Li Linzhi is a historian scholar, a distinguished professor at Shanxi University, and a part-time professor at Shanxi University of Finance and Economics. He has published over 10 works, including Chinese Ancestral Vein, Our Ancestors, Notes on Shanxi, Original China Era, Pre-China Era, and 800 Years of the Late Xia and Yin Shang Dynasty, the last of which has been included in the list of best books  in July 2022 on Bookdao.com, the 4th list of best books in 2022 selected by China Publishing Group, among other lists.