He received his BA from Peking University, MA from Washington University in St. Louis, and PhD from Yale University. His main academic interest is classical Chinese poetry. He has also published five books of his own poetry, and has been the recipient of prizes such as the Anne Kao Poetry Prize and most recently the New Poet Prize from People’s Literature. He has translated the work of poets such as Wallace Stevens, Hart Crane, and W.H. Auden into Chinese.