Zhang Chengzhi

Zhang Chengzhi

Zhang Chengzhi, Hui nationality. One of the most influential writers in contemporary China, he was a pioneer of the red guards in middle school. The name "Red Guards" originated from his pseudonym "Red Guards" at that time.

Born in Beijing in 1948, he joined the team in Inner Mongolia in 1968. He graduated from the Department of archaeology, Peking University in 1975. He entered the Department of nationalities, Graduate School of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences in 1978. He graduated with a master's degree in history in 1981. He is proficient in English, Japanese, Spanish and Arabic. He also knows Mongolian, Manchu and Kazakh. He began to publish his works in 1978. In his early years, his works were full of romanticism, poetic language and youthful idealism. Later works turned to Islamic themes, which caused a lot of controversy. His representative works include the river in the north, the black horse and the history of the soul. More than 30 kinds of works have been published.

Character experience

Zhang Chengzhi was born in Beijing in 1948.

On the evening of June 3, 1966, 17-year-old Zhang Chengzhi and 17 students, including Luo Xiaohai, bu Dahua, Kuang Taosheng, Wang Ming, Zhang Xiaobin, Gong Xiaoji, Tao Zheng, Gao Hongxu, song Bailin and Yuan Dongping, gathered at the Yuanmingyuan site in the western suburb of Beijing for a meeting and decided to set up the red guards organization. The name "Red Guard" comes from Zhang Chengzhi's pseudonym Red Guard.

In 1967, he graduated from the middle school affiliated to Tsinghua University in Beijing.

From 1968 to 1972, he jumped the queue in Wuzhumuqin, Inner Mongolia.

In 1972, he studied Archaeology in the Department of history, Peking University. After graduation in 1975, he was assigned to work in the archaeology group of China History Museum.

In 1978, he published his maiden work why the rider sings his mother (people's literature, No. 10, 1978), and won the first national excellent short story award. In the same year, he was admitted to the Department of history and language of the Graduate School of the Chinese Academy of social sciences to study the history of Mongolian and northern nationalities.

In 1981, he graduated with a master's degree in national history and language. He was assigned to work as an assistant researcher in the Institute of nationalities, Chinese Academy of social sciences. In the same year, he published the novella "Black Steed" and won the second national excellent novella award.

In 1983, he went to Japan's Toyo library for the first time.

In 1984, he published the novella the river in the north, which attracted the attention of the literary world. He won the third national excellent novella award and became his masterpiece.

In 1985, he was elected the fourth director of the Chinese Writers Association. Editor of selected novels.

In 1986, Zhang Chengzhi made his first attempt to write in Japanese and published the nomadic chronicles of the steppe in Japan.

In 1987, he published his first novel "golden Ranch", and in the same year he was transferred to the creation Office of the Political Department of the Navy as a professional writer.

In 1989, he retired as a freelance writer and created oil paintings.

In 1991, he published the Muslim theme novel the history of the soul, which caused widespread controversy in the literary world. In the same year, he went to Japan for the second time as a foreign researcher of Toyo library and an assistant professor of Law Department of Aichi University.

From 1991 to 1993, Zhang Chengzhi published three books in Japan, namely, the era of red guards, the history of Islam in China, and the history of martyrdom in China: mysticism in Japan. All of them were written in Japanese and refused to be translated into Chinese.

After the 1990s, Zhang Chengzhi mainly wrote essays, such as clean spirit, notes of herdsmen, a volume of mountains and rivers.

In 1999, Zhang Chengzhi traveled around the Mediterranean Sea and saw the city of delphis in Morocco and Islamic relics in Spain.

In 2003, he went to the Mediterranean again to investigate in Spain and northern Morocco.

In 2005, he published "the ruins of flowers" about what he saw and heard in Spain and Morocco.

In 2006, he went to Japan again and stayed for two months.

In 2009, he published "respect and farewell: to Japan" and won the annual essayist award of the Chinese literature and Media Award.

In 2011, he published his collection of prose art works "the journey of painting", which shows his works of art over the years, including oil painting, sketch, sketch, calligraphy, etc.

In 2012, Zhang Chengzhi spent three years revising the revised version of the history of the mind, limited to 750 copies, and successfully raised $100000, all of which were donated to Palestine refugees.

In September 2012, Zhang Chengzhi and his party set out from Beijing for Palestine. From the 12th to the 16th, the 100000 US dollars were donated to the refugee camp in Gaza, the refugee camp of shesid Azmi mufti, the refugee camp of Irbid, 95 families in rasmunif village and 82 families in ayinzanai village, which provided land and food for the Palestine refugees, and a total of 476 families were assisted in the whole process. On September 12, Zhang Chengzhi delivered a speech on "crossing the Dead Sea" at the donation site.

In 2013, he published his collection of essays "meet in the afterlife, Xinjiang in the heart", which tells his understanding and feelings of Xinjiang over the years.

Main works

short story

Why do riders Sing Mother

The name engraved on the heart

Suo erhan: missing the thorn

POMA in glory

Outside the Great Wall in the North

"Muddle about"

Beautiful moments

Solidified flame

Nine palaces

Snow road

Late tide

Green night

Summit

Osaka

Spring

Gobi

Old bridge

Quiet time

Green grass

novelette

River in the North

Black Steed

Yellow mud hut

Alec football

A study of the assassination in Western Province

novel

History of the mind

Golden Ranch

Prose essay

Green land (1989)

Desolate Hero Road (1994)

Clean spirit (1996)

Notes of herdsmen (1996)

Saddle and pen (1998)

Taking pen as the flag (1999)

A Book of mountains and rivers (2001)

Who is the winner (2002)

The ruins of flowers: a visit to Andalus (2005)

Ears of the deaf (2007)

Respect and farewell to Japan (2009)

Your smile (2010)

The journey of painting (2011)

Meet the Afterlife: Xinjiang of the heart (2013)

sample reels

Enlightenment of the prairie, Guizhou people's publishing house, October 2019.

Award winning record

In 1978, why the rider sings his mother won the first national excellent short story award.

In 1980, "Alec football" won the first "October" Literature Award and the National Minority Literature Creation Award.

The black steed and the river in the North won the national excellent novella award in 1981-1982 and 1983-1984 respectively.

In 1995, he won the first Aiwen literature award.

In 2009, he won the annual essayist award of Chinese literature and Media Award.

The prose "the abbot overlooking the dangerous building" won the 11th October literature prize in 2015

On September 19, 2020, he won the nomination of "outstanding writer of the year" for "2020 southern literature grand ceremony" with "Enlightenment on the prairie".

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