Zhao Yifan was born in August 1950 and his native place is Yancheng, Jiangsu. In 1968, he went to the countryside to join the queue. In 1970, he entered the Foreign Languages ??Department of Anhui University to study English. In 1981, he was sent to the United States to study at Harvard University. Obtained a doctorate in philosophy in 1989. Currently, he is a researcher and doctoral supervisor at the Institute of Foreign Literature, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. There are also Zhao Yifan, a lecturer in the Department of Environmental Art of Shandong University of Arts and Crafts, Zhao Yifan, a famous doctor in Dalian, and Zhao Yifan, a modern poetry worker.