Yin Hubin is Korean Chinese, born on May 8, 1960 in Liaoning, received his M.A. in Ethnology at Central University for Nationalities, and his Ph.D. in Folklore at Beijing Normal University. He is senior research fellow at Institute of Ethnic Literature, CASS. Current specialization is oral tradition and Chinese folk religion. His main publications include: Gudai Jingdian yu Koutou Chuantong (Classical Canons and Oral Tradition, Beijing: Zhongguo Shehui Kexue Chubanshe, November 2002. 245p. ISBN 7-5004-3600-9), Gushi de Geshou(The Singer of Tales, Albert Bates Lord, Harvard University Press, the second edition, 2000, Cambridge, Mass. Chinese edition publisher: Zhonghua Shuju, 2003), Shishi yu Yingxiong(Epics and Heroes in China’s Minority Cultures, co-editor with Mineke Schipper. Nanning: Guangxi Shifan Daxue Chubanshe, 2004), Heibei Minjian Biaoyan Baojuan yu Yishi Yujing Yanjiu(A Study of Precious Scrolls and Their Ritual Context in North China, Beijing: Minzu Wenxue Yanjiu, 3:78-86, 2004).