Victor H. Mair is Professor of Chinese Language and Literature in the Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, United States. Professor Mair has edited the standard Columbia History of Chinese Literature and the Columbia Anthology of Traditional Chinese Literature.
Dr. Mair received his Ph.D. from Harvard University in 1976. He has taught at the University of Pennsylvania since 1979. Dr. Mair is also founder and editor of Sino-Platonic Papers, an academic journal examining Chinese, East Asian and Central Asian linguistics and literature.
Dr. Mair specializes in early vernacular Chinese, and is responsible for well-received translations of the Dao De Jing and the Zhuangzi. He has also been noted for his collaboration on interdisciplinary research on the archeology of Eastern Central Asia.
"Your articles (except the first one) sound like something from the National Vanguard or the National Alliance."
That's a cheap shot and people that have read my postings over the years know better.