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**ZHANG Chengzhi (張承志)**
Born:	1948 Beijing, China
Occupation(s):	Novelist

Zhang Chengzhi ((Traditional Chinese: 張承志; pinyin: Zhāng Chéngzhì) is a contemporary Hui Chinese author. Often named as the most influential Muslim writer in China, his historical narrative History of the Soul, about the rise of the Jahriyya Sufi (哲合忍耶), was the second-most popular book in China in 1994.[1]

1 Biography
2 Novels
3 Poetry
4 See also
5 External links

[edit] Biography

Born in Beijing in 1948 to parents of Shandong origin, Zhang graduated from Tsinghua University Middle School in 1967, at the height of the Cultural Revolution. He claims to have created the term "Red Guards" during his student days; this was the pen name with which he signed a large-character poster (regarding a conflict between students and school officials) that he and other senior-level students put up at their school on May 29, 1966, just three days before the People's Daily announced the beginning of the Cultural Revolution.[2]

Soon after his graduation, Zhang was "sent down" to East Ujimqin Banner or West Ujimqin Banner in Xilin Gol League, Inner Mongolia. While there, he learned to speak Mongolian, and in fact his first published work, a poem entitled (), was written in Mongolian rather than Chinese.

[edit] Novels

The Black Steed (黑駿馬/Hēi Jùnmă), 198x
- 1990, Panda Books, United States of America. ISBN 0835120775. In English (translator: Stephen Fleming).
- Mon beau cheval noir, 1999, Philippe Picquier, France. ISBN 2877304353. In French (translator: unknown).
History of the Soul (心靈史/Xīnlíng Shĭ), 1991
- 1997, 風雲時代, Taiwan. ISBN 957645803X.
(清潔的精神), 1994.
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- Fleur intrelacs, 1998, Bleu de Chine, France. ISBN 2910884023. In French (translator: unknown).