Ronnie Littlejohn (Chinese: 张仁宁; pinyin: Zhāng Rénníng) is Chaney Distinguished Professor of Philosophy and Director of Asian Studies at Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee, USA. His interests and publications are in the areas of philosophy of language, comparative moral grammars, and the practice of Chinese popular religion and the lineages of Daoism. Biography Littlejohn was born and raised in Texas (USA) as a descendant of Scotch-Irish immigrants and Cherokee Indigenous Americans. He earned his B.A. in 1970 at Baylor University, where he also earned his Ph.D. in 1978. In 1980, he moved to Wayland Baptist University in Texas, where he joined the Religion and Philosophy Department as the only philosopher on the faculty. In 1984, he joined the Belmont faculty to help create a department of Philosophy. From 1993 to 2013, he was Chair of the Philosophy Department at Belmont and in 1998, he was appointed as Director of Asian Studies, a position he still holds. He received the Award for Innovative Excellence in Teaching, Learning and Technology from the International Conference on Teaching and Learning in 2003. He was presented with the Distinguished Volunteer Service Award by the East–West Center at its international meeting in Hanoi in 2006. In 2009, he was invited to address the First International Summit on Laozi and Daoism in Beijing where he presented, “How Daoism Can Be for the World.” In 2013, he was named Chaney Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at Belmont. Zhengzhou University awarded him the title of “Concurrent Professor” in 2014. In 2015, he was named Tennessee Professor of the Year by the Council for Advancement and Support of Education, Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. In 2016, he received the International Talent Cooperation Programme Award from the Department of Education of Henan Province, PRC. Books Chinese Philosophy and Philosophers. London: Bloomsbury Academic Publishing, 2022. . Historical Dictionary of Daoism. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield Publishing, 2021. . 《儒学导论》 (Introduction to Confucianism), 'Chinese translation of Confucianism: An Introduction, Qian Jiancheng and Xiao Ya, trans. Beijing: Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press of China (FLTR), 2020. Chinese Philosophy: An Introduction. London: I.B. Tauris, London, 2016. . Co-Editor with Jeffrey Dippmann, Riding the Wind: New Essays on the Daoist Classic the Liezi, State University of New York Press, 2012. Confucianism: An Introduction. London: I.B. Tauris, 2010. Daoism: An Introduction. London: I.B. Tauris, 2009. ISBN 978-18451163942 Co-Editor with Marthe Chandler, Polishing the Chinese Mirror: