Dr LING received his BA, MPhil, and PhD from the Department of Chinese Language and Literature at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. Before joining HSUHK, he was the lecturer of the Department of Chinese Language and Literature, Hong Kong Shu Yan University. Dr LING teaches subjects about Chinese classic literature with research focus on classic poetry, especially the works from the Song and Yuen Dynasty. His interest of research also includes classic bibliography, classic anthologies and textual scholarship of literature.