Education

• Harvard University 1989-1996 PhD, Comparative Literature (Chinese, Greek, and Latin literatures, with emphasis on early narrative and the development of historiography). Dissertation: “Foundations of Chinese Historiography: Literary Representation in Zuo zhuan and Guoyu.”
• National Taiwan University 1986-1988 Elective Student, Department of Chinese Literature
• Stanford University 1982-1986 A.B., Humanities Special Programs: Comparative Literature: English, Chinese and German.

Research

• Pre-Qin Chinese historiography and thought; Chinese poetry; Chinese, Greek, and Latin comparative literature.