Zhang Chong

Also known as: 张冲编著, 张冲编

Born
1948–present
Nationality
China
Notable works
Far from the Madding Crowd: Chinese-English Bilingual EditionThe Green Mile (Stephen King Works Series)The Most Beautiful Decision

12 written works

About the author

Zhang Chong was born in 1948 in Jiangyan, Taizhou, Jiangsu Province. Also known as Zhang Jinyuan, he writes under the pen names Jing Yuan and Zhang Tai. He is a member of the China Science Writers Association and the Jiangsu Writers Association, and serves as honorary chairman of the Taizhou Writers Association. Since 1980 he has devoted his spare time to writing science fairy tales. He has published more than sixty works, including The Fly Races the Train and The Little Mouse's Invisibility Cloak, and has repeatedly won the Bing Xin Children's Literature Award and the China Science Writers Association Award for Outstanding Popular Science Works. His writing is known for weaving scientific knowledge into fairy tales with vivid language and rich imagination, giving him a notable influence in children's popular science literature. Public information about his life is limited, and his existing works also touch on foreign literary translation, essays, film and television culture, and documentary literature, reflecting wide-ranging writing interests.

Written (12)

Guide to Troubleshooting Urban Rail Transit Signal Equipment cover
Rating 3.5
Guide to Troubleshooting Urban Rail Transit Signal Equipment 陈琦 / 雷云鹏 / 赵一林 / Zhang Chong China Railway Publishing House · 2026 Following the framework of "equipment overview—common faults—fault analysis and handling—fault handling summary," this book not only details the commo…
Shakespeare in the Visual Age (University General Education Series on Foreign Culture) cover
Rating 3.9
Shakespeare in the Visual Age (University General Education Series on Foreign Culture) Zhang Chong Peking University Press · 2025 Through their chapters, the two authors of Shakespeare in the Visual Age: A Study of Shakespeare Films offer meticulous and distinctive interpretation…
A Study of the Shanxi-Hebei-Shandong-Henan Anti-Japanese Base Area cover
Rating 3.8
A Study of the Shanxi-Hebei-Shandong-Henan Anti-Japanese Base Area 张同乐 / Zhang Chong Jiangsu People's Publishing House · 2025 Adopting a thematic approach, this book offers an in-depth examination of the founding of the Jin-Ji-Lu-Yu Anti-Japanese Base Area, its political cons…
Far from the Madding Crowd: Chinese-English Bilingual Edition cover
Rating 4.4
Far from the Madding Crowd: Chinese-English Bilingual Edition Thomas Hardy / Zhang Chong Yilin Press · 2023 Far from the Madding Crowd is a literary work in the Bilingual Classics series, presented in a Chinese-English bilingual edition. This novel is Thomas…
The Most Beautiful Decision cover
Rating 4.2
The Most Beautiful Decision E.B.怀特 / Zhang Chong / 张琼 Shanghai Translation Publishing House · 2023 Arranged chronologically, this volume gathers over a hundred letters carefully selected from across E. B. White's lifetime correspondence, letters tha…
Tracing World Cultures (Complete 6 Volumes) cover
Rating 3.8
Tracing World Cultures (Complete 6 Volumes) Zhang Chong / 埃洛伊丝·米勒 / 鲁成文 / 尼克·钱纳 · 2022 This boxed set includes six volumes: Common Knowledge of Chinese Culture: A Mini Encyclopedia for Understanding Chinese Culture, Elegant Discoveries: …
Tracing Literature Series (3 Volumes) cover
Rating 3.5
Tracing Literature Series (3 Volumes) 埃洛伊丝·米勒 / 萨姆·乔迪森 / 杨献军 / Zhang Chong / 尼克·钱纳 · 2021 This boxed set includes The Elegant Discovery: Every Corner of London Bears the Mark of a Literary Feast, Shakespeare's Dramatic World, and The Elegan…
Systems Engineering: Principles and Practice cover
Rating 3.0
Systems Engineering: Principles and Practice 卢子芳 / 朱卫未 / Zhang Chong / 巩永华 Posts & Telecom Press · 2021 This book offers a systematic introduction to the fundamentals of systems engineering, comprising seven chapters that cover the theoretical foundation…
Black Mischief cover
Rating 4.1
Black Mischief Evelyn Waugh / Zhang Chong / 张琼 Shanghai Translation Publishing House · 2019 Black Mischief is the third novel by Evelyn Waugh, one of the great twentieth-century British novelists; its inspiration came in part from the author'…
Shakespeare's World of Drama cover
Rating 4.0
Shakespeare's World of Drama Zhang Chong China Friendship Publishing Company · 2019 Spanning the full range of Shakespeare's dramatic genres while tracing their chronological development, this book divides his 39 plays into five parts…
Treasures of World Art (5-Volume Set) cover
Rating 3.9
Treasures of World Art (5-Volume Set) Zhang Chong / 鲁成文 / 尼克·钱纳 / 布莱恩·马吉 Beijing Standway Books Co., Ltd. · 2019 Treasures of World Art (5-Volume Set)
The Green Mile (Stephen King Works Series) cover
Rating 4.4
The Green Mile (Stephen King Works Series) Stephen Edwin King / 张琼 / Zhang Chong People's Literature Publishing House · 2018 Cold Mountain Penitentiary's death row, the last stretch of corridor leading to the electric chair, is paved with green linoleum and known as "the Gre…

Publishers

Shanghai Translation Publishing HouseChina Friendship Publishing CompanyChina Railway Publishing HousePeople's Literature Publishing HousePosts & Telecom PressPeking University PressBeijing Standway Books Co., Ltd.Jiangsu People's Publishing HouseYilin Press