About the author

Zhang Ling (dates of birth and death, nationality, and English name unknown) has ten works held in the collection; public information is limited, and biographical details remain to be verified. Judging from the existing titles, the works fall roughly into two categories. The first is Eastern philosophy and classics, such as the Laozi Xiang'er Zhu, an early Daoist commentary. The second is the translation and introduction of foreign literature, including the Albanian Poetry Anthology (Volume Two), Mongolian Poetry Anthology, Kyrgyz Poetry Anthology (Volumes One and Two), Serbian Poetry Anthology, Thai Poetry Anthology, and Philippine Poetry Anthology. These works cover multiple languages of Central Asia, Southeastern Europe, and Southeast Asia, indicating a systematic attention to regional poetry. Common classifications place the works under Eastern philosophy, foreign literature, classics, literature, and classical poetry, showing a dual orientation toward collating ancient texts and translating poetry. As no verifiable personal materials are available, no biographical narrative is offered here.

Written (10)

Selected Poems of Albania (Volume Two) cover
Rating 3.7
Selected Poems of Albania (Volume Two) Zhao Zhenjiang / 蒋朗朗 / 宁琦 / 张陵 Writers Publishing House · 2026 This volume gathers classic Albanian poetry from ancient times to the present. It comprises classic poems from five historical periods—before the nine…
Anthology of Mongolian Poetry cover
Rating 3.6
Anthology of Mongolian Poetry Zhao Zhenjiang / 蒋郎朗 / 宁琦 / 张陵 Writers Publishing House · 2026 This volume offers Chinese readers a concentrated introduction to Mongolian poetry, featuring 151 poems by 46 modern and contemporary poets. To help r…
Selected Poems of Kyrgyzstan (Volume Two) cover
Rating 3.4
Selected Poems of Kyrgyzstan (Volume Two) Zhao Zhenjiang / 蒋郎朗 / 宁琦 / 张陵 Writers Publishing House · 2026 This anthology spans a century of Kyrgyz poetry across the twentieth century, a period that produced a succession of outstanding poets and poems. Sele…
Selected Poems of Kyrgyzstan (Volume One) cover
Rating 3.4
Selected Poems of Kyrgyzstan (Volume One) Zhao Zhenjiang / 蒋朗朗 / 宁琦 / 张陵 Writers Publishing House · 2026 The Kyrgyz are an ancient people of Central Asia with a long history and a rich culture; they are ethnically related to the Kirgiz people of China. Se…
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Rating 3.3
Selected Poems of Serbia Zhao Zhenjiang / 蒋朗朗 / 宁琦 / 张陵 Writers Publishing House · 2026 This poetry anthology brings together over one hundred poems by eleven representative poets spanning roughly a century, from the mid-nineteenth to the…
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Rating 3.3
Selected Poems of Thailand Zhao Zhenjiang / 蒋朗朗 / 宁琦 / 张陵 Writers Publishing House · 2026 This anthology selects representative works by more than twenty poets from ancient to contemporary Thailand, offering readers a glimpse of the broad o…
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Rating 3.2
Selected Poems of the Philippines Zhao Zhenjiang / 蒋朗朗 / 宁琦 / 张陵 Writers Publishing House · 2026 This anthology brings together representative Filipino folk songs and lyrical ballads, works by representative poets since the eighteenth century, and…
Selected Poems of Bahrain cover
Rating 3.2
Selected Poems of Bahrain Zhao Zhenjiang / 蒋朗朗 / 宁琦 / 张陵 Writers Publishing House · 2026 This book is a collection of works by Liu Zheng, a contemporary Chinese-language educator, poet, essayist, and calligrapher. Over a writing career of …
Selected Poems of Kazakhstan cover
Rating 3.2
Selected Poems of Kazakhstan Zhao Zhenjiang / 蒋朗朗 / 宁琦 / 张陵 Writers Publishing House · 2026 This anthology gathers works by 41 representative poets from the Kazakh Khanate of the 15th century onward, spanning six hundred years of poetic histo…
Xiang'er Commentary on the Laozi cover
Rating 3.9
Xiang'er Commentary on the Laozi 张陵 The Commercial Press · 2024 The Laozi is a philosophical work of Daoism on cosmology, social and political thought, conduct in life, and personal cultivation. It posits an elusiv…

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