Tibetan author Jam-Dpal-Rgya-Mtsho was born in Batang County, Ganzi Tibetan Prefecture, Sichuan Province. He is a an associate researcher for the Institute of National Literature at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. He has engaged in research and translation of Tibetan literature for many years and is a leading researcher of the Tibetan heroic epic, The Epic of King Gesar. He has published The Biography of King Gesar, Hero Gesar, and other works. Pan Xiaoli is a member of the Zhuang nationality. She has a Master of Arts from the Central University for Nationalities and has devoted her time to the inheritance and research of traditional Chinese culture and minority culture. She has also participated in the editing and reorganization of Hero Gesar.