Xiuyan Fu is a narrative researcher, focusing on ancient Chinese literature. He is currently a Senior Professor at Jiangxi Normal University; Chief Expert at the Center for Narratology Studies (Jiangxi Provincial Key Institute for Social Science Research), Jiangxi Normal University; and President of the Chinese Narratology Research Association, which has organized six International Narratological Conferences in China. He has pursued research on comparative literature, narratology and local culture for many years and has published a number of books, including The Mystery of Story-Telling--Theory of Literary Narrative; Studies on Pre-Qin Narrative: the Formalization of Chinese Narrative Tradition; Narrative Significance and Strategies; Commentary on Gan (Jiangxi Province) Culture and the translation work John Keats’ Letters.