Born in 1985, Sirongyun is a poet and photographer based in Shanghai. In 2017, an audio recording of his poem, “Young People, Please Bear with It (《年轻人,请忍受一下》),” struck a chord with netizens, and was heard over 100,000 times over a short period of time online. In 2018, he published a poetry collection under the same title. Sirongyun has also self-published three other poetry collections since 2012. He is currently working on a new poetry anthology that will come out in 2022.