2009.7-present Professor, School of History, Renmin University of China, Director of the Research Center for the History of Tang and Song Dynasties.

1998.9-2009.7 Professor of History Department of Zhejiang University concurrently serves as the department head.

1994.12-1998.9 Professor, Department of Education, Hangzhou University

1988. 10 received a doctorate in history from Peking University, and studied under Deng Guangming, a master of Song history.

1985. 1 1 obtained a master's degree in history from Hangzhou University, and studied under the famous Song historian Xu Gui.

1982. 1 obtained a bachelor's degree in history from Hangzhou University.