Professor Li Jianfeng (Han nationality) is a native of Yishuixian, Shandong Province,  born in 1970. He ascended to the rank of Professor at Shandong Universityin 2003. He has served, since 2007, as Vice-president of the Chinese Association of Tao YuanmingStudies, and, since 2014, also as Vice-president (and subsequently as Acting General Secretary) of the Association for Classical Literature Studies of Shandong Province.

Professor Li graduated with his Ph.D degree from the School of Literature of Shandong University in 1998, after which he stayed on to work in his alma mater and engaged in undergraduate teaching for 20 years. In 2009, he became a Dissertation Advisor for Ph.D students in the field of ancient (Traditional) Chinese literature. To date, that is, up to 2017, Professor Li has served as Thesis Advisor for twenty-one MA students and Dissertation Advisor for five Ph.D students.

Professor Li has authored over a hundred scholarly publications (books and articles/papers,) including:

· The History of the Appreciation of the Works of Tao Yuanming Prior to the Yuan Dynasty;

· Studies on Tao Yuanming and the Sources and Origins of His Poetic and Prose Works;

· Studies on Historical Material of Pre-Tang and Tang-Dynasty Novels;

· Reverification of the Drafts of Tao Yuanming's Poems: A Study Based on Organizing and Editing the Original Documents.

The focus of Professor Li’s academic work and scholarly accomplishments has been in the area of Tao Yuanming studies. The History of the Appreciation of the Works of Tao Yuanming Prior to the Yuan Dynastyis the first dedicated historical study in China on the subject of how the writings of Tao Yuanming had been accepted, read, and understoodin Chinese literary circles. Professor Li is also completing The History of the Appreciation of the Works of Tao Yuanmingin the Liao, Jin, Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties. Together these volumes will form a comprehensive study of the entire history of the appreciation (that is, the acceptance, the reading and understanding) of the writings of Tao Yuanming through the centuries. This will have an enormous practical significance for indepthunderstanding of Tao Yuanming and his poetic as well as prose works, expanding the field of research on ancient (traditional) Chinese literature, improving the writing of literary history, and comprehending the many facets of literary, artistic and cultural phenomena that are related to Tao Yuanming’s works.

Professor Li was the recipient of the Inaugural Prize for The Most Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation of Shandong University. He has also won a Highest Level of Excellence Prize in the Social Sciences awarded by the Shandong Province Department of Education, and four Third Level of Excellence of Achievement in the Social Sciences Prizes awarded by the Shandong Provincial Federation of Social Sciences. He has successfully applied for undertaking and supervising two major National Planning Research Projects sponsored by the Central government of China; both are already fully  completed, with excellent results.

Appendix: A representative list of Professor Li Jianfeng’s published scholarly papers and articles:

(1) "Tao Yuanming's Dramatic Works and Their Significance in the History of Chinese Culture", in Academic Journal of Anhui University, 2015.
(2) "Tao Yuanming and Chinese Calligraphy", in Chinese Literary Studies, 2014.
(3) "Integrity, Poetic Lyricism and Secularity - Chen Hongshou, Shi Tao, and Illustrating Tao Yuanming's Poems in the Qing Dynasty", in Wen-Shi-Zhe (A Journal of Literature, History and Philosophy), 2013.
(4) "A Life and Its Setting Rooted in Confucian Thought and Values: Discourses on Tao Yuanming from Commemorative Poetry By Tao Jingjie (Tao Yuanming) and Authentic Annotations of Tao Yuanming’s Poems”, in Wen-Shi-Zhe (A Journal of Literature, History and Philosophy),2012.
(5) "Zhang Dai and the Collecting and Editing of Once Overlooked or Lost Poems of Tao Yuanming and TheirStudy", in Research on Traditional Texts and Documents, 2011.
(6) "The Appreciation of Tao Yuanming’s Works by Ming-Loyalist Scholars in the Qing Dynasty", in Academic Journal of Shandong University, 2010.
(7) "Paintings Illustrating Tao Yuanming's Poetry in Chinese History", in Wen-Shi-Zhe (A Journal of Literature, History and Philosophy), 2006.
(8) "Tao Yuanming's Resurrection of the Mythic Spirit of the Oneness of Life", in AcademicJournal of Shandong University, 2005.
(9) "On the Influence of Jiangzhou’s Literary Atmosphere on Tao Yuanming's Creativity", in Our Literary Heritage, in 2004;full-text reprint/republication in Studies in  Ancient (Traditional) and Modern Chinese Literature, 2005.
(10) "Pu Songling and Cultural Trends and Styles in the Wei and Jin Dynasties", in Wen-Shi-Zhe (A Journal of Literature, History and Philosophy),2003.
(11) "On the Rationale and Conditions for the Appreciation of the Works of Tao Yuanmingby People in the Tang Dynasty", inWen-Shi-Zhe (A Journal of Literature, History and Philosophy),1999;full-text reprint/republication in Studies in Ancient (Traditional) and Modern Chinese Literature,1999.