When 15 years old, he enrolled in the Nanchang Army Survey Academy (南昌陆军测绘学堂), following elder brother Zhang Dingfan, an officer in the "Dare to Die" regiment of the Xinhai Revolution.
 He then attended Kyoto Imperial University.
 Returning from Japan in 1921 he began his literary and teaching career of the 1920s and 1930s,  and activity to develop vernacular Chinese literature.

He taught at Peking Women's College of Education, Peking University, L'Institute des Hautes Etudes Chinoises of the Sorbonne in the 30s, and the Sino-French University in Shanghai.
 He mastered Japanese, French, and English, which would serve him well decades later.
 In 1937 he married Zhang Huijun 张蕙君.

Zhang authored and translated works in French, Japanese and English.
 Examples include "Shelley" and "Baudelaire".
  He worked closely with key figures who shaped the modern Chinese literature and education today.
 These included Guo Moruo, Cheng Fangwu, Zhang Ziping, Zheng Boqi 郑伯奇,  Xu Zuzheng 徐祖正, Shen Yinmo, Lu Xun.
 All of them participated in the journals Creation Quarterly, Yusi,  Contemporary Review, and New Youth.
These provided forums for lively and heated discourse on the transition to the vernacular Chinese language;  weeklies for short insights or responses, quarterlies for considered and developed ideas.
 The goal was to bring the written language closer to everyday speech and use subject matter from everyday life.
The wiki on "Tattler" has a good summary on this.
He published "Mr. Lu Xun" in the journal «现代评论» "Contemporary Review", January 1925, a comprehensive and important review of the author still quoted today.

During the 1940s and 50s, he worked for the Education Ministry with a major lasting achievement.
 See Later Years section.
When 15 years old, he enrolled in the Nanchang Army Survey Academy (南昌陆军测绘学堂), following elder brother Zhang Dingfan, an officer in the "Dare to Die" regiment of the Xinhai Revolution.  He then attended Kyoto Imperial University.  Returning from Japan in 1921 he began his literary and teaching career of the 1920s and 1930s,  and activity to develop vernacular Chinese literature.
He taught at Peking Women's College of Education, Peking University, L'Institute des Hautes Etudes Chinoises of the Sorbonne in the 30s, and the Sino-French University in Shanghai.  He mastered Japanese, French, and English, which would serve him well decades later.  In 1937 he married Zhang Huijun 张蕙君. 
Zhang authored and translated works in French, Japanese and English.  Examples include "Shelley" and "Baudelaire".   He worked closely with key figures who shaped the modern Chinese literature and education today.  These included Guo Moruo, Cheng Fangwu, Zhang Ziping, Zheng Boqi 郑伯奇,  Xu Zuzheng 徐祖正, Shen Yinmo, Lu Xun.  All of them participated in the journals Creation Quarterly, Yusi,  Contemporary Review, and New Youth. These provided forums for lively and heated discourse on the transition to the vernacular Chinese language;  weeklies for short insights or responses, quarterlies for considered and developed ideas.  The goal was to bring the written language closer to everyday speech and use subject matter from everyday life. The wiki on "Tattler" has a good summary on this. He published "Mr. Lu Xun" in the journal «现代评论» "Contemporary Review", January 1925, a comprehensive and important review of the author still quoted today.
During the 1940s and 50s, he worked for the Education Ministry with a major lasting achievement.  See Later Years section.
Zhang Dinghuang