Zhang Longxi is a Distinguished Professor at Hunan Normal University, Ph.D. of Harvard University, taught at the University of California, Riverside, the City University of Hong Kong. He is a member of the Royal Swedish Academy and Academia Europaea, and an Honorary President of the International Comparative Literature Association. His research focuses on East-West cross-cultural studies. He published more than 20 books and numerous articles in English and Chinese on Chinese-Western comparative studies. Among his numerous publications are The Tao and the Logos: Literary Hermeneutics, East and West, Mighty Opposites, Allegoresis: Reading Canonical Literature East and West, Unexpected Affinities, and From Comparison to World Literature.