CHANG TZU-P'ING

born 1893, Mei-hsien, Kwangtung province, China died 1947? Pinyin Zhang Ziping Chinese author of popular romantic fiction and a founder of the Creation Society, a literary association devoted to the propagation of romanticism. After receiving a classical Chinese education and studying in Japan, Chang took a degree in geology in 1922 but chose to pursue a literary career. While in Japan he met Kuo Mo-jo and other Chinese writers, with whom he founded the Creation Society and edited the group's magazine. At this time the first of his many novels and short stories was published. After a brief flirtation with political themes in support of the Chinese republic, he returned to his romantic conceptions. During the Sino-Japanese War (193745), he worked with the Japanese and, after their defeat, was tried in 1947 by the Chinese on charges of collaboration. Nothing further is known of his fate.