Xiong Zhaozheng, the author of Zhang Juzheng, is well-known as a poet in his early years. He carried out a research in the MING Dynasty and this fellow-villager who got both praise and blame in the recent years, and then took down his research findings in this book to attempt to reveal this politician's lifetime comprehensively as well as the social life during the reign of Emperor Wanli.作家熊召政早历时十年创作的长篇历史小说《张居正》曾获得第六届茅盾文学奖。作者早年素有诗名,近年倘佯于朱明王朝之间,对这位毁誉参半的乡党悉心研究,将诸多感悟凝诸笔端,力图全方位塑造出这位政治家的血肉之躯,展示万历前后社会生活的全景画。