Li Linzhi, a historian, serves as a distinguished professor at Shanxi University. He also holds an Adjunct Professorship at Shanxi University of Finance and Economics. Professor Li is a prolific author with over ten books to his credit, including Cultural Roots of the Chinese Civilization, Ancestors, Notes on Shanxi, Early China, Pre-China Era, and Eight Hundred Years of Late Xia, Yin and Shang Dynasties.