Zhang Ziping
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Zhang Ziping (1893–1959) was a Chinese
writer born in Meixian, Meizhou
, Guangdong
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 Yu Dafu
, Guo Moruo
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 semi-autobiographical Fossils in Alluvial Deposits (冲积期化石, 1922), his first novel and arguably the first long-form fiction work of the May 4 Period.http://www.cqvip.com/onlineread/onlineread.asp?ID=22911287
Zhang went on to pursue a successful career as a novelist, writing stories of torrid love triangles that were popular with audiences but panned by critics. In an essay later collected in the volume Two Minds, Lu Xun wrote that Zhang's complete works could be distilled to a single symbol: a triangle.http://www.my285.com/xdwx/luxun/erxinji/034.htm
After leaving the Creation Society in the 1928, he started up his own publisher, Liqun Books, through which he issued books and a literary journal. His output of fiction slackened after the early 1930s, and by the middle of the decade he was mainly writing science books and doing translations from the Japanese. A Modern Scarlet Letter (新红A字), a romance set in wartime Shanghai and published in 1945, was his final novel.
During the Second Sino-Japanese War
he worked for the collaborationist Wang Jingwei Government
in the Department of Agriculture and Mining, and later edited a journal for the Sino-Japanese Culture Association. After the defeat of the Empire of Japan
he was arrested and tried by the Kuomingtang government for treason
in 1947. In early 1948 he was sentenced to fifteen months in prison, and was released in early 1949.
During the early years of the People's Republic, Zhang taught geology in Shanghai and continued his translation and editing work. In June 1955 he was arrested for being a counter-revolutionary, and in September 1958 was sentenced to 20 years in prison. In 1959 he was sent to a labor farm in Anhui, where he died on December 2.
China
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writer born in Meixian, Meizhou
Meizhou
-Administration:The municipal government, Intermediate Court and CPC and PSB bureaux are housed in the district of Jiangnan , on the right bank of Meijiang River.A second district of Meizhou is Jiangbei , on the left bank...
, Guangdong
Guangdong
Guangdong is a province on the South China Sea coast of the People's Republic of China. The province was previously often written with the alternative English name Kwangtung Province...
Biography
Zhang received a classical education and, after studying in JapanJapan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
from 1912, received a degree in geology
Geology
Geology is the science comprising the study of solid Earth, the rocks of which it is composed, and the processes by which it evolves. Geology gives insight into the history of the Earth, as it provides the primary evidence for plate tectonics, the evolutionary history of life, and past climates...
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 Yu Dafu
Yu Dafu
Yu Dafu . Born in Fuyang, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, was a modern Chinese short story writer and poet.-Early years:...
, Guo Moruo
Guo Moruo
Guo Moruo , courtesy name Dingtang , was a Chinese author, poet, historian, archaeologist, and government official from Sichuan, China.-Family history:Guo, originally named Guo Kaizhen, was born on November 10 or 16, in the small town of Shawan...
and Tian Han
Tian Han
Tian Han , born in Changsha, Hunan, was a Chinese drama activist, playwright, a leader of revolutionary music and films, as well as a translator and poet. Tian contributed a great deal to the development of Chinese modern drama as well as Chinese opera...
he co-founded the "Creation Society" which promoted vernacular and modern literature. He worked as an editor of their literary magazine
Literary magazine
A literary magazine is a periodical devoted to literature in a broad sense. Literary magazines usually publish short stories, poetry and essays along with literary criticism, book reviews, biographical profiles of authors, interviews and letters...
and it was during this time that he published the semi-autobiographical Fossils in Alluvial Deposits (冲积期化石, 1922), his first novel and arguably the first long-form fiction work of the May 4 Period.http://www.cqvip.com/onlineread/onlineread.asp?ID=22911287
Zhang went on to pursue a successful career as a novelist, writing stories of torrid love triangles that were popular with audiences but panned by critics. In an essay later collected in the volume Two Minds, Lu Xun wrote that Zhang's complete works could be distilled to a single symbol: a triangle.http://www.my285.com/xdwx/luxun/erxinji/034.htm
After leaving the Creation Society in the 1928, he started up his own publisher, Liqun Books, through which he issued books and a literary journal. His output of fiction slackened after the early 1930s, and by the middle of the decade he was mainly writing science books and doing translations from the Japanese. A Modern Scarlet Letter (新红A字), a romance set in wartime Shanghai and published in 1945, was his final novel.
During the Second Sino-Japanese War
Second Sino-Japanese War
The Second Sino-Japanese War was a military conflict fought primarily between the Republic of China and the Empire of Japan. From 1937 to 1941, China fought Japan with some economic help from Germany , the Soviet Union and the United States...
he worked for the collaborationist Wang Jingwei Government
Wang Jingwei Government
In March 1940 a puppet government led by Wang Jingwei was established in the Republic of China under the protection of the Empire of Japan. The regime officially called itself the Republic of China and its government the Reorganized National Government of China...
in the Department of Agriculture and Mining, and later edited a journal for the Sino-Japanese Culture Association. After the defeat of the Empire of Japan
Empire of Japan
The Empire of Japan is the name of the state of Japan that existed from the Meiji Restoration on 3 January 1868 to the enactment of the post-World War II Constitution of...
he was arrested and tried by the Kuomingtang government for treason
Treason
In law, treason is the crime that covers some of the more extreme acts against one's sovereign or nation. Historically, treason also covered the murder of specific social superiors, such as the murder of a husband by his wife. Treason against the king was known as high treason and treason against a...
in 1947. In early 1948 he was sentenced to fifteen months in prison, and was released in early 1949.
During the early years of the People's Republic, Zhang taught geology in Shanghai and continued his translation and editing work. In June 1955 he was arrested for being a counter-revolutionary, and in September 1958 was sentenced to 20 years in prison. In 1959 he was sent to a labor farm in Anhui, where he died on December 2.