About the author

Ma Zhanggen is an author about whom limited public information is available; details such as his place of origin, dates of birth and death, and educational background are not clearly recorded. Judging from the twenty-nine works held in the collection, his work centers mainly on classical poetry and literary appreciation, with additional titles in biography and miscellaneous prose. His representative works include Collected Works of Su Shi, Collected Works of Wang Wei, Collected Works of Xin Qiji, Collected Works of Li Bai, Collected Works of Li Qingzhao, Collected Works of Lu You, Collected Works of Wang Anshi, and Collected Works of Han Yu, most of which revolve around major Tang and Song poets and their writings. Publications of this kind usually combine selected texts, annotations, and commentary, making classical poetry more accessible to general readers. Overall, Ma Zhanggen focuses on organizing and popularizing classical literature; his works are intended for a broad readership and hold some significance for the transmission of traditional culture.

Written (29)

Collected Works of Han Yu cover
Rating 4.5
Collected Works of Han Yu An Pingqiu / Zhang Peiheng / 马樟根 / Huang Yongnian Phoenix Books, Ltd. · 2024 This volume collects Han Yu's poetry and prose. Han Yu's poems are bold, strange, and strikingly original, founding the mid-Tang school of the bizarre…
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Rating 4.9
Collected Works of Su Shi An Pingqiu / Zhang Peiheng / 马樟根 / Zeng Zaozhuang Phoenix Books, Ltd. · 2023 Su Shi (1037–1101), courtesy names Zizhan and Hezhong, art names Iron Crown Daoist and Dongpo Zhushi, commonly known as Su Dongpo, was a native of Mei…
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Rating 4.8
Collected Works of Xin Qiji Zhang Peiheng / An Pingqiu / 马樟根 / 杨忠 Phoenix Books, Ltd. · 2023 Xin Qiji (1140–1207), originally styled Tanfu, later changed to You'an, and known by the sobriquet Jiaxuan, was a native of Licheng County, Jinan Pref…
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Rating 4.8
Collected Works of Wang Wei An Pingqiu / Zhang Peiheng / 马樟根 / 邓安生 Phoenix Books, Ltd. · 2023 Wang Wei was one of the representative poets of the High Tang. His poetry covers diverse subjects—satire, frontier poetry, and landscape and pastoral …
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Rating 4.7
Collected Works of Li Qingzhao 平慧善 / 马樟根 Phoenix Books, Ltd. · 2023 Through expert introductions, this book leads readers into the poetic art of Li Qingzhao, the "peerless talented woman." Born into a scholarly family,…
Collected Works of Li Bai cover
Rating 4.7
Collected Works of Li Bai Zhang Peiheng / An Pingqiu / 马樟根 / 詹锳 Phoenix Books, Ltd. · 2023 Li Bai is a great Romantic poet in the history of Chinese poetry, a quintessential representative of the High Tang poetic style, and is honored as the…
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Rating 4.7
Collected Works of Lu You Zhang Peiheng / An Pingqiu / 马樟根 / 张永鑫 Phoenix Books, Ltd. · 2023 This volume is a selection of poetry and lyrics by Lu You, the celebrated Song dynasty poet, gathering representative pieces that offer a survey of hi…
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Rating 4.6
Collected Works of Wang Anshi Zhang Peiheng / An Pingqiu / 马樟根 / 马秀娟 Phoenix Books, Ltd. · 2023 This volume is a selected collection of poetry and prose by Wang Anshi, a renowned man of letters and statesman of the Northern Song dynasty, gatherin…
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Rating 4.5
Collected Works of Huang Tingjian Zhang Peiheng / An Pingqiu / 马樟根 / 朱安群 Phoenix Books, Ltd. · 2023 Huang Tingjian, a renowned literati and calligrapher of the Song Dynasty and founder of the Jiangxi School of Poetry, exerted a profound influence on …
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Rating 4.5
Collected Works of Li Shangyin Zhang Peiheng / An Pingqiu / 马樟根 / 陈永正 Phoenix Books, Ltd. · 2023 Li Shangyin was a celebrated poet of the late Tang dynasty. His courtesy name was Yishan, and he also styled himself Yuxisheng. Together with Du Mu he…
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Rating 4.4
Collected Works of Ji Kang 武秀成 / 倪其心 / Zhang Peiheng / An Pingqiu / 马樟根 Phoenix Books, Ltd. · 2023 Ji Kang's poetry and prose both show distinctive achievement, though his prose stands above his poetry. Compared with his contemporary Ruan Ji, also a…
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Rating 4.4
Collected Works of the Three Caos An Pingqiu / Zhang Peiheng / 马樟根 / 殷义祥 Phoenix Books, Ltd. · 2023 This book selects the most representative poems of the "Three Caos"—father and sons Cao Cao, Cao Pi and Cao Zhi—the foremost figures of Jian'an litera…
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Rating 4.4
Collected Works of Fan Chengda and Yang Wanli Zhang Peiheng / An Pingqiu / 马樟根 / 朱德才 Phoenix Books, Ltd. · 2023 This volume presents selected poems by Fan Chengda and Yang Wanli, two renowned poets of the Southern Song dynasty. It includes 74 poems by Fan Chengd…
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Rating 4.4
Collected Works of Yu Xin Zhang Peiheng / An Pingqiu / 马樟根 / Xu Yimin Phoenix Books, Ltd. · 2023 Yu Xin shines as a brilliant star in the literary world of the Northern and Southern Dynasties from the Qi and Liang onward. Born into a prominent cla…
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Rating 4.4
Collected Works of Wen Tianxiang An Pingqiu / Zhang Peiheng / 马樟根 / 邓碧清 Phoenix Books, Ltd. · 2023 Wen Tianxiang (1236–1283), originally named Yunsun, courtesy names Songrui and Lüshan, styled Fuxiu Daoren and Wenshan, was a native of Luling, Jizhou…
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Rating 4.3
Collected Works of Liu Zongyuan Zhang Peiheng / An Pingqiu / 马樟根 / 王松龄 Phoenix Books, Ltd. · 2023 Liu Zongyuan was an outstanding essayist and poet of China, a leader of the Classical Prose Movement in the Tang Dynasty, and one of the Eight Great P…
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Rating 4.3
Collected Works of Zhu Xi 黄珅 / Zeng Zaozhuang / Zhang Peiheng / An Pingqiu / 马樟根 Phoenix Books, Ltd. · 2023 Zhu Xi, a representative figure of the Min school of Neo-Confucianism and commonly known as Master Zhu, was an outstanding master in carrying forward …
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Rating 4.3
Collected Works of Du Mu An Pingqiu / Zhang Peiheng / 马樟根 / 吴鸥 Phoenix Books, Ltd. · 2023 Du Mu was a representative poet of the Late Tang, equally famous with Li Shangyin; together they are called "Little Li and Du." Du Mu excelled in both…
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Rating 4.2
Collected Works of Meng Haoran Zhang Peiheng / An Pingqiu / 马樟根 / 邓安生 Phoenix Books, Ltd. · 2023 Meng Haoran was an outstanding poet of the High Tang. He wrote a large body of landscape and pastoral poetry in a clear, expansive style and is ranked…
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Rating 4.2
Collected Works of Gao Shi and Cen Shen Zhang Peiheng / An Pingqiu / 马樟根 / 谢楚发 Phoenix Books, Ltd. · 2023 To help general readers read, understand, and appreciate the poetry of Gao Shi and Cen Shen, this book selects several dozen representative works from…

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