Modern Chinese scholar of regional Buddhism, professor at Shanghai Normal University (上海師範大學), specialist in the Yúnnán Āzhālì 阿吒力 ritual lineage and in Chinese Buddhist liturgy more broadly. Author of Zhōngguó fójiào yíshì yánjiū 中國佛教儀式研究 (Shanghai: Shànghǎi gǔjí, 2011) and Yúnnán Āzhālì jiàopài jí qí jīngdiǎn yánjiū 雲南阿吒力教派及其經典研究. Co-edited (with 趙文煥) the Yúnnán Āzhālì ritual manuals in Zàngwài fójiào wénxiàn vols 6–8: KR6v0063, KR6v0064, KR6v0065, KR6v0088. Sole editor of KR6v0066 Guǎngshī wúzhē dàochǎng yí, KR6v0067 Dàhēitiān shén dàochǎng yí, KR6v0069 Yúnnán Āzhālì jiào jīngdiǎn jí qí zài Zhōngguó fójiào yánjiū zhōng de jiàzhí, KR6v0074 Hùguó sīnán chāo, KR6v0075 Fóshuō xiāozāi yánshòu Yàoshī guàndǐng zhāngjù yí.