Dear colleagues and friends, Hope you are doing well there! Please join me in welcoming a new member to the SSYCDS and listserv, Dr. Lex Jing Lu. Below please find Lex's self introduction. Welcome to our community! Lex Lu is an assistant professor at Clark University History Department. His first monograph, titled *Appearance Politics: Legitimacy Building in Late Imperial and Modern China,* is scheduled to be published by Cornell University Press in 2024. His current research interests are fertility, fatherhood, and the male code of honor in imperial China. Sincerely, Ya Zuo Secretary, Society for Song, Yuan, and Conquest Dynasties Studies