In the recent Taipei Literature Festival, held by the Taipei City government, TKU Chinese Literature PhD candidate, Zhang Fu-jun, won top honors in the ‘Classical Poem’ category. Fu-jun explained that the poem “combined the sights I’ve seen in Taipei with the events in history that I have learned about”. Upon winning the prize, he said “I’m so happy to have gotten first place and grateful to have been affirmed by the judges”.

The Director of the Department of Chinese, Dr. Shung-in Chang, praised Fu-jun’s literary piece: “Zhang Fu-jun’s poem was fantastic!”

Caption: TKU PhD candidate Zhang Fu-jun wins first prize in the Classical Poem category of the Taipei Literature Festival.