

Holiday Allowance: equivalent to one month's after tax salary to be paid during the contract period