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Yang Zhao

Also known as: 楊照

Born
1963–present
Nationality
Taiwan, China
Notable works
Zhuangzi: The Open and Undifferentiated Spiritual World (China in the Classics 06)The Analects: Confucius, Teacher of All (China in the Classics 04)Mencius: A Fighter in the Age of Eloquence (China in the Classics 07)

20 written works

About the author

Yang Zhao, whose real name is Li Mingjun, was born in Hualien, Taiwan, in 1963. He graduated from the Department of History at National Taiwan University and earned a master's degree in East Asian history from Harvard University. A writer, literary critic, media figure and radio host, he has long worked to bring classics and literature to general readers. His "Classics of China" series, covering the Book of Songs, the Analects, Laozi, Mencius and Zhuangzi, traces intellectual threads in accessible language and highlights the concerns and spirit of the original texts. His literary works include studies of Hemingway and García Márquez, as well as essays on music and listening. His books span Eastern philosophy, literary appreciation, film and television, essays, law and history, written with clarity and breadth.

Written (20)

García Márquez and His One Hundred Years of Solitude (Revised Edition) (Xinmin Shuo) cover
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García Márquez and His One Hundred Years of Solitude (Revised Edition) (Xinmin Shuo) Yang Zhao Guangxi Normal University Press · 2026 As the most important work of Nobel laureate Gabriel García Márquez and a landmark that shook twentieth-century literature, One Hundred Years of Solit…
A Life of Confrontation: Interpreting Hemingway (Xinmin Shuo) cover
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A Life of Confrontation: Interpreting Hemingway (Xinmin Shuo) Yang Zhao Guangxi Normal University Press · 2026 This book is an accessible, comprehensive guide to Hemingway's work. Yang Zhao uses his signature "historical reading" and "literary reading" to peel …
China in the Classics (Fully Revised Edition) cover
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China in the Classics (Fully Revised Edition) Yang Zhao Hainan Publishing House · 2023 You can live a good life without reading the classics—but what does "a good life" really mean? The Book of Songs, The Analects, Zhuangzi, Mencius, Lao…
How to Read Das Kapital cover
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How to Read Das Kapital Yang Zhao Hainan Publishing House · 2023 Originating from the acclaimed podcast Hello, Mr. Marx and distilling Yang Zhao's four decades of study of Das Kapital, this book opens up a landmark …
Longing for Music: Listening to the Beautiful Minds Behind the Notes cover
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Longing for Music: Listening to the Beautiful Minds Behind the Notes Yang Zhao Guangxi Normal University Press · 2021 In this book, Yang Zhao introduces one hundred Western classical pieces that he deeply loves, from crystalline piano solos and profound, enduring cell…
I Want to Encounter Your Life cover
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I Want to Encounter Your Life Yang Zhao Guangxi Normal University Press · 2021 A father follows each step of his daughter's life as it unfolds, while every step of her life in turn shapes his own reflection on what life means. Th…
Building a New World: The Philadelphia Convention and the American Constitution cover
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Building a New World: The Philadelphia Convention and the American Constitution Yang Zhao Taihai Publishing House · 2021 In this book, the author lucidly explains the provisions of the U.S. Constitution, how the American political system based on it is structured and ope…
In the Name of Equality: Tocqueville and Democracy in America cover
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In the Name of Equality: Tocqueville and Democracy in America Yang Zhao Guangxi Normal University Press · 2021 Since 2004, Yang Zhao has continuously offered a course called 'Close Reading of Modern Classics.' His hope is that, by taking a detour through these …
Breath: Music Is in Our Bodies cover
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Breath: Music Is in Our Bodies Yang Zhao Guangxi Normal University Press · 2021 Music lies in our breath, in our bodies, in our lives, in history. Classical music has never shut its doors to anyone. However complex the musical for…
