Li Jianguo is a scholar engaged in the study of ancient Chinese culture and literature. His representative work, Chinese Fox Culture, is a thematic study centered on the image of the fox. Public information about him is limited: his birthplace, dates of birth and death, and educational background are not clearly recorded, so a complete personal biography cannot be reconstructed. Judging from the work available, he focuses on the evolution of the fox image in Chinese historical documents, folk legends, and belief customs, examining zhiguai tales, biji notes, and folklore materials within a single framework. He traces how the fox developed from a spiritual or auspicious creature into a specter and demon, and then gradually became personified and secularized. His writing emphasizes textual scholarship and mutual corroboration of sources, and is rigorous while remaining readable, allowing readers to understand both the origins of fox culture and the connection between literary imagination and social psychology. The book has reference value in this specialized field and is often mentioned by readers interested in the zhiguai tradition and folk culture.
