Zhao Shimin studied philosophy of law in northwest university of politics and law from 1979 to 1984. 1984- 1985, teacher of Marxist philosophy in the Second Artillery Academy of the Chinese People's Liberation Army. Since 1985, he has been teaching at the Central Conservatory of Music. The courses taught by the Central Conservatory of Music include: philosophical principles, the origin of Chinese characters, music criticism and writing, philosophy of Laozi and Zhuangzi, appreciation of Shakespeare's plays, etc. Zhao Shimin is the most popular humanities teacher in the Central Conservatory of Music.