Jingyi Li is a doctoral student in Pre-Modern Japanese Literature, as well as a
University Fellow. She earned her B.A. in Japanese Language and Literature
from East China Normal University and M.A. in Pre-Modern Japanese
Literature from Kyushu University. Her research focuses on Edo period
literature, particularly novels and traditional Japanese poems. Her M.A.
research project discusses the reception history of the Chinese novelist and
playwright Li Yu in Edo period Japan. She seeks to examine the exchange of
knowledge between Japan and China during the 1600-1900s. Her hobbies
are transcribing cursive writings of traditional Japanese materials and cycling.