How to Read the Records of the Grand Historian: Sima Qian's Historical World cover
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How to Read the Records of the Grand Historian: Sima Qian's Historical World Yang Zhao Guangxi Normal University Press · 2019 This book is a condensed edition of the acclaimed podcast series Yang Zhao's Hundred Lectures on the Records of the Grand Historian. Breaking with the…
Zhuangzi: The Open and Undifferentiated Spiritual World (China in the Classics 06) cover
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Zhuangzi: The Open and Undifferentiated Spiritual World (China in the Classics 06) Yang Zhao Guangxi Normal University Press · 2017 Before Zhou culture became dominant, the ancients lived in a completely different world. With lush waters and grasses, shrouded in mist, full of marsh…
The Analects: Confucius, Teacher of All (China in the Classics 04) cover
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The Analects: Confucius, Teacher of All (China in the Classics 04) Yang Zhao Guangxi Normal University Press · 2017 Approaching the Analects through the "Xian Jin" chapter as its core, supplemented by selections from other chapters, this book seeks to reveal a value…
The Book of Songs: Folk Songs Sung for Three Thousand Years (China in the Classics 02) cover
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The Book of Songs: Folk Songs Sung for Three Thousand Years (China in the Classics 02) Yang Zhao Guangxi Normal University Press · 2017 Is the Book of Songs really a compendium of truths recording the great righteousness of the sages? Look at those folk songs: what they mostly discuss …
Mencius: A Fighter in the Age of Eloquence (China in the Classics 07) cover
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Mencius: A Fighter in the Age of Eloquence (China in the Classics 07) Yang Zhao Guangxi Normal University Press · 2017 Mencius: A Champion of Eloquence in the Age of Rhetoric (Classics of China 07)
Laozi: Southern Wisdom in a Chaotic Age (China in the Classics 08) cover
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Laozi: Southern Wisdom in a Chaotic Age (China in the Classics 08) Yang Zhao Guangxi Normal University Press · 2017 The book Laozi: Southern Wisdom in a Chaotic Age reproduces the intellectual and linguistic charm of the concise Daoist classic Laozi. It holds that L…
Xunzi: The True Shaper of Mainstream Confucianism (China in the Classics 09) cover
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Xunzi: The True Shaper of Mainstream Confucianism (China in the Classics 09) Yang Zhao Guangxi Normal University Press · 2017 Chinese culture is often equated with Confucianism. Whether praising or criticizing Chinese culture, it is natural to take Confucian positions and bel…
Zuo Zhuan: The Twilight of the Feudal Order (China in the Classics 03) cover
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Zuo Zhuan: The Twilight of the Feudal Order (China in the Classics 03) Yang Zhao Guangxi Normal University Press · 2017 Zuo Zhuan: The Twilight of the Feudal Order (Classics of China 03)
The Book of Documents: In Search of the Eternal Mandate of Heaven (China in the Classics 01) cover
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The Book of Documents: In Search of the Eternal Mandate of Heaven (China in the Classics 01) Yang Zhao Guangxi Normal University Press · 2017 The Book of Documents may be the oldest surviving body of official written records, gathering a series of government documents from the Xia, Shang, an…
Mozi: Advocacy for a Commoner Society (China in the Classics 05) cover
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Mozi: Advocacy for a Commoner Society (China in the Classics 05) Yang Zhao Guangxi Normal University Press · 2017 This book takes Mozi and the core tenets of Mohist thought as its thread, sketching the contours of Mozi and his school's thought and practical activi…
Strategies of the Warring States: A Complete Book of Stratagems Beyond Borders and Classes (China in the Classics 10) cover
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Strategies of the Warring States: A Complete Book of Stratagems Beyond Borders and Classes (China in the Classics 10) Yang Zhao Guangxi Normal University Press · 2017 The Strategies of the Warring States is a book of unknown origin. It records events that took place during the Warring States period, yet the editions…

Publishers

Taihai Publishing HouseGuangxi Normal University PressHainan Publishing House