Modern Chinese Buddhist studies scholar, Institute of World Religions of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (中國社會科學院世界宗教研究所). Specialist in Dìzàng 地藏 (Kṣitigarbha) studies and Chinese Buddhist iconography. Author of Dìzàng púsà yán-jiū 地藏菩薩研究 (Beijing: Zōngjiào wénhuà, 2003). Edited the eight recensions of the popular Dìzàng púsà shí-zhāi-rì 地藏菩薩十齋日 (KR6v0077 through KR6v0084) for Zàngwài fójiào wénxiàn vol. 7.