The journal was founded in 1997, changed to a biannual publication in 2007, and was selected as one of the "Taiwan Humanities Citation Index Core Journals (THCI Core)" in 2010. Starting from the June 2012 issue (19th issue in total), it was officially renamed "Chung Cheng Sinology Research". The change in the journal's name is significant. The author would like to briefly introduce the reasons and process of the journal name change.

At the beginning of the publication of this journal, senior scholars worked rigorously and diligently, editing and publishing it under the name of "National Chung Cheng University Chinese Academic Yearbook", which took more than ten years to edit and publish, laying an indelible and solid foundation for this journal. During this period, domestic and foreign scholars who were paying attention to our journal raised criticisms, saying that the journal name was too long, or that it should be changed to a journal with an international perspective. In fact, many colleagues in our department have wanted to change their titles for a long time. However, early name changes will seriously affect the citation rates of new and old journals in the database, so it is not advisable to change it rashly. The name change is still pending. Since the journal was included in THCI Core in 2010, the author believes that there is room for improvement in all aspects. At the end of 2011, he wrote to the National Science Council's Humanities Research Center and learned that the THCI journal database had been revamped and citations from old journals could be accumulated to new journals. The previous concerns have been eliminated. The author proposed changing the name of the journal at the 18th Editorial Board Meeting in January 2012, which received attention and response from editorial board members inside and outside the school. They hope that the journal will continue to operate under a name more consistent with higher academic standards. To be cautious, the editors unanimously suggested that we first write to the journal's editorial advisory panel for advice. After gathering the opinions of the advisors, we will place the matter before the departmental meeting to deliberate and decide on the proposal to change the name of the journal.

This magazine is recruiting 13 "Editorial Consultants" from home and abroad (see "Editorial Consultants" on the cover for details). On behalf of the journal's editorial department, the author sent a letter seeking comments to all 13 consultants via email on April 23, 2012. The first option was to "maintain the existing journal name" or "propose a change in the journal name." Those who choose the latter option continue to choose from four options, but the journal name must not exceed six characters:
1. Those with "Sinology" as the core name: 1. Zhongzheng Sinology Society, 2. Zhongzheng Sinology Research Association;
2. Names with "liberal arts" as the core: 3. "Zhongzheng Liberal Arts Research", "Zhongzheng Liberal Arts Magazine";
3. With "Chinese" as the core name: 5. Zhongzheng Chinese Literature Magazine, 6. Zhongzheng Chinese Studies Magazine;
4. Other suggestions
This consultation letter received valuable responses from 11 consultants, of which 3 "maintained the existing journal name" (2 of whom thought that changing the journal name was a good idea) and 10 "suggested changing the journal name". Therefore, changing the journal name became a consensus among editorial advisors. Secondly, there are 3 people with "China" as the core name; 2 people with "Literature and Philosophy" as the core name; 5 people with "Sinology" as the core name; and 1 person does not recommend using "Sinology" as the core name. Based on the above results, the author put forward a proposal and submitted it to the department meeting held on June 19, 2012. Department colleagues consulted with the advisor and, after repeated discussions and careful voting, finally decided to use "Zhongzheng Sinology Research" as the new name of the journal starting from the June 2012 issue (a total of 19 issues), and continue with editing, publishing and other related work.

Editor-in-Chief Mao Wenfang June 30, 2012