I was born in October, 1963, in Jinan City, Shandong Province.
I graduated from the Department of Applied Chinese Studies, Nanjing University, and received my Ph.D. in Literature with a specialization in Literary Studies and Literary Theory.
From 1996 to 1997 I stayed at the Department of Japanese Literature, Graduate School of Humanities and Sociology, the University of Tokyo.
I currently serve as a major member of the Foreign Language Instruction Committee(外国语指导委员会) at the Ministry of Education, Standing Director at the Chinese Society for the Study of Japanese Language Teaching(中国日语教育研究会常务理事), on the Board of Trustees of the Chinese Association for the Study of Japanese Literature(中国日本文学研究会理事), as well as Chair and Professor at the Department of Japanese, Nanjing University.

■Major Publications

•  Modern and Contemporary Japanese Literature: A Study on Authors and Their Work (Jiangsu Literature and Art Publishing House, 2002)
• The History of Contemporary Literary Criticisms (Shanghai Foreign Language Education Press, 2008)
• "The Japanese Literature of 'Elegance' and the 'Apolitical'" Journal of Foreign Languages (CSSCI) 4th Issue, 2006
• "Translation, Import, and Research of Works by Oe Kenzaburo in China" Bulletin of Jiangsu(《江苏社科报》) (CSSCI) 11th Issue, 2010