Huang Pumin

Huang Pumin was born in Shaoxing, Zhejiang in 1958, with his ancestral home in Zhuji, Zhejiang. He holds a doctorate in history and is a professor and doctoral supervisor at the School of Chinese Classics, Renmin University of China. He has long been engaged in research on The Art of War, Chinese intellectual history, and Chinese military history, and has served as dean of the Department of History, executive dean of the School of Chinese Classics, and director of the library at Renmin University of China. His writing combines rigorous scholarship with an accessible style for general readers, covering annotated translations, detailed commentaries, and selected evaluations of military classics, as well as works on Spring and Autumn history and history primers for children. Eight of his works are included in the collection. He is skilled at interpreting ancient military thought within its specific historical context, balancing close textual reading with historical analysis, and has representative works in categories such as Eastern philosophy, military studies, and history readings.