Between 1975 and 1986, he was transferred by the Ministry of Culture to preside over the proofreading and annotation of A Dream of Red Mansions. During that period, he set up the A Dream of Red Mansions Research Institute and acted as the director.

In 1986, he was appointed vice chairman of Chinese Art Research Institute, and at the same time acted as professor of the Department of Chinese Language and Literature of Renmin University of China. Up to date, Feng has published over 30 academic works, with more than 29 million Chinese characters.

Feng’s academic road is in fact a road of self-studies. His research has covered a range of topics. As a teacher of The History of Ancient Chinese Literature, he published a collection of dissertions, called Shichuan Ji. He also carried out researches on traditional Chinese operas, and published Fangcao Ji.

A Date with A Dream of Red Mansions

Accomplishing enormous achievement in the research on the novel, Feng has played an important part in pushing and promoting the development of studies on A Dream of Red Mansion. He once served as chairman of China Association of A Dream of Red Mansion

Feng’s Painting of Tianshan Mountain in Xinjiang

Studies and his works on the famous classic have been received well by the novel’s lovers both at home and abroad.

Apart from his research on the Chinese classic, Feng has also actively participated in cultural exchanges between China and other countries in the world, spreading the essence of Chinese culture all over the world.

He twice visited America and gave lectures at such prestigious universities as Harvard, Yale, Stanford, and so on, receiving an honorary academic certificate from the America Fulbright Foundation.

（Source: chinaculture.org）