Cheng Ching-mao (Chinese: 鄭清茂, born 2 February 1933) is a sinologist, literary scholar in Chinese and Japanese, and translator. He specialises in Chinese literature, Japanese literature, and Sino-Japanese literary relations.
He has authored books such as "Chinese Literature in Japan" and has translated various works in Japanese sinology, including Kōjirō Yoshikawa's "Studies of Yuan Drama," "Introduction to Song Poetry," and "Introduction to Yuan and Ming Poetry," as well as Koichi Shonishi's "History of Japanese Literature," "The Tale of the Heike," and Matsuo Bashō's "The Narrow Road to the Interior." In 2015, he was honored with the "Order of the Rising Sun" of Emperor of Japan for his dedication to translating classic Japanese literature. In 2019, in order to nurture future generations of Japanese sinology researchers and literary translators, he donated his entire collection of over ten thousand books, historical materials, and manuscripts to National Dong Hwa University Library. In 2023, he received "Lifetime Achievement Award" at the 35th Liang Shih-chiu Literature Master Awards.[7]