Jin Chengyu, born in Shenyang, is from Pinghu, Zhejiang province. He received his Ph.D. in the Department of Chinese Language and Literature at Fudan University, where he studied under Professor Chen Shangjun. His research expertise includes Tang and Song literature and the study of Chinese texts outside of China. He is currently a professor and doctoral supervisor at the School of Liberal Arts at Nanjing University. He was awarded the “Young Scholar” title in the Changjiang Scholars Program of the Ministry of Education in 2018. He also serves as a visiting researcher at the Institute of Japanese Religious and Cultural Studies at Waseda University and the International Institute for Zen Studies at Hanazono University, as well as a member of the Japanese Society for Chinese Studies and an editorial board member of East Asian Sinology at Korea University.