Li Lianrong (Brtson-vgrus-rgya-mtsho) is Tibetan, born in Taergou Village, Datong County, Qinghai; Received his M.A. in Folklore at Beijing Normal University, and his Ph. D. in Tibetan Literature from The Graduate School of CASS. He is Assistant Researcher at Institute of Ethnic Literature, CASS. Having completed his doctoral dissertation Zhongguo Ge-sa-er shishixue de xingcheng yu fazhan 1959-1996 (On the Making and Developing of Gesar Epic Studies in China: 1959-1996), he began to develop his research on textual analysis and singers of epic Gesar. He has recently published a paper entitled Woguo zaoqi Ge-sa-er shishixue de lilun jianshe (The Theoretical Construction on Epic Gesar Studies: China Earlier Epic Scholarship, in Collected Papers on Gesar Studies, vol. 5, Pp75-101. Beijing: Ethnic Publishing House, 2001).