Major Academic Achievements and Awards

I. Monographs

1.Lin Yutang’s Cultural Sentiments . China Social Sciences Press, 1998. (Selected for the China Social Sciences Press Doctoral Dissertation Library)

2.Sincerity and Freedom: The Spirit of 20th-Century Chinese Prose . Shaanxi People's Education Press, 2003.

3.The Lifeline of Literature . East China Normal University Press, 2005.

4.The Grand Biography of Lin Yutang . Writers Publishing House, 2006.

5.Lin Yutang and Chinese Culture . Social Sciences Academic Press, 2007.

6.The Warm Edge of Sharpness: Selected Academic Works of Wang Zhaosheng . China Social Sciences Press, 2011.

7.Developmental Dimensions of Prose in the New Era . Guangdong People's Publishing House, 2014.

8.Lin Yutang and Chinese and Foreign Celebrities . Liaohai Publishing House, 2017.

9.Way of Heaven and Way of Man: Reflections on New Chinese Literary Creation and Studies . Henan University Press, 2018. (Named among the “Top 10 Literary Criticism Works” on the 2018 Huadi Literature List)

10.The Heart of Heaven and Earth and the Realm of Prose . Guangdong People's Publishing House, 2020.

11.The Tension and Charm of the Prose Genre . Guangdong Higher Education Press, 2020.

12.Cultural Confidence and Literary Development . Shaanxi Normal University Press, 2022.




II. Edited Volumes and Anthologies (Selected)




1.Debates on 20th-Century Chinese Culture , Vol. 4. Elephant Press, 1999.

2.2001 Chinese Prose Annual . Huacheng Publishing House, 2002.

3.2002 Chinese Prose Annual . Huacheng Publishing House, 2003.

4.300 Foreign Prose Pieces (3 volumes). China Social Sciences Press, 2003.

5.Stations of Life (3 volumes). People's Literature Publishing House, 2003.

6.Classic Prose of the New Era (2 volumes). Huacheng Publishing House, 2004.

7.A Century of Chinese Spiritual Prose . Huacheng Publishing House, 2004.

8.Enjoying Health . China Renmin University Press, 2004.

9.Elegance in Motion: Interpreting Lin Yutang Classics . Huashan Literature and Art Publishing House, 2005.

10.20th-Century Chinese Prose Classics (4 volumes, co-edited). Inner Mongolia People's Publishing House, 2006.

11.21st-Century Chinese Prose Classics (4 volumes, co-edited). Inner Mongolia People's Publishing House, 2007.

12.Anthology of Fine Prose Poetry (sole editor). Shandong Friendship Publishing House, 2009.

13.Selected Prose of the Past 60 Years (co-editor). Changjiang Literature and Art Publishing House, 2009.

14.Rankings of 21st-Century Prose Poetry . Baihuazhou Literature and Art Publishing House, 2010.

15.Annual Prose Anthology (editor, 2011–2013). Jiangsu Phoenix Literature and Art Publishing House.

16.Noise and Truth (editor). Jiangsu Literature and Art Publishing House, 2015.

17.A Lonely but Warm Journey (editor). Jiangsu Phoenix Literature and Art Publishing House, 2016.

18.2018 Prose Annual . Jiangsu Literature and Art Publishing House, 2019.




III. Representative Journal Articles (Selected from 55 Total)




1.“Virtuous Wife and Good Mother: A Classical Aesthetic Cultural Model.”  Literary Review , No. 6, 1989.

2.“Widow Morality and Traditional Culture—Also on the Roots of the Love Tragedy in  Cold Night .”  Journal of Shandong Normal University , No. 2, 1990. (Reprinted in CNKI)

3.“Modern Chinese Literature’s Reflection on Family Supremacy.”  Oriental Forum , No. 4, 1993. (Reprinted in CNKI)

4.“On Lin Yutang’s Sense of Life Tragedy.”  Journal of the Graduate School of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences , No. 1, 1997. (Reprinted in CNKI)

5.“Closely Following the Truth of Life—Lin Yutang’s Philosophy.”  Chinese Literature Research , No. 3, 1997. (Reprinted in CNKI)

6.“Moving Beyond Recent Misunderstandings in Prose.”  Shandong Literature , No. 11, 1997. (Reprinted in CNKI and excerpted in  Xinhua Digest )

7.“On Lin Yutang’s Feminine Worship.”  Social Science Front , No. 1, 1998. (Reprinted in CNKI)

8.“Values and Limitations in Lin Yutang’s Philosophy.”  Dongyue Tribune , No. 1, 1998.

9.“Religion and Culture in Lin Yutang’s Thought.”  Chinese Literature Research , No. 4, 1998.

