Profile

Dr. Shi Guang, Associate Professor with Tenure in the School of Foreign Languages at Peking University, currently holds the positions of Director of the Persian Language Section and Head of the Iranian Cultural Research Institute at the University. His principal research encompasses Persian language and literature, as well as Sino-Iranian cultural exchanges. His scholarly output encompasses numerous academic monographs, translated volumes, and textbooks. Notable publications comprise "Annotation and Translation of Tanksuqnameh", "Tourism Chinese", "The Paradise of Chinese Language" and "Chinese Diplomacy". Furthermore, he has published over twenty articles in prominent Chinese and international journals, such as Oriental Studies, World Religious Review, Film Art, Silk Road Studies and International Sinology.

Educational Experience

Ph.D. in Persian Language and Literature, University of Tehran, 2005–2009

M.A. in Asian and African Languages and Literatures, Peking University, 2000–2003

B.A. in Persian Language and Culture, Peking University, 1996–2000

Work Experience

1.  Director, Department of West Asian Languages and Cultures, School of Foreign Languages, Peking University (2013–2020)

2.  Director, Section of Persian Language and Literature, Department of West Asian Languages and Cultures, School of Foreign Languages, Peking University (2009–2015, 2023–Present)

3. Head, Institute of Iranian Culture Studies, Peking University (2020–Present)

Research Interests

Persian language and literature，Sino-Iranian cultural exchanges

Teaching Courses

Undergraduate Courses: Basic Persian, Persian Newspaper Reading, Persian-Chinese Translation, Chinese-Persian Translation, Persian Writing, etc.

Postgraduate Courses: History of Iran, Study of Persian Prose, etc.

Selected Publications

I. Books

1. Chinese for Tourism, Forest Press, Tehran, 2008.

2.  Annotation and Translation of Tanksuqnameh, Peking University Press, Beijing, 2016.

II. Articles

1.  "The Loan Words from Iranian Languages in 'Twenty-five Histories'", Oriental Studies, 2004.

2. "The Renaissance of Culture in Khorasan and Transoxiana during the Period of Samanids Dynasty", Oriental Studies, 2006.

3. "The Patriotism Works of Sadeq Hedayat", Mongolian Literature and Comparative Literature, 2006.

4. "Iranian Films in the Year of 1385", Art of Film, 2006.

5. "Overview of Iranian Literature in 2017", In Overview of Foreign Literature 2017, Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press, Beijing, 2018.

6. "Mysticism in Avicenna’s Poems", In Communication of the Mind: Essays on Mysticism, Zhongxi Book Company, Shanghai, 2019.

7. "Wang Shuhe Maijue in Iran" [in English], Non-Han Literature Along the Silk Road. Springer, Singapore, 2020.

8. "Overview of Iranian Literature in 2019", In Overview of Foreign Literature 2019, Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press, Beijing, 2020.

9. "A Research on Tanksuqnameh’s Original Sources", Iranian Studies in China, Vol. 5, Zhongxi Book Company, Shanghai, 2021.

10. "A Study on Chinese Medicinal Plants in Āthār va Aḥyā", International Sinology, Vol. 2022, no. S1, Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press, Beijing, 2022.

11. "'Persian-Chinese Dictionary' in Tanksuqnameh", International Sinology, Vol. 2024, no. 4, Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press, Beijing, 2024.

12.  "A New Research on Da Yuan Ben Cao" [in English], Chinese Medicine and Culture, Vol. 8, no. 2, 2025.

III. Translations

1.  Paradise for Learning Chinese [in Persian], Beijing Language and Culture University Press, Beijing, 2010.

2.  China’s Diplomacy [in Persian], Wuzhou Communication Press, Beijing, 2015.

IV. Dictionary

Persian-Chinese, Chinese-Persian Intensive Dictionary, Junyi Press, Beijing, 2017. (One of Editors)

Research Projects

1.  "Collation and Study of the Persian Manuscript Tanksuqnameh, the Ministry of Education Youth Scholar Fund for Humanities and Social Sciences Research (2011).

2. "A Study on the History of Medical Exchanges Between China and Iran", the National Social Science Fund Grant for Rare and Endangered Disciplines and Country-Specific History Studies (2018).

Honors and Awards

1.  Awarded the 25th Islamic Republic of Iran World Award for Book of the Year for Annotation and Translation of Tanksuqnameh, 2018.

2.  Awarded the 8th University Scientific Research Works Award (Humanities and Social Sciences) for Young Scholars by the Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China for Annotation and Translation of Tanksuqnameh, 2020.

3.  Awarded the CP Group Scholarship for Teachers, Peking University, 2013.

4.  Awarded the ICBC Bank Scholarship for Teachers, Peking University, 2018.

5. Awarded the New Oriental Young Scholar title by the School of Foreign Languages, Peking University, 2020.