Chen Hong is the Chair Professor of Nankai University, chief editor of Journal of Literature and Culture,editorial board member of magazines of Literary Heritage, and Tianjin Social Science. His research focuses on ancient Chinese novel theory, novels of the Ming and Qing Dynasties, traditional Chinese ideology and culture, etc. Among his numerous publications are History of Chinese Novel Theory, Biography of Jin Shengtan , Elegance in Vulgarity , An Affinity: Literature and Religion, etc.