Zhou Yueliang

Zhou Yueliang, whose pen name is Jian Xiao, was born in Laiyuan, Hebei, in 1958. He is a professor and doctoral supervisor at the Art Research Institute of Communication University of China, dean of the Yangming Academy, a contemporary scholar of Mind Learning, and a representative researcher in the field of Wang Yangming studies. His long-term writing centers on Wang Yangming and the philosophy of the mind. He is the author of more than twenty monographs, including a major biography of Wang Yangming, a study of early modern literature, and works on Confucian scholarship, and twenty-three of his titles are included in this catalog. Besides biographies of Wang Yangming, he offers detailed chapter-by-chapter lectures on the Instructions for Practical Living, systematic interpretations of the Four Books, and writings on essays and film and television. His work combines scholarly grounding with readability, translating the concepts of Mind Learning into everyday self-cultivation and practical wisdom, and has influenced both the popularization of traditional culture and inspirational reading.