Chen Lizhong, male, was born in November 1967 in Youxian County, Hunan Province. From 1984 to 1988, he studied Chinese Language and Literature at Xiangtan University, and obtained a Bachelor’s degree in Literature. From 1988 to 1991, he pursued a Master’s degree in Modern Chinese with a focus on dialectology at Xiangtan University, under the guidance of Professor Li Yongming, and remained as a faculty member after graduation. In July 1996, he was promoted to associate professor, ahead of schedule. From 1999 to 2002, he studied Chinese Linguistics with a focus on dialectology as a Ph.D. candidate at Hunan Normal University, under the guidance of Professor Bao Houxing, and received a Ph.D. in Literature. From 2002 to 2004, he conducted postdoctoral research at the Institute of Linguistics of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, under the supervision of Researcher Zhang Zhenxing. He was promoted to full professor in August 2003, and was selected as a provincial-level young backbone teacher in Hunan province the same year. In 2004, he was selected as an expert of the “Hundred Talents Program” and the “121 Talents Program” for the New Century in Hunan Province. In April 2007, he was transferred to the Chinese Department of Nanjing University, where he has been teaching ever since.