Modern Chinese scholar of Buddhism, formerly of the Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences (上海社會科學院). Specialist in Sānjiējiào 三階教 and Dūnhuáng Buddhist manuscripts. Edited the Fóxìng wèndá KR6v0052 for the Zàngwài fójiào wénxiàn 藏外佛教文獻 series.