Feng Tang (born May 13, 1971) whose real name is Zhang Haipeng, is a Chinese contemporary novelist, poet, and private equity investor.

After high school, he attended Peking Union Medical College, where he earned a doctoral degree in clinical medicine with a specialization in gynecological oncology in 1998.

Two years later, he graduated from Emory University's Goizueta Business school with an MBA, earning a scholarship, and subsequently joined McKinsey & Company.

In 2001, when Feng Tang was 30 years old and freshly graduated from his MBA program, his first book "Everything Grows 萬物生長" was published in China.

[3] In July 2014, feeling the need to slow down and find quietness, he resigned from China Resources Healthcare Group Limited and took a short residence in California.

He rented a house near the Napa Valley, shabby, but with a large yard, and spent three months on translating Stray Birds.

[5] Nonetheless, Feng Tang believed his translation better reflects contemporary Chinese language, and he trusted that history and literature would make their judgments.

In 2020, Feng Tang has been nominated and selected as the recipient of Emory University's Sheth Distinguished International Alumni Award.

In his works, Feng Tang persistently explores the dynamics of libido and the anima image, using them as guiding tools in his examination of the human experience.

These recurrent themes shape his unique writing style, which ranges from exaggerated, rebellious, and even at times obscene, elegant and poetic.

The next book, "Give Me a Girl at Age Eighteen 十八歲給我一個姑娘" was published in 2005 and was later adapted into a 21-episode drama by Youku, China's largest video steaming provider.

"Oneness" (the Buddhist concept of "non-dualism") was published in 2011 and subverted the stories of historical figures from the Tang dynasty in a tale of sexually adventurous monks, nuns, and poets.

"No Woman, No Cry" describes the complicated life of a biotech start up company CEO, and his efforts to write a unique book entitled On Everything.

In November 2015, Feng Tang hosted a TV show "Sou Shen Ji"[14] and interviewed 13 distinctive figures in China from different industries.

[15]  The book resembles a collection of supernatural stories, but the characters are real people, troubled by their own emotions or facing various dilemmas in life.

In 2005, Feng Tang published his first collection of essays, "Pig and Butterfly 豬和蝴蝶" , which earned him an award from People's Literature Magazine.

Over the next few years, he continued to publish other collections, includes "Aging 活著活著就老了", "How to Become a Monster 如何成為一個怪物", "36 Biggies in Life 三十六大", "Hanging on there in the Universe 在宇宙間不易被風吹散", "Fearlessness / How to fight middle age 無所畏 / 如何避免成為一個油膩的中年猥瑣男 (HK Version) ", "Shall I Compare You to a Spring Day 春風十里不如你", "Being Capable有本事" and "Winning with Confidence 穩赢".

In these books, Feng Tang intertwines western McKinsey management methods with the classic Chinese wisdom of success, integrating his 20 years of personal practice in the workplace.

In August and October 2021, another private exhibition by Feng Tang, "Form and Emptiness 色空"[21] was held in Beijing and Hangzhou.

After earning his MBA degree from Emory University, he began his career as a management consultant at McKinsey & Company in 2000, rising to the level of global partner after six years.

Under his leadership, the company expanded rapidly, conducted many trailblazing projects in reforming state owned hospitals, and sparked a trend in private medical institution investments in China.

Trained as a clinical doctor, Feng Tang aspired to improved China's healthcare system, making significant contributions to the sector's growth and reform over the past two decades.

Feng Tang's dual identity of an artist and a competent business leader struck a chord in the Chinese psyche.

On a deeper and more cultural level, Feng Tang is perhaps the only person in China's recent memory who reflects the age-old image of the ideal gentlemen in Chinese tradition; one who is devoted in worldly pursuits (Confucianism) and more importantly cultivates his artistical, philosophical, and spiritual virtues (Taoism and Buddhism).