Antonio José Mezcua López, Ph.D. (2007), Professor of Chinese Culture at Granada University. He has published extensively on Chinese landscape culture. His last publication is "Late Ming Xizi Lake, the courtesan world in the landscape culture of the West Lake," Landscape History (2023).

Xiaolin Duan, Ph.D. (2014), Professor of History at North Carolina State University. She has published monographs, articles, and translations on Middle Period China, including Rise of West Lake: A Cultural Landmark in the Song Dynasty (University of Washington, 2020).