Tang Haoming (Chinese: 唐浩明; pinyin: Táng Hàomíng; born October 1946), also known as Deng Yunsheng (邓云生; 鄧雲生; Dèng Yúnshēng), is a Chinese novelist. He is best known for writing biographical novels of Zeng Guofan, Zhang Zhidong, and Yang Du.[1][2] He is now the vice president of Hunan Writers Association.

Tang Haoming
Native name
唐浩明
BornOctober 1946 (age 78)
Hengyang, Hunan, China
OccupationNovelist
LanguageChinese
Alma materCentral China Normal University
Period1986–2002
GenreHistorical novel
Notable worksZeng Guofan
Yang Du
Zhang Zhidong
Notable awardsFull list
RelativesTang Zhenchun (father)
Wang Dehui (mother)
Tang Yiming (brother)

Biography

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Tang was born in 1946 in Hengyang, Hunan, which was also the hometown of Wang Fuzhi.[3] His father Tang Zhenchu (唐振楚;1914–1999) was a member of the Central Committee of the Kuomintang and official in the National Government.[4][5] His mother named Wang Dehui (王德蕙).[4][5] His elder brother Tang Yiming (唐翼明; born 1942) is a scholar on Wei and Jin dynasties literature who graduated from Wuhan University and Columbia University.[4][5] His elder sister Tang Shuming (唐漱明) died of dysentery during the Land Reform Movement in the 1950s.[4] In 1949, before moving to Taiwan, Tang's parents entrusted their children to Tang Zhenchu's elder brother Tang Xuanzu (唐宣祖).[4] In the Land Reform Movement, Tang Xuanzu was brought to be persecuted because he was a landlord.[4] Shortly after, Tang Haoming was adopted by Deng Xianhong (邓显宏), a hairdresser of Hengyang No. 2 Middle School, and renamed Deng Yunsheng (邓云生).[4]

He was a graduate student in water conservancy at the Central China College of Water Conservancy. After graduation, he worked in a farm and hydropower station as a technician.

In 1966, the Cultural Revolution was launched by Mao Zedong, at this time, he read the Twenty-Four Histories. With the resumption of the University Entrance Examination in 1977, he was accepted to the Central China Normal University and graduated in 1982. After graduation, he worked in Yuelu Publishing House as an editor.[6]

In 1986, Tang became famous for his novel, Zeng Guofan. In 2002, Tang published the novel Zhang Zhidong. He no longer writes, so this book has become his last novel.[7]

He became president of Hunan Writers Association in September 2004,[8] and was re-elected in June 2011.[9]

Works

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  • Zeng Guofan (Chinese: 曾国藩)
  • Yang Du (Chinese: 杨度)
  • Zhang Zhidong (Chinese: 张之洞)
  • 唐浩明点评曾国藩家书 [Tang Haoming Comment on: Tseng Kuo-fan Letter] (in Chinese). China: Northern United Publishing Media (Group) Co.. Ltd. 2000. ISBN 978-7531338949.
  • 唐浩明点评曾国藩语录 [Tang Haoming Comment Zeng Quotations] (in Chinese). Shandong: Shandong People's Publishing House. 2014. ISBN 978-7209072250.

Awards

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  • 1st National Young and Middle-aged Excellent Editor (1994)[10]
  • 3rd National Book Award (1997)[10]
  • Excellent Novel Prize (1998)[10]
  • 1st Yao Xueyin Historical Novel Prize (2003)[7]

References

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  1. ^ "Listen Tang Hao-ming told Zeng Guofan and traditional culture". 2013.
  2. ^ 《唐浩明》. Xinhuanews (in Chinese). 2010-03-30. Archived from the original on 2013-12-04.
  3. ^ Liu Yuhong (2006-11-04). 《唐浩明:小说笔法谈古论今》. sznews.com (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 2013-12-02.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g Gan Jianhua (甘建华) (20 September 2016). 衡岳湘水 大时代下的唐家. voc.com.cn (in Chinese). Retrieved 29 September 2019.
  5. ^ a b c Liu Yajing (刘雅婧) (17 November 2012). 唐浩明与唐翼明 兄弟·家教·问学. bjnews.com.cn (in Chinese). Retrieved 29 September 2019.
  6. ^ 《唐浩明:敬畏历史 感悟智慧》. Zhongguohengyang (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 2013-04-24.
  7. ^ a b 《唐浩明不再创作历史长篇》. 163.com (in Chinese). 2007-11-28.
  8. ^ Zeng Henglin (曾衡林) (2004-09-08). 湖南省作协第六届主席团产生. China Writers Association (in Chinese). Retrieved 2020-12-03.
  9. ^ Xu Hairui (徐海瑞) (2011-06-22). 唐浩明连任省作协主席 湖南省作家协会第七次代表大会闭幕. Xiaoxiang Morning Post (in Chinese). Retrieved 2020-12-03.
  10. ^ a b c Yuan Xin (2003-07-04). 《唐浩明:从来没用过手机》. Sina (in Chinese).
Cultural offices
Preceded by
Sun Jianzhong (孙健忠)
President of Hunan Writers Association
2004–2016
Succeeded by