Mu Dan
Zha • Illustration — Mu Dan in the mid-to-late 1940s Zha Liangzheng (5 April 1918 – 26 February 1977), better known by his pen name Mu Dan, was a Chinese poet. Mu Dan was born in Tianjin, he attended Tsinghua University at the age of 17, and graduated from National Southwestern Associated University in 1940. He served as an assistant lecturer of English at his alma mater for about two years.
Also recorded as Zha Liangzheng
Mu Dan

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- Full name
- 查良錚.
- Born
- 1918. · Tianjin.
- Died
- 1977.
- Nationality
- People's Republic of China.
- Occupation
- poet, translator and writer.
- Movements
- Nine Leaves Poetry.
- Education
- Tsinghua University and University of Chicago.
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Recorded at birth as 查良錚. Born at Tianjin in 1918, died in 1977.
Mu Dan studied at Tsinghua University and University of Chicago. Employment is recorded with Tsinghua University.
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