Ms. Hui Han was born in China. Her “General Biology” textbook was published by Chinese Central TV & Radio Univ. She was a junior faculty member of Johns Hopkins Medical School; a clinical trial manager of Roche diagnostics, Inc.; a lab and core facility manager, a medical writer, and currently a grant management specialist of the NCI, NIH. She loves all kinds of arts and literatures, devoted to promoting traditional Chinese painting, calligraphy and poetry. She is a co-founder of Howard County Chinese School in Maryland. She is currently a member of the Harmony of Brush & Ink Society. Her art has been exhibited at many art galleries, park and community centers in the Washington DC area. She is the 15th president of the Washington DC Chinese Poetry Society (WCPS). She created a new semi-monthly poetry and art column in two popular local newspapers: the WCPS Poetry Friends Garden (PFG) in 2020; and has served as its editor-in-chief.
Dr. Pingfeng Chi was born in China. He received his M.A. in Journalism in 1964 and Ph.D. in History at the George Washington University (GWU). He taught at the Institute for Sino-Soviet Studies and the Dept. of the Far Eastern Languages and Literatures of the GWU. He served as Vice President and Chief Editor of the China Trans Service under the National Council for US-China Trade. He was the Chief Biographer and the Director of the Center for Chinese Research Materials, appointed by the Association of Research Libraries in 1983. His book “the Controversies Between Revolutionists and Constitutionalists in the Late Ching Period” was published by “The China Committee for Publication Aid and Prize Awards” in 1967; it was also printed by the Institute of Modern History of the Academia Sinica.
Dr. Junyi Lei, pen name Thunder, is a poetry lover, especially of classic Chinese poetry. He is a physician and believes poetry is a better medicine for people’s spiritual health. When he joined the WCPS two years ago, he found an excellent place to learn and share classic Chinese poetry and make friends with people who have same interests. Some of his poems are included in this book, and he hopes you’ll like them.
Ms. Sarah Chen, pen name Yu Wen, of Chinese origin, is a CPA living in the Washington DC metro area. She grew up in an intellectual family and loves all that is classic, be it literature, art or music, both East and West. She writes poems, essays and short stories; and enjoys playing violin.
