ZHANG Meilan 張美蘭 (Fellow)
Fields of study:
History of Chinese Language, the Vocabulary and Grammar of early Modern Chinese, Zen literature language, literature Book collation and research of early modern Chinese, World history of Chinese Language Education, Chinese language in Ming and Qing Dynasties, Manchu-Chinese Language Contact and Comparison.
Profile:
Zhang Meilan is a Professor in the Department of Chinese Language and Literature, Hong Kong Baptist University. Her research interests include History of Chinese Language, Zen literature language, World history of Chinese Language Education, Manchu-Chinese Language Contact and Comparison. She have published15 professional research books and more than 160 theses on various topics in Journal articles.
Research on Chan Language (1998), Research on the Grammar of Zu Tang Ji 祖堂集(2003) and Correction and Annotation of Zu Tang Ji祖堂集（2009）are essential for academic circles to study Zen language. The monograph Textual Criticism and Language Study of Qingwen Zhiyao (2013) combines Mandarin Chinese and dialects, identifying the regional differences of the six major literary versions, and providing development clues for the dialects' mutual influence on Mandarin. An analysis of the diachronic evolution of Shanghainese and Cantonese lexical and syntactic types since the mid-nineteenth century supports this contention.
A number of monographs, such as The Compilation on Chinese Textbook in Japan Meiji Period (2011, 1-26 volumes), Research on Mandarin Literature Overseas and the Language in Ming and Qing Dynasties (2011), Textual Criticism and Language Study of Qingwen Zhiyao 清文指要(2013), and Textual Criticism and Language Study of the Guide to Mandarin官話指南 (2017), have made a significant impact in the academia, promoted the study of Chinese in the Ming and Qing dynasties and expanded the range of study of Chinese Mandarin in Ming and Qing dynasties.
Literature Texts and Studies of Chinese in the Ming and Qing Dynasties (2022), has been proposed an effective research method to conduct a comparative study based on multiple texts of Chinese language during Ming and Qing dynasties.