Yi Zhongtian

Yi Zhongtian (February 8, 1947-), a native of Changsha, Hunan, is a writer, cultural scholar and esthetician. He graduated from Wuhan University in 1981 with a Master of Arts degree and stayed at the school to teach. He once served as a professor and doctoral supervisor in the Chinese Department of the School of Humanities of Xiamen University, and is currently the dean of the Institute for Advanced Studies in Humanities and Arts of Xiamen University. The work "Yi Zhongtian: Appreciation of the Three Kingdoms" was selected into the "600 Most Influential Books in China in the 60 Years of New China" jointly sponsored by the China Booksellers Newspaper and the China Publishing Science Institute in 2009.