About the author

Liang Yong'an is a Chinese author whose work spans several fields. Public information about him is limited, and details such as his nationality, dates of birth and death, and educational background remain unclear. Judging from the nineteen works held in the collection, however, his interests as a writer and editor range across foreign literature, essays and miscellaneous writings, literary appreciation, and inspirational personal growth. Representative works include De Profundis: Chinese and English, Xiang Xing San Ji: Huang Yongyu Illustrated Edition, Renjian Caomu, The Sea, The Sea, and The Iris Murdoch Collection, indicating sustained engagement with the translation, editing, and appreciation of classic texts as well as with personal essays. Titles such as Be an Excellent Ordinary Person and Why Are They Different: 52 Questions About Life reflect his attention to the lives and growth of ordinary people. Overall, his writing combines careful literary appreciation with a plain, everyday concern, and will appeal to readers interested in Chinese and foreign literature and in life essays.

Written (19)

From the Depths: Chinese and English cover
Rating 4.6
From the Depths: Chinese and English Oscar Wilde / 梁永安 Hunan Literature and Art Publishing House · 2026 A bilingual Chinese-English commemorative edition, featuring acclaimed translator Liang Yong'an's superb translation. This is a collection of essays. …
From the Depths cover
Rating 4.5
From the Depths Oscar Wilde / 梁永安 Hunan Literature and Art Publishing House · 2026 In 1895, at the age of 41, Oscar Wilde was already a celebrated figure in Britain, at the height of his fame. A dispute with his friend Bosie led Bosi…
Literature Is the Answer to Life cover
Rating 4.0
Literature Is the Answer to Life 梁永安 Taibai Literature and Art Publishing House · 2026 [A new work of literary interpretation by Liang Yong'an. Ten literary classics, ten emotional predicaments. See yourself in love, solitude, and growth…
Liang Yong'an: Don't Fail This Course Called Love! cover
Rating 3.7
Liang Yong'an: Don't Fail This Course Called Love! 梁永安 Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences Press · 2025 Professor Liang Yong'an has long been engaged in literary research and teaching at Fudan University, with a deep and keen attention to and insight int…
Random Notes on a Journey to Hunan: Illustrated Edition by Huang Yongyu cover
Rating 4.6
Random Notes on a Journey to Hunan: Illustrated Edition by Huang Yongyu Shen Congwen / 梁永安 Taibai Literature and Art Publishing House · 2024 Find the person you love most. See the decisive moments in life. ·Start understanding Shen Congwen with this edition of Recollections of a Journey in …
Plants and Trees in the Human World cover
Rating 4.6
Plants and Trees in the Human World Wang Zengqi / 梁永安 Sichuan Literature and Art Publishing House · 2024 "Plants and Beasts of the Human World" is the most representative title among Wang Zengqi's prose collections. This volume gathers 31 essays on the pl…
Be an Outstanding Ordinary Person cover
Rating 4.1
Be an Outstanding Ordinary Person 梁永安 Sichuan Literature and Art Publishing House · 2024 A book by Liang Yong'an, humanities scholar at Fudan University and observer of human life, dedicated to young people in 2023—a wake-up call. Walking …
Why They Are Different: 52 Questions of Life cover
Rating 4.1
Why They Are Different: 52 Questions of Life 梁永安 Beijing Times Chinese Press · 2024 Why Are They Different: 52 Questions About Life is a new collection of cultural criticism by Liang Yong'an, professor at Fudan University. Drawing on …
Busy with Value, Leisurely with Relish cover
Rating 4.0
Busy with Value, Leisurely with Relish Liang Shiqiu / 梁永安 Jiangsu Phoenix Literature and Art Publishing House · 2024 This book is a selected collection of essays by Liang Shiqiu, a literary master. Centered on the theme of "gaining from busyness, finding interest in …
The Everyday cover
Rating 3.7
The Everyday 梁永安 Hainan Publishing House · 2024 The everyday life of Liang Yong'an, a celebrated Bilibili educator. A professor of literature, Liang is known not only for his literary research but a…
Everyone Is Remarkable cover
Rating 4.0
Everyone Is Remarkable 梁永安 民主与建设出版社 · 2023 This is an inspirational popular book for today's young people struggling with work. It examines why work exhausts us, how work shapes us, and whether…
Liang Yong'an: Body and Soul Both on the Road cover
Rating 3.9
Liang Yong'an: Body and Soul Both on the Road 梁永安 Taibai Literature and Art Publishing House · 2023 From Yunnan to Shanghai, from the Jiangnan region to the northern frontier, from bustling cities to impoverished mountain villages, Professor Liang Yo…
Seven Days of Talks on Literature cover
Rating 4.1
Seven Days of Talks on Literature 梁永安 / 刘盟赟 Shanghai Wenhui Publishing House · 2022 A freewheeling conversation about fiction between Fudan University professor Liang Yong'an and young readers. Through substantive and engaging dialogu…
Liang Yong'an's Love Lessons cover
Rating 3.9
Liang Yong'an's Love Lessons 梁永安 Beijing Daily Press · 2022 What are the six great challenges facing young people's love today? Why is it said that the post-90s and post-00s generations are the least suited to …
Liang Yong'an: Reading, Travel, and Love cover
Rating 3.8
Liang Yong'an: Reading, Travel, and Love 梁永安 Beijing Times Chinese Press · 2022 Why do we live so exhaustingly? Why are we increasingly at a loss? Why have we even begun to not know "who I am"? We are blamed for involution, and bl…
The Sea, the Sea cover
Rating 4.6
The Sea, the Sea 艾丽丝·默多克 / 梁永安 Shanghai Translation Publishing House · 2021 The Sea, The Sea is the 1978 Booker Prize–winning novel. The novel tells of Charles Arrowby, now in his sixties, a director, playwright and actor who …
That Blooming Tibetan Incarvillea: A Brief Biography of Zhong Yang cover
Rating 4.0
That Blooming Tibetan Incarvillea: A Brief Biography of Zhong Yang 梁永安 Fudan University Press · 2021 On September 25, 2017, Zhong Yang, dean of the Graduate School and professor in the School of Life Sciences at Fudan University, died tragically in a …
Collected Works of Iris Murdoch (3-Volume Set) cover
Rating 4.5
Collected Works of Iris Murdoch (3-Volume Set) 艾丽丝·默多克 / 梁永安 Shanghai Translation Publishing House · 2020 This three-volume Murdoch collection brings together three novels published between 1963 and 1978: The Unicorn, The Black Prince, and The Sea, the Sea…
The Sea, The Sea cover
Rating 4.1
The Sea, The Sea 艾丽丝·默多克 / 梁永安 Shanghai Translation Publishing House · 2018 Iris Murdoch was "the cleverest woman in England." A pupil of Wittgenstein, she was a profound philosopher in her own right, author of works including…

Publishers

Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences PressShanghai Translation Publishing HouseBeijing Daily PressBeijing Times Chinese PressSichuan Literature and Art Publishing HouseFudan University PressTaibai Literature and Art Publishing HouseShanghai Wenhui Publishing House民主与建设出版社Jiangsu Phoenix Literature and Art Publishing HouseHainan Publishing HouseHunan Literature and Art Publishing House