I would think that the preferred name of this person is Li, Fuming But there's already a Li, Fuming in the name authority file, so you have a conflict. If you can get his birth date from your university, I'd ask for that to resolve the conflict. I don't think the fuller form of his name is "Fuming Bruce". Bruce is not a middle name, so I would not go with Li, Fuming $q (Fuming Bruce). If you can't get a date from the graduate school, then I'd go with profession/occupation probably, e.g. Li, Fuming $c (Engineer) (You didn't state the discipline his degree is in, so I just guessed Engineer. Substitute whatever is correct). I think an authority record for him would be something like this: 100 1 Li, Fuming, $d date- or 100 1 Li, Fuming $c (Occupation) 400 1 Li, Bruce, $d date- or 400 1 Li, Bruce $c (Occupation) [there's also an NAR for Li, Bruce, so an addition is needed on the variant access point too] I don't think Appendix F.3 applies in this case: F.3.1 Additional Instructions on Chinese Names Containing a Non-Chinese Given Name If: a name of Chinese origin contains a non-Chinese given name and the name is found in the order [non-Chinese given name] [surname] [Chinese given names] then: record the name as [surname], [non-Chinese given name] [Chinese given names]. Record all other names by applying the instructions at 9.2.2.9[http://access.rdatoolkit.org/images/rdalink.png]<http://access.rdatoolkit.org/document.php?id=rdachp9&target=rda9-2064#rda9-2064>. EXAMPLE Loh, Philip Fook Seng Name appears as: Philip Loh Fook Seng Adam Schiff University of Washington Libraries From: Program for Cooperative Cataloging [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Monaco,Michael J Sent: Friday, September 23, 2016 12:56 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Bruce Li (not that one) I have a dissertation by "Fuming (Bruce) Li" I'm reasonably sure Li is the surname and Fuming is the given name. I assume Bruce is his "American" name, or maybe a nickname. Further references to this person are scare - he's got another credit as Fuming (Bruce) Li on a paper he co-authored; he's in a group photo<http://www.klacp.ac.cn/kycg/scilw/201503/W020150319611773843385.pdf> for a conference as "Fuming Bruce Li" and there is a patent<http://appft1.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PG01&p=1&u=/netahtml/PTO/srchnum.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=20090293279.PGNR.> listing him Li, Fuming Bruce. Collective wisdom: in the AAP would you record Li, Fuming Bruce Li, Fuming (Bruce) Li, Fuming $q (Fuming Bruce) Li, Bruce $q (Fuming Bruce) Or something else? There is another Li, Fuming in the NAF. Am I missing something in the LC-PCC PS where this situation is covered? Happy Friday, Mike Monaco Coordinator, Cataloging Services University Libraries Electronic Services The University of Akron 261 B Bierce Library 302 Buchtel Common Akron, Ohio 44325-1712 330-972-2446 [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>