Xu Yuan, was born in Shanghai and hails from Yin County, Zhejiang Province. He holds a Ph.D. from the Center for Research on Excavated Texts and Paleography at Fudan University. Currently, he serves as an Associate Professor at the School of Philosophy, Fudan University, and a specially appointed researcher at the Center for Research on Excavated Texts and Paleography, Fudan University.

‌He also holds concurrent positions as:

· Vice Dean of the Institute of Classical Studies, Tongji University

· Executive Director of the Chinese Confucius Association’s Research Committee on Classical Studies

· Council Member of the Shanghai Confucianism Research Association

· Editorial Board Member of Modern Confucianism and Studies on the Spring and Autumn Annals

· Member of the Chinese Society of Exegesis and the Chinese Society of Pre-Qin History

Major Publications:‌

· Textual Studies on Excavated Documents Related to Ritual Standard of the Zhou, Qin, and Han Dynasties (Wuhan University Press, 2023)

· Illustrated Analysis of Mourning Attire and Hierarchies in the Yili: Sangfu (Zhonghua Book Company, 2017)

· Point-by-Point Correction and Arrangement of Du Yu’s Chunqiu Shili 

· Point-by-Point Correction and Arrangement of Zheng Xuan’s Liji Zhu

· Participated in punctuating Chunqiu Gongyang Lishu (with Five Additional Texts) (awarded Second Prize in East China Ancient Books Collation)

· Executive Editor of the Thirteen Classics with Han-Wei Annotations Series

He has published over 30 academic papers and led multiple research projects, including those funded by the National Social Science Foundation.