Professor at the College of Humanities and Communication at Shanghai Normal University. Main research fields include: the relation between Catholic and Chinese ancient literature, European and American Sinology, Confucian poetics and comparative poetics of east and west. Major publications include: Hermeneutics and Generation of Meaning in the Pre-Qin Confucian Classics; Circle of Hermeneutic: Interaction of Missionaries and Locals in the Explanation of Confucian Classic During Late-Ming and Early-Qing.