Fu Jin

Fu Jin was born in Quzhou, Zhejiang, in 1956. He holds a doctorate in literature and is a professor at the National Academy of Chinese Theatre Arts, director of the Chinese Drama Research Center at the Central Academy of Drama, and a former professor and doctoral supervisor at the School of Liberal Arts, Nanjing University. His research focuses on theatre theory and aesthetics, with attention to the development of modern and contemporary Chinese drama, as well as film, television, and folk literature. His works examine the history and theoretical issues of Chinese opera through the concrete ecology of opera troupes and stage practice. Representative works include Opera Troupe, On the Art of Chinese Opera, and Lectures on Art Aesthetics, along with A History of Twentieth-Century Chinese Drama, A History of Chinese Drama, and The Power of the Grassroots. His writing combines scholarly rigor with readability and has had a lasting influence on the history and theory of Chinese opera and art aesthetics.