Zhang Chengzhi | |
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Native name | 张承志 |
Born | [1] Beijing, China | 10 September 1948
Occupation | Writer |
Period | 1978 – present |
Notable works | History of the Soul |
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Zhang Chengzhi (Xiao'erjing: ﺟْﺎ ﭼْﻊ جِ, born 10 September 1948) is a contemporary Hui Chinese author. Often named as the most influential Muslim writer in China, his historical narrative History of the Soul, about the rise of the Jahriyya (哲合忍耶) Sufi order, was the second-most popular book in China in 1994.[2]