Dear All, Please join me in welcoming Jack Cheung, who give the following self-introduction: My name is Cheung Hiu Yu. I am a PhD student of the History program in the Arizona State University. My M.A. study explored the property right of unmarried daughters in the Song period from a legal history perspective. It was published under the title, Dowry: The Phenomenon and Meaning of Unmarried Daughter's Property Ownership in Song Dynasty (《奩中物：宋代在室女財產權之形態與意義》) in 2008. In this study I devote much attention to the legal cases concerning daughter's property right in the famous Southern Song casebook, Minggong shupan qingmingji (名公書判清明集）, and also other legal documents including Ch’ing-yuan t’iao-fa shih-le慶元條法事類 and ,Sung hsing-t’ung (宋刑統). It is basically a social history research. My PhD study probably focuses on the polarization of scholar-officilals during the so-called "post Wang An-shi period." My primary interest at this moment is concerned with how Wang Studies shaped the ritual norm within the social and intellectual sphere after the New Reform. Michael