About the author

Zhang Xiaomang: publicly available information is limited, and no clear details about this author's life, nationality, or education can be verified. Judging from the eleven works held in the library, the writing concentrates on three areas: popularizing Chinese culture, training logical thinking, and introducing philosophy. Representative works include the Chinese Cultural Knowledge series and a micro-encyclopedia of the same title, which set out the basics of traditional culture in concise entries; Logic and Sophistry and Rectitude and Centrality: Traditional Dialectical Thinking, which discuss reasoning, argumentation, and the use of traditional dialectical thought; and boxed sets such as Philosophy Opens Your Wise Life and Philosophy Teaches You to Think and Live, which bring philosophical ideas into everyday thinking and life choices. The style is plain and readable, emphasizing clarity and practicality, and is suited to general readers new to these subjects. The works circulate in the culture, inspirational growth, and philosophy categories.

Written (11)

Rectitude and the Mean: Traditional Dialectical Thinking cover
Rating 3.8
Rectitude and the Mean: Traditional Dialectical Thinking 刘琪 / 郎需瑞 / 张晓芒 The Commercial Press · 2024 Ways of thinking constitute a deep and crucial element of a people's cultural system, the essential determinant that distinguishes it from other cultu…
Chinese Cultural Knowledge Series (9-Volume Set) cover
Rating 4.3
Chinese Cultural Knowledge Series (9-Volume Set) Gan Chunsong / 张晓芒 / Tang Yijie / Lou Yulie / 方克立 / 沙莲香 / Lü Simian / Zheng Zhenduo / 胡云翼 / Tsiang Ting-fu (T.F. Tsiang) / 潘伯鹰 / Chen Guying · 2021 This boxed set includes: *Common Knowledge of Chinese Culture: A Mini Encyclopedia for Understanding Chinese Culture*, *Common Knowledge of Chinese Cu…
Logical Thinking and Sophistry cover
Rating 4.1
Logical Thinking and Sophistry 张晓芒 Taihai Publishing House · 2021 Sophistry is something everyone encounters in real life. Knowing how to recognize sophistical tricks and master methods for refuting them is a skill f…
Philosophy Teaches You to Think and Live (7-Volume Set) cover
Rating 3.9
Philosophy Teaches You to Think and Live (7-Volume Set) 张晓芒 China Friendship Publishing Company · 2021 Philosophy Teaches You to Think and Live (7-Volume Set) includes seven books—Logic and Sophistry, Common Sense of Western Philosophy, What Philosopher…
Philosophy Opens Up Your Life of Wisdom (5-Volume Set) cover
Rating 3.9
Philosophy Opens Up Your Life of Wisdom (5-Volume Set) 张晓芒 China Friendship Publishing Company · 2021 Philosophy Opens the Door to a Wise Life (5-Volume Set)
Complete Collection of Common Knowledge of Chinese Culture (3-Volume Set) cover
Rating 3.7
Complete Collection of Common Knowledge of Chinese Culture (3-Volume Set) Gan Chunsong / 张晓芒 · 2020 This set includes: Chinese Cultural Knowledge: A Mini Encyclopedia for Understanding Chinese Culture, Chinese Cultural Knowledge 2, and Chinese Cultur…
Philosophy and Life (9-Volume Set) cover
Rating 3.6
Philosophy and Life (9-Volume Set) James Allen / 张晓芒 · 2020 This nine-volume set breaks philosophical reading into several complementary paths: an introductory map like The Basics of Western Philosophy sits alo…
Learning from the Past, Understanding the Present, and Becoming More Erudite (4-Volume Set) cover
Rating 3.4
Learning from the Past, Understanding the Present, and Becoming More Erudite (4-Volume Set) Gan Chunsong / 张晓芒 / Lü Simian / Wang Yangming / Zeng Guofan · 2020 This boxed set includes: Common Knowledge of Chinese Culture: A Mini Encyclopedia for Understanding Chinese Culture; A General History of China (Class…
Common Knowledge About Chinese Culture: A Mini Encyclopedia for Understanding Chinese Culture cover
Rating 4.0
Common Knowledge About Chinese Culture: A Mini Encyclopedia for Understanding Chinese Culture Gan Chunsong / 张晓芒 China Friendship Publishing Company · 2017 An accessible mini-encyclopedia of Chinese culture, Chinese Cultural Knowledge offers a comprehensive introduction to traditional Chinese culture, cov…
Common Knowledge of Chinese Culture 3 cover
Rating 3.9
Common Knowledge of Chinese Culture 3 Gan Chunsong / 张晓芒 China Friendship Publishing Company · 2017 A comprehensive introduction to traditional Chinese culture, Common Knowledge of Chinese Culture 3 covers thought, art, literature, daily life, legend…
Common Knowledge of Chinese Culture 2 cover
Rating 3.8
Common Knowledge of Chinese Culture 2 Gan Chunsong / 张晓芒 China Friendship Publishing Company · 2017 China Cultural Common Sense 2 offers a comprehensive introduction to traditional Chinese culture, covering thought, art, literature, daily life, legen…

Publishers

China Friendship Publishing CompanyTaihai Publishing HouseThe Commercial Press