His research covers Confucian Classics (especially the study of Rites, and Spring and Autumn Annals), Chinese philology, Chinese intellectual history, as well as Japanese sinology. He's mainly interested in the intellectual history of the Qin-Han periods and the cultural exchange between China and Japan. Books (Selected): 1. Gongyangzhuan with its Commentary and Sub-Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals, Shanghai: Shanghai Chinese Classics Publishing House, 2014 (1st edition), 2017 (2nd Edition). (Awarded with the National Book Prize (Second Place) for Classical Texts) 2.A Study and Compilation of Han-Dynasty Yili’s Bamboo Slips Excavated from WuWei. co-authored with Zhang Huanjun. Wuhan: Wuhan University Press, 2009 Book Chapters: 1.“The Depiction of Musical Instruments and Music Theory in Bai Juyi’s Poems,” Musical Culture in East Asia, Ajia Yugaku. Tokyo: Bensei Shuppan Press, January 2014. (in Japanese) (V1). Beijing: Renmin University Press, 2012.