 He directed about 150 films in his career, including "The Difficult Couple" (1913), the first Chinese feature film; "Laborer's Love" (1922), the earliest complete Chinese film that has survived; "Orphan Rescues Grandfather" (1923), one of the first Chinese box-office hits; "The Burning of the Red Lotus Temple" (1928), the earliest martial arts film which started an enormously popular genre; and "Sing-Song Girl Red Peony" (1931), China's first sound film.Under Zhang's leadership, Mingxing was the largest and most influential film studio in China.Many highly influential directors and writers, including Hong Shen, Cheng Bugao, Xia Yan, Ouyang Yuqian, Shen Xiling, Cai Chusheng, and Yang Hansheng, began or developed their careers at Mingxing.