10.“Dialogue of Souls—On Lin Yutang’s Stylistic Model.”  Journal of Hainan Normal University , No. 1, 1999.

11.“The Development and Fate of Prose in the New Era.”  Shandong Literature , Issues 1–2, 2000. (Won the First Bingxin Prose Theory Award)

12.“Development and Evolution of Modern Chinese ‘Poetic Prose.’”  Chinese Literature Research , No. 4, 2000.

13.“On 20th-Century Chinese Epistolary Prose.”  Graduate School Journal of CASS , No. 1, 2001.

14.“Evolution of Modern Chinese Essayistic Prose.”  Academic Monthly , No. 9, 2001.“ Dream of the Red Chamber and 20th-Century Chinese Literature.”  Social Sciences in China , No. 3, 2002. (Reprinted in multiple journals)

15.“Transcendence and Limits—Chinese Women’s Prose Since the 1980s.”  Literary Review , No. 6, 2002.

16.“Confusion and Loss—Cultural Choices in Current Chinese Prose.”  Contemporary Writers Review , No. 6, 2003.

17.“Beijing Culture and 20th-Century Chinese Prose.”  Jianghai Academic Journal , No. 2, 2004.

18.“Dialectical Understanding of Prose Form.”  Literary Contention , No. 1, 2005. (Full reprint in  Xinhua Digest )

19.“Fall and Decline: On Zhou Tao’s Recent Prose.”  Literary Contention , No. 4, 2005.

20.Here is the full English translation of items 20 to 55 from Professor Wang Zhaosheng’s list of representative papers:

21.“Broken Wings and Fall: On the Loss of Values in Zhou Tao’s Recent Prose.”  Literary Contention , no. 4, 2005. (Selected for  2005 Literary Criticism , compiled by People's Literature Publishing House)

22.“Lin Yutang and Ming-Qing Sketches.”  Hebei Academic Journal , no. 1, 2006.

23.“‘Form Unscattered — Spirit Unscattered — Mind Scattered’: My View on Prose and Critique of Contemporary Prose.”  Southern Cultural Forum , no. 4, 2006.

24.“Lin Yutang and Classical Poetry.”  Humanities Journal , no. 1, 2007.

25.“The Charm and Limitations of Jia Pingwa’s Prose.”  Contemporary Writers Review , no. 4, 2007. (Won the 2007 Annual Award from  Contemporary Writers Review ; included in  A Critique of Jia Pingwa’s Creative Work , edited by Li Bin and Cheng Guiting, Hunan University Press, February 2015)

26.“Lin Yutang and Ancient Chinese Art.”  Guizhou Social Sciences , no. 11, 2007.

27.“Persistence and Breakthrough: Thirty Years of Prose in the New Era.”  Contemporary Writers Review , no. 5, 2008. (Selected for  Chronicle of China’s Literary Scene in 2008 , edited by Bai Ye, People's Literature Publishing House, 2009)

28.“Lin Yutang and  Dream of the Red Chamber .”  Hebei Academic Journal , no. 6, 2008.

29.“The Constants and Variables of Prose.”  Literary Contention , no. 6, 2009.

30.“Lin Yutang’s View of Chinese Culture.”  Dongyue Tribune , no. 7, 2009.

31.“From ‘Breaking Conventions’ to ‘Anomie’: On the Alienation of Prose Style in Contemporary China.”  Jianghan Forum , no. 1, 2010. (Excerpted in  Academic Circles , no. 3, 2010 under the title “On the Alienation of Prose Style”; also included in  Thirty Years of Prose Criticism , edited by Zhang Zhizhong and Chen Yali, Wuhan Publishing House, 2015)

32.“Repositioning, Accumulation, and Innovation: On Chinese Prose Creation in the New Century.”  Literary Contention , no. 12, 2010. (Full reprint in  China Modern and Contemporary Literature Studies , no. 4, 2011; reprinted in  Metropolis , no. 1, 2013)

33.“Advantages and Features of Artist-Prose in China in the New Century.”  Journal of Xuzhou Normal University , no. 4, 2011. (Full reprint in  China Modern and Contemporary Literature Studies , no. 10, 2011; reprinted in  Red Crag , no. 6, 2011, under the title “Advantages and Inspirations of Artist-Prose in the New Century”)

34.“Integration, Reconstruction, and Sublimation: The Spiritual Orientation of Lin Fei’s Prose.”  Journal of Shandong Normal University , no. 5, 2011. (Full reprint in  Modern and Contemporary Chinese Literature Studies , no. 4, 2012)

35.“Rich Emotion in Golden Elegance: A Brief Discussion of Wu Kejing’s Prose.”  Contemporary Writers Review , no. 2, 2012. (Full reprint in  China Modern and Contemporary Literature Studies , no. 7, 2012; also included in  Studies of Wu Kejing , edited by Li Bojun and Chen Zhaopeng, Shaanxi Normal University Press, August 2014)

