刘士林

Liu Shilin is an author who consistently focuses on cities and culture, with ten works held in the collection. Judging from the existing works, his writing broadly follows two threads: one is China's urbanization process and urban theory, such as the annual China Urbanization Process reports and studies on the theories and models of urbanization since the founding of New China; the other is Jiangnan culture and classical aesthetics, including twelve lectures on Jiangnan culture and New Explorations in Classical Aesthetics. He has also written works combining history and travel, such as Six Thousand Li of the Grand Canal: Twenty-One Cities, which brings the cities along the canal into view. His writing addresses readers of history, social science, and culture, balancing theoretical organization with readability. Because public information is limited, details of his life and nationality are unavailable, and readers can mainly understand his research interests and writing style through the works mentioned above.