Zhang Zhao

Male, Deceased Person

1691 – 1745

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Who was Zhang Zhao?

Zhang Zhao, courtesy name Detian, pseudonym Jingnan, was a scholar and poet of the Qing Dynasty.

A native of Jiangsu, he graduated as jinshi in 1709 and was employed in literary and examination work, rising in 1733 to be President of the Board of Punishments. 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 and its sequel under the same name, the two standard treatises on music. His poems were much admired by the 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 the Emperor Qianlong numbered him among his Five Men of Letters, the others being Qian Chenqun, Liang Shicheng, Shen Deqian, and Wang Yudun. He was canonised as Wen'ao.

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Born
1691
Died
1745

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on July 23, 2013

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