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Zhang Zhao (Qing dynasty)

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Zhang Zhao
Traditional Chinese張照
Simplified Chinese张照
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinZhāng Zhào
Detian (courtesy name)
Traditional Chinese得天
Simplified Chinese得天
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinDétiān
Jingnan (pseudonym)
Traditional Chinese涇南
Simplified Chinese泾南
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinJìngnán
Writings of Du Fu in running script, by Zhang Zhao

Zhang Zhao (1691–1745), courtesy name Detian, pseudonym Jingnan, was a scholar and poet of the Qing dynasty.

A native of Jiangsu, Zhang obtained a jinshi (successful candidate) position in the imperial examination in 1709 and was employed in literary and examination work, rising in 1733 to be the Secretary of the Ministry of Justice. Two years later, he narrowly escaped execution for his failure to arrange the management of the aboriginal territories in Guizhou. He was again employed on literary work, and was joint compiler of the Lülü Zhengyi (律呂正義) and its sequel Houbian (後編) under the same name, the two standard treatises on music. His poems were much admired by the Yongzheng Emperor, who was especially struck with some verses written with his left hand after a fall from his horse had disabled his right arm. He died of grief for the loss of his father. In his Retrospect (懷舊詩, 1779) the Qianlong Emperor numbered him among his Five Men of Letters (五詞臣), the others being Qian Chenqun, Liang Shicheng, Shen Deqian, and Wang Yudun. He was given the posthumous name Wenmin (文敏).

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This article incorporates text from entry Chang Chao in A Chinese Biographical Dictionary by Herbert A. Giles (1898), a publication now in the public domain.

  • Hummel, Arthur W. Sr., ed. (1943). "Chang Chao" . Eminent Chinese of the Ch'ing Period. United States Government Printing Office.