张慈贇，Born in Shanghai in 1949, ZHANG Ciyun (Peter) graduated from Jilin Normal University, PRC with a major in English and later from Stanford University in the United States with a Master's Degree in Journalism. Since 1980, he has worked for several newspapers and magazines in both Beijing and Shanghai. Also, he once served in the General Office of the Ministry of Communications as an interpreter and the Information Office of Shanghai Municipality as its Deputy General Director.
An acclaimed translator, reporter and editor, Mr.Zhang has helped bring into existence four English-language newspapers on the Chinese mainland,namely, China Daily, Beijing Weekend, Shanghai Star and Shanghai Daily. He is now the Editor-in-Chief Emeritus of Shanghai Daily and an executive council member of Translation Association of China.He has translated and co-translated more than a dozen books and a large amount of documents, includingStrange Stories of Liao Zhai Studio and the English version of the Basic Law of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. He has also published many English and Chinese articles and theses in newspapers and magazines both in China and overseas.

三字经
千字文
百家姓
周易
考工记
山海经
四民月令
九章算术
齐民要术
水经注
缀术
食疗本草
茶经
酒经
梦溪笔谈
授时历
天工开物
农政全书
黄帝内经
难经
伤寒论
千金要方
本草纲目
春秋
史记
资治通鉴
诗经
离骚
说文解字
文心雕龙
唐诗
宋词
西厢记
窦娥冤
牡丹亭
西游记
水浒传
三国演义
红楼梦
金瓶梅
聊斋志异
儒林外史
古文观止
道德经
论衡
盐铁论
金刚经
坛经
兰亭序
孙子兵法
三十六计
徐霞客游记

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本书以通俗易懂的英语语言写成，语言朴实流畅，书中的著作及其时代背景，在浩瀚的中国文化题材中具有代表性，典型性，同时易于在普通外国读者中引起兴趣。

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