36.“Theory and Method in Chinese Literary Studies Since the New Era.”  Lanzhou Academic Journal , no. 1, 2016. (Full reprint as cover article in  Xinhua Digest , no. 21, 2016, 10,000 characters)

37.“Proliferation and Pathways of New Chinese Literary Studies.”  Journal of Guangxi Normal University , no. 2, 2016. (Full reprint in  China Modern and Contemporary Literature Studies , no. 7, 2016)

38.“Recent Trends and Reflections on Prose Writing.”  Fujian Forum , no. 9, 2016.

39.“The Difficulty and Realm of Prose Writing.”  Guangzhou Literature and Art , no. 8, 2018. [Awarded one of the 40 Excellent Papers for the 40th Anniversary of the China Writing Association; included in  Contemporary Writing Studies Anthology (1980–2020) , edited by Fang Chang’an, Xiao Ying, and Song Shilei, Social Sciences Academic Press, October 2022.]

40.“Discovery and Revelation: The ‘Motherly Love’ Narrative in Chinese Prose Since Reform and Opening Up.”  Contemporary Writers Review , no. 2, 2019. (Full reprint in  China Modern and Contemporary Literature Studies , no. 7, 2019; awarded the 2019 Annual Award from  Contemporary Writers Review )

41.“On the Issue of Innovation in Literary Studies.”  Oriental Forum , no. 5, 2019. (Full reprint in  Literary Theory Studies , no. 2, 2020 and  China Modern and Contemporary Literature Studies , no. 4, 2019)

42.“Moving Forward on the Path: Seventy Years of Prose Development in Sichuan Since New China.”  Contemporary Literary Forum , no. 6, 2019.

43.“The Mission and Value Reconstruction of Scholar-Prose.”  China Literary Criticism , no. 1, 2020. (Full reprint in  University Intellectuals Academic Abstracts , no. 3, 2020)

44.“Prose Should Bloom in Modernity from Within Tradition.”  Soochow Academic Journal , no. 2, 2020. (Full reprint in  China Modern and Contemporary Literature Studies , no. 8, 2020)

45.“On ‘Prose Criticism’ by Modern and Contemporary Chinese Writers.”  Contemporary Literary Forum , no. 3, 2020. (Full reprint in  Literary Theory Studies , no. 8, 2020)

46.“The ‘Fatherly Love’ Narrative in Chinese Prose Since Reform and Opening Up.”  Jiangsu Social Sciences , no. 4, 2020. (Full reprint in  China Modern and Contemporary Literature Studies , no. 11, 2020)

47.“Twenty-Year Trajectory of Prose Writing in the New Century.”  Southern Cultural Forum , no. 6, 2020.

48.“National Prose and Conceptual Transformation.”  Literary Contention , no. 7, 2021. [Reprinted as lead article titled “Individual Enlightenment and the Gains and Losses of Prose Values” in  Prose Selection , no. 11, 2021; awarded Third Prize for Scientific Research at University of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, 2021; fully reprinted by China Writers Net and Jiangsu Prose Net; also in  Writer’s Bulletin , no. 10, 2021. Reviewed by Ma Zheng in “Looking Toward a New Path of Criticism from a Century-Long Foundation,”  China Literary Criticism , no. 1, 2022. Included in Shandong High School Exam materials, 2021–2022.]

49.“Rediscovery and Reconstruction of Chinese Literary Expression: The Value of Mu Tao’s Prose.”  Contemporary Writers Review , no. 4, 2021. (Awarded Third Prize for Scientific Research at University of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, 2021)

50.“Spiritual Ecology and Green Writing: The Value Orientation of Guo Wenbin’s Prose.”  Yangtze River Literary Review , no. 5, 2021.

51.“Stone Imagery in Chinese Ecological Prose.”  Journal of Central China Normal University , no. 6, 2021. (Highlighted reprint in  University Intellectuals Academic Abstracts , no. 1, 2022; full reprint in  China Modern and Contemporary Literature Studies , no. 4, 2022)

52.“Material Writing Types in Modern and Contemporary Chinese Ecological Prose.”  Seeking Truth Journal , no. 1, 2022.

53.“Aesthetic Characteristics and Literary Qualities of Prose.”  Tianjin Social Sciences , no. 3, 2022.

54.“Cultural Confidence and Value Assessment of Modern and Contemporary Chinese Prose.”  Literary Forum , no. 2, 2023.

55.“Conceptual Clarification and Discourse Construction of Modern and Contemporary Chinese Prose.”  Hebei Academic Journal , no. 4, 2023.