1965 graduated from jane doe, North China; 1969 graduated from the Law Department of Taiwan Province Provincial University, and then went to study in the United States; 1980 received a doctorate in psychology from the University of California, Riverside. When Hong Lan was studying for a doctorate in psychology at the University of California, Riverside, her husband Zeng Zhilang also taught in the same department. Decades later, the school admitted that Zeng Hehong's situation was unusual. Although this is not illegal, it is not encouraged (this is unusual, although it is not strictly against the rules, it has been discovered). Hong Lan's doctoral thesis is entitled "Timing Research on Emotional Processing of Deaf Children". Later, when published in academic journals, Zeng Zhilang was listed as a * * * co-author; Since then, they have jointly published dozens of papers.