Zhang Ziping

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Zhang Ziping (Chinese: 张资平; Pinyin: Zhāng Zīpíng; 1893-1959) was a Chinese writer born in Mei County, Guangdong

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Zhang received a classical education and, after studying in Japan from 1912, received a degree in geology from Tokyo Imperial University in 1922. On his return to China, he engaged in various business ventures, wrote, taught geology and literature. However, he eventually decided on a literary career, and with several others of his ilk, (Yu Dafu and Tian Han) he co-founded the "Creation Society" which promoted vernacular and modern literature. He worked as an editor of their literary magazine and it was during this time that he published the first of his many novels.

During the Second Sino-Japanese War he worked for the collaborationist Wang Jingwei Government, but after the defeat of the Empire of Japan he was arrested and tried by the Kuomingtang government for treason in 1947. Nothing after this date is known of him. (The Library of Congress's Name Authority File records his death year as 1959.)

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• Encyclopædia Britannica 2005 Ultimate Reference Suite DVD, article- "Chang Tzu-p'ing"