Wu Lisong was born in January 1983 in Xuzhou, Jiangsu Province.

He is currently an associate professor at the School of History of Nanjing University, a deputy dean of the Institute of New China History of Nanjing University, director of the Oral History Research Center, and a part-time researcher at the Asia-Pacific Development Research Center of Nanjing University. He is also a member of the Chinese Confucian Academy, an executive member and a deputy secretary-general of Jiangsu Oral History Research Association, an academic consultant of Jiangsu Genealogy and Family Culture Research Association, and a member of Jiangsu National Reading Promotion Association, an associate editor of New Critical Review.

He received his bachelor’s in history in 2005, master’s in 2008 and doctorate in 2011 from the Department of History at Nanjing University. He studied ancient Chinese history for his master's and an intellectual history of China for his doctorate under the supervision of Professor Yan Shian. His main research direction is the intellectual history of ancient China and cultural history of China. He has visited the Chinese University of Hong Kong, National Taiwan University, and Tokushima University in Japan.

Academic Research

I. Papers

1. Family tradition: The yardstick for carrying spirit for thousands of years. Guangming Daily, February 21, 2014.

2. Mr. Bian Xiaoxuan: Old friends became noble officials in their later years, like trees start to turn green in winter. Guangming Daily, September 5, 2013.

3. A brief introduction to the academic achievements of Mr. Bian Xiaoxuan. New Vision Sinology, winter issue, 2012.

4. Intellectuals in the period of Warring States and Qin and Han Dynasties. Journal of Nanjing University, (2), 2012.

5. Liu Xingen and Guliang Great Truth. Guji Yanjiu, 57-58, 2012.

6. The relationship between Yizheng Bian’s family and Yining Chen’s family. Chinese Culture, 33, 2011.

7. Exploring new areas of genealogical research. Journal of Huaiyin Teachers College, (6), 2010.

8. Till the end of life a silkworm keeps spinning silk: Remembering Mr. Bian Xiaoxuan. Studies of Literature and History of Jiangsu Province, (4), 2009.

9. Interpretation of Weng Tonghe: Applying archival discoveries of Weng Family Charts in Haiyu. Journal of the Institute for Chinese Classics Studies Nanjing University, (12), 2009. (co-authored with Bian Xiaoxuan) 

10. A Qian Mu family chart lacking Qian Mu's name: Applying archival discoveries to the Qian Family Charts. Chinese Culture, Autumn 2009. (co-authored with Bian Xiaoxuan)

11. Seeing the Guoxue Master Liu Yizheng from the three parts of Liu Shi's Genealogy of Jingjiang. Journal of Huaiyin Teachers College, (2), 2009. (co-authored with Bian Xiaoxuan)

12. Analyzing Yao Nai and the study of Song from the Yao lineage of Maxi in Tong city. Journal of Huaiyin Teachers College, (1), 2009. (co-authored with Bian Xiaoxuan)

13. Analyzing Chen Yinque family from the Genealogy of Chen and the Genealogy of Chen Family of Yimen. Chinese Culture, (28), 2008. (co-authored with Bian Xiaoxuan)

14. Re-analyzing Yao Nai: Applying archival discoveries to the Yao lineage of Maxi in Tong city. Chinese Culture, Spring 2007. (co-authored with Bian Xiaoxuan)

15. A brief account of the development of Yunlong Academy of classical learning in Xuzhou. Journal of Nanjing Xiaozhuang University, (1), 2007.

16. Being skilled at narrating an article's origin: First reading of Bian Xiaoxuan's The biographies of modern great masters of traditional Chinese culture. Journal of Huaiyin Teachers College, (2), 2007.

17. A textual research on the granted death of Chen Baozhen. Jianghai Academic Journal, 2007.

18. On three ci-poems signed by Chen Yinque. Journal of Sun Yat-Sen University, (3), 2005.

II. Co-edited Academic Monographs

1. Sage's discourse on harmony (associate editor, contributor). Nanjing Publishing House, 2007

2. Genealogy of the celebrities (co-author). Liaohai Publishing House, 2009

3. Preface to the anthology of the Tongcheng school (co-author: Xu Chengzhi, Wu Lisong, & Wang Sihao). Anhui University Press, 2016

III. Research Projects he led

1. The Chronicles of Mr. Liu Yizheng, a Ministry of Education Humanities and Social Science Project

2. Collation and Research on the Oral History of the Southwest Service Regiment, a late-stage-grant project of the Social Science Found of Jiangsu Province

Courses

Core courses for undergraduates: History of Chinese Historiography; Guide to Reading Chinese Classics;

Elective courses for undergraduates: History of Qin and Han Dynasties; Selected Readings by Pre-Qin Philosophers; an Intellectual History of China

Awards

2016: Outstanding Young Core Teacher of Jiangsu Qinglan Project

2014: Guangming Daily, Family Tradition and Family Education Essay, Second Prize

2012: The 2012 Excellent Doctoral Dissertation Award of Jiangsu Province (Integrated Research on Chunqiu and Gu Liangzhuan)

2010: The Best Young Doctoral Candidate of the Ministry of Education

2017: Special Prize and Outstanding Instructor of the 15th Challenge Cup National University Student Science and Technology Innovation Contest

2015: Third Prize of University Micro-Teaching Competition of Jiangsu Province

2018: Advanced worker in social practice activities for students of colleges and technical secondary schools in Jiangsu Province

2016: Advanced worker in social practice activities for students of colleges and secondary schools in Jiangsu Province

2013: Advanced worker in social practice activities for students of colleges and secondary schools in Jiangsu Province

2019: Outstanding Academic Tutor of Nanjing University

2017: Innovative Instructor of Nanjing University

2018: Star of Entrepreneurship and Innovation of Nanjing University (Outstanding Instructor)

2014: Second Prize of Bank of China of Teaching Achievement for Young Teachers of Nanjing University

2012: The 2012 Excellent Doctoral Dissertation Award of Nanjing University (Integrated Research on Chunqiu and Gu Liangzhuan)

2018: Second Prize for Outstanding Achievements in Philosophy and Social Sciences in Nanjing (Changed Life: Oral Life History of Survivors of the Nanjing Massacre)

Achievements

I. Edited oral history works

1. Good times: Our way to prosperity (edited-in-chief). Jiangsu Phoenix Literature and Art Publishing House, 2020.

2. My Gaokao: Oral records of Nanjing University students, classes of 1977 and 1978 (edited-in-chief). Jiangsu Phoenix Literature and Art Publishing House, 2018.

3. My procuratorial years: Jiangsu’s procuratorate during its restoration and reconstruction period, 1978-1987 (edited-in-chief). Jiangsu Phoenix Literature and Art Publishing House, 2018.

4. The last testimony: Oral histories of 49 survivors of the Nanjing Massacre (edited-in-chief). Social Sciences Academic Press, 2017.

5. Changed life: Oral life history of survivors of the Nanjing Massacre (executive editor). Jiangsu Phoenix Literature and Art Publishing House, 2017.

II. Collation, Interpunction and Revision to Historical Documents

The family letters of Liu Yizheng. The Commercial Press, tread-bound, 2018, paperback, 2019.

III. Academic Works for Popularization

A brief history of China in 50,000 years (writing the part of Qin and Han Dynasties). Wenhui Publishing House, 2020.