This book is one of 'Biographies of cultural celebrities from Zhejiang'Series, which reflects alifespan of Zhang TaiYan, originally named ZhangBinglin, who was aphilologist, textual critic and a revolutionary in modern China. Zhang stood at a great transformed period in the history of China and committedhimself to Hundred Days' Reform and The Revolution of 1911. This book, on the one side, describes Zhang's spiritual world and character; on the other side, shows his personality and experience in a vivid and accurate way.