He received his BA and PhD from Zhejiang University. He was a visiting scholar at the department of philosophy in the University of Chicago from September to December in 2011. He is appointed as the deputy secretary of Zhejiang Aesthetics Association. At present, he specializes in ethics and aesthetics, literary theory, cultural criticism, with a particular focus on western Enlightenment thought in18th century. His current book Pursue Sincerity: Rousseau and aesthetic modernity was published by Shanghai Renmin press in 2013.