Zhao Shuyang, born in 1983 in Qingdao, Shandong Province, is a holder of a Bachelor’s degree in Chinese Language and Literature from Ocean University of China (2006), a Master’s degree in Literature from Nanjing University (2009), and a Ph.D. in Literature from Nanjing University (2012). From 2012 to 2018, he served as an assistant researcher at the School of Liberal Arts at Nanjing University. Since 2018, he has been an associate professor at the School of Liberal Arts at Nanjing University.