Born in Chengdu, Sichuan, Professor Li Cunguang (李存光) graduated from the Department of Chinese Language and Literature at Sichuan University (四川大學中文系) in 1965 and obtained his master’s degree from the Division of Literature of the Graduate School of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (中國社會科學院研究生院文學系). He is currently a professor and doctoral supervisor at the Division of Literature at the Graduate School of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and a consultant for the journal Ba Jin Yan Jiu (Ba Jin Research) (巴金研究). His works include Ba Jin Min Zhu Ge Ming Shi Qi de Wen Xue Dao Lu (Ba Jin's Literary Road during the Period of Democratic Revolution) (巴金民主革命時期的文學道路) (1982), Ba Jin Ping Zhuan (A Critical Biography of Ba Jin) (巴金評傳) (1986), Ba Jin Zhuan (Biography of Ba Jin) (巴金傳) (1994), Ming Jia Jian Zhuan Shu Xi ‧ Ba Jin (Famous Writers’ Brief Biographies Series ‧ Ba Jin) (名家簡傳書系‧巴金) (1997), Wo Xin Zhong de Ba Jin (Ba Jin in My Heart) (我心中的巴金) (2001), “Jia” Dao Du (A Guide to reading “The Family”) (〈家〉導讀) (2001), and the three-volume work Ba Jin Yan Jiu Zi Liao (Ba Jin Research Resources) (巴金研究資料) (1985).