¡¡ Born in Fuzhou, Fujian Province, 1932. Beijing University, Beijing, B.A. in Chinese language and literature, 1960. Professor and Ph.D.Supervisor of Department of Chinese Literature, Director of Institute of Chinese Language and Literature, Beijing University; Member of the Academic Committee of Research Center of Chinese Poetry, Capital Normal University; Member of the Executive Council of China Writers¡¯Association, Vice-Chairman of Beijing Writers¡¯ Association, Vice-Director of China Contemporary Literature Studies Society; Editor of Poetry Exploration.
¡¡ Publications: Poetry Review at the Bank of Lake (1980), The Starlight of the Republic (1983), The Green Revolution in Literature (1987), The Sun in the New Century (1992), A Great Transition: Cultural Studies in the Post-New Period (1995) in collaboration with Zhang Yi-wu, The Water that Runs Afar (1996), The Campus Forever (1997), On Chinese Literature in the 20th Century (1998), 1898£ºAnxiety for One Hundred Years (2002), Left a Message for the New Century (2003), The Landscape in My Mind (2003).
¡¡ Editor: Chinese Literature in the 20th Century (1992) in 10 volumes, Chinese Literary Classics for the Last One Hundred Years (1998) in 8 volumes, The Total Series of Chinese Literature for the Last One Hundred Years (2002) in 12 volumes.
¡¡ Recipient: The Prize of Achievement in Chinese Literature by Contemporary Chinese Literature Society in 2000.