Zhang Zongyou, is a Ph.D. in literature and professor from Jinzhai, Anhui Province. He is dedicated to the study of the classics, ancient catalogs, and the works of Zhu Yizun. He has been appointed to teach at the Department of Chinese Language and Literature at Dongguk University in South Korea (March 2012 - January 2013) and the East Asian Studies Department at Grinnell College in the United States (August 2014 - June 2015). He has also conducted research visits at the Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities and Social Sciences in Taiwan University (December 2018), Grinnell College in the United States (August 2019 - September 2020), and the Institute for Advanced Studies in Humanities and Social Sciences at Nanjing University (September 2017 - July 2019) and the Confucius Academy in Guizhou (July-August 2018 and July-August 2021). He has published nine academic works, including Exploring the Classics: Essays on Ancient Catalogs (Phoenix Publishing House, 2022), The Transmission of Documents in Times of Order and Chaos (Nanjing University Press, 2021), Studies on Zhu Yizun’s Writings, Actions, and Thoughts (Phoenix Publishing House, 2020), A Study of Classic Chinese Texts (expanded and revised edition, Phoenix Publishing House, 2020, originally published in 2009 by Zhonghua Book Company), and The Chronological Biography of Zhu Yizun (Phoenix Publishing House, 2014), and has published more than 100 academic papers. He has led various research projects supported by national and provincial social science funds and has served as the editor-in-chief of the “Research Series on the Academic History of Qing Dynasty” and the “Research Series on Ancient Catalogs”. He has received awards such as the Nanjing University Humanities and Social Science Research Award for Young Teachers (2017), the Second Prize of Jiangsu Province’s Philosophy and Social Science Research Achievement Award (2021), the Second Prize of the 23rd East China Region Outstanding Ancient Books Award (2021), and the Third Prize of Jiangsu Province’s Philosophy and Social Science Outstanding Achievement Award (14th session in 2016 and 17th session in 2022).