The Zhihe team

刘昊明

University of Oxford, History · Macalester College, Economics & Applied Mathematics

From Nanjing—where the north vs. south roast duck debate is non-negotiable. PhD candidate in British intellectual and cultural history (18th–19th c.), researching the formation of political economy in early 19th-century Britain; lately also reading university history. Interested in musicology and critical theory. Wants to write a fugue. Wants a tail. Air conductor. Zhihe's one and only team cat (hands on hips).

施怡阳

杨暄婷

Renmin University of China · Aesthetics

A small ice cube in the arts circle—someone who never knows what new role tomorrow will unlock. Born in Sichuan in the winter of 2002; writes poetry, reads philosophy, and spent years as a peer counselor. For the social-media persona, see Xiaohongshu / WeChat official account 「意寒」.

张芝安

Sun Yat-sen University · Philosophy / Classics

Sixth year in the UK, currently a second-year PhD in Western classical studies, working with the Greco-Roman world from over two millennia ago. Old-fashioned in manner, avant-garde in thought; loves observing people, hiking, cooking for wellness, panda videos, all kinds of ball games—the next thing to learn is surfing. Went by the little-known alias 「张素若」 in Zhihe interviews.

王翰乾

Holding tight to literature in the gale. Founded a poetry club at an engineering school, wrote a thesis on Sprouts, reads peer writing with young people in different places, and helps edit a WeChat account that recommends poetry. Born in Shanghai in 2001; moved to Hong Kong last year for study, still getting used to the new place.

萧纪君

University College London · Sociology of Education

Raised in the city; after undergrad spent over half a year at a township school in northwest China, then studied educational sociology at UCL, researching China's double-reduction policy, the gaokao, and first-generation college students. Along the way, structure and agency has been academic training in the classroom, observation in rural practice, and self-reflection in everyday life.

马驰

杨海瑜