Zhu, the author of Chinese Knot, was born in May. 1945, Zhenjiang City, Jiangsu Province. Tenured professor and doctoral supervisor of East China Normal University. Enjoy the special allowance of the State Council. He is currently the president of East China Normal University Press, concurrently the secretary-general of the World Zhu Federation, the vice-president of China Historical Literature Research Association and the vice-president of Shanghai Publishers Association. Enjoy the special allowance of the State Council. Main research fields: classical philology and Confucian classics. As an expert in the field of classical philology, pre-Qin and Song literature studies, he has been mainly engaged in the research and collation of Zhu and Zhu studies in recent years, and is an authority in this field. The Complete Book of Zhu Zi, led by Zhu Zi, won the nomination prize of the National Book Award and the second prize of the outstanding achievement of Shanghai social science.