王世贞与张居正是十六世纪最为重要的两位士大夫代表。

Wang Shizhen and Zhang Juzheng have been regarded as two most important representatives of scholar-officials in the sixteenth century.

在这种背景之下，近年出齐的四卷本长篇历史小说《张居正》具有独特的意义。

The four-volume long historical novel, Zhang Juzheng has a distinctive meaning under this background.

张居正裁革冗官失败的原因有：活动本身有过火之处；在裁革冗官时对官吏的利益考虑太少。

The reasons the reform failed was that it went too far in some aspects, and the interests of the officials had not been considered adequately.

《张居正大传》作为朱东润先生的第一本传记作品，在创作上获得巨大的成功，列为“二十世纪四大传记”之一。

Zhang Ju-zheng Great Biography, as the first biographical works of Mr. Zhu Dong-run, has achieved great success and become one of "the Four Great Biographies in the twentieth century".