Portrait of 仲跻昆

About the author

Zhong Jikun: public information about this author is very limited, and details of his academic background and life are not available in the records held here. Judging from the eight works in the collection, he has long worked in the fields of Arabic literature and Sino-Arab cultural exchange. His representative output is the multi-volume History of Arabic Literature; he is also the author of A History of Cultural Exchange Between China and the Arab World and Tianfang Tan you (Explorations of the Arab World), and the compiler of Selected Poems from Syria and Selected Poems from Lebanon. These works span foreign literature, literary appreciation, culture, and politics. They include both systematic surveys in the form of general histories and translations and appreciations of individual writers, works, and poetic texts, reflecting an approach that combines scholarly organization with accessibility for general readers. The scale of the multi-volume literary history, placed alongside the poetry anthologies, suggests a scope covering both the broad sweep of literary development and regional poetic traditions, offering Chinese readers a relatively systematic reference for understanding Arabic literature.

Written (8)

Selected Syrian Poems cover
Rating 4.1
Selected Syrian Poems 仲跻昆 Writers Publishing House · 2026 This anthology presents classic works by representative Syrian poets from the nineteenth century through the first half of the twentieth—a period of r…
Selected Poems of Lebanon cover
Rating 3.8
Selected Poems of Lebanon 仲跻昆 / Zhao Zhenjiang / 蒋朗朗 / 宁琦 Writers Publishing House · 2026 This anthology presents translations of nearly one hundred poems by more than twenty poets. Among them, Nasif al-Yaziji, his son Ibrahim al-Yaziji, an…
A History of Arabic Literature (Volume Three) cover
Rating 4.6
A History of Arabic Literature (Volume Three) 仲跻昆 Peking University Press · 2025 Arabic literature is a vital expression of Arab-Islamic culture and a major part of both Eastern and world literature. Like classical Chinese literatu…
A History of Arabic Literature (Volume 2) cover
Rating 4.6
A History of Arabic Literature (Volume 2) 仲跻昆 Peking University Press · 2025 Arabic literature is a vital expression of Arab-Islamic culture and a major part of Eastern and world literature. Like classical Chinese literature, c…
History of Arabic Literature (Volume 4) cover
Rating 4.3
History of Arabic Literature (Volume 4) 仲跻昆 Peking University Press · 2025 Arabic literature is a vital expression of Arab-Islamic culture and a major part of Eastern and world literature. Like classical Chinese literature, c…
A History of Arabic Literature (Volume One) cover
Rating 4.3
A History of Arabic Literature (Volume One) 仲跻昆 Peking University Press · 2025 Arabic literature is a vital expression of Arab-Islamic culture and a major part of Eastern and world literature. Like classical Chinese literature, c…
Exploring the Hidden Depths of Arabia cover
Rating 4.0
Exploring the Hidden Depths of Arabia 仲跻昆 · 2025 This book offers a comprehensive collection of Professor Zhong Jikun's overall views on Arabic literature and culture, including his distinctive discu…
History of Cultural Exchange between China and the Arab World cover
Rating 4.3
History of Cultural Exchange between China and the Arab World 仲跻昆 International Culture Publishing Corporation · 2021 Drawing on the Arab world, the history of Sino-Arab relations, cultural exchange and mutual influence between ancient China and the Arabs, translation…

Publishers

Writers Publishing HousePeking University PressInternational Culture Publishing Corporation