In 2025, Professor Zhang Zhizhong, Director of the Department of Translation, Director of the Center for Globalization of Chinese Poetry, and doctoral supervisor at the School of Foreign Studies (SFS) at Nankai University, published five books.
1. Parallel Reading of 300 Ancient and Modern Chinese Lyrical Poems: Qing Dynasty (Chinese-English)
This book brings together 150 outstanding poems from the Qing Dynasty, each accompanied by a newly written poem on the same theme by Dr. Lin Mingli, a renowned poet from Taiwan, China, making a total of 300 poems. All the poems have been translated into English by Professor Zhang Zhizhong. In this volume, the scholar and poet Lin Mingli’s original poems are placed alongside the Qing-dynasty poems selected and translated for the book. This arrangement allows the study of classical and modern poetry to complement each other and gives the translated poems greater vitality and expressiveness. It aims to bring readers closer to the world of poetic beauty, bridging the ancient and the modern while bringing Chinese and English together.
2. Parallel Reading of 300 Ancient and Modern Chinese Lyrical Poems: Tang Dynasty (Chinese-English)
This book features 150 outstanding poems from the Tang Dynasty, each accompanied by a newly written poem on the same theme by Dr. Lin Mingli, a renowned poet from Taiwan, China, making a total of 300 poems. All the poems have been translated into English by Professor Zhang Zhizhong. Following the selection and editing of the Chinese texts, Professor Zhang translated both the classical poems and the corresponding contemporary poems by Lin Mingli. His translations move beyond the constraints of the original metrical forms, seeking to convey the inner beauty of the poems through the forms of modern English poetry. In doing so, they create a synthesis between the extension of classical poetry and the retrospective reach of contemporary poetry.
3. Parallel Reading of 300 Ancient and Modern Chinese Lyrical Poems: Han, Wei and Six Dynasties (Chinese-English)
The book contains 150 outstanding poems from the Han, Wei, and Six Dynasties periods, each paired with a newly written poem on the same theme by Dr. Lin Mingli, a renowned poet from Taiwan, China, making a total of 300 poems. All the poems have been translated into English by Professor Zhang Zhizhong. By placing Lin Mingli’s original poems alongside the translated works from these historical periods, the volume creates a dialogue between classical and modern poetry. It also seeks to inspire students’ interest in appreciating and studying poetry and to deepen their emotional engagement and understanding through reading.
4. Selected Readings in Literary Reviews (Chinese-English)
This book selects 32 critical essays on poetry and literature by Dr. Lin Mingli, a renowned poet and critic from Taiwan, China, all translated into English by Professor Zhang Zhizhong. The essays cover a broad range of subjects and fall into two main categories: academic writing and literary criticism. The former includes studies of poetry and literature, while the latter comprises reviews and critiques of poetry and other literary works.
5. Pilgrims: A Multilingual Poetry Anthology in Chinese-English-Finnish-Bulgarian-Swedish-Norwegian
This book features 16 outstanding poems by the renowned Chinese poet Haijiao Haitang (real name: Liang Xiaohong). Professor Zhang Zhizhong translated the poems into English, while Finnish translator Marin Angel Lazarov translated them into Bulgarian, Finnish, Swedish, and Norwegian.
