[1]Name, dates, and statusZhang Hongjing lived from 760 to 824 and was a Tang official known as a calligrapher and poet.
CBDBZhang Hongjing (32019)The basic and status fields provide his name, dates, Tang affiliation, and identities as calligrapher, poet, and chancellor.
Souyun張弘靖 (15295)The biographical entries identify him as a Middle Tang figure and describe his official career, calligraphy, and surviving poem.
WikidataZhang Hongjing (Q8070214)The English label, description, and date claims identify him as Zhang Hongjing, a Chinese chancellor born in 760 and deceased in 824.
[2]Names and place of originHe was originally named Diao, styled Yuanli, known by the rank appellation Zhang Shier, and also appears in the written form Zhang Hongjing; his native place was Yishi in Hezhong, now Linyi in Shanxi.
CBDBZhang Hongjing (32019)The alternate-name fields give Yuanli, Zhang Shier, and Zhang Diao, while the address field gives Yishi.
Souyun張弘靖 (15295)The biographical entries give his original name, style, the variant form 張宏靖, and the modern location of Yishi in Shanxi.
WikidataZhang Hongjing (Q8070214)The name entries list Yuanli, Zhang Diao, and the variant written form 张宏靖.
[3]Family backgroundHis grandfather Zhang Jiazhen and father Zhang Yanshang both became chancellors, and the family was known as the Zhang family of three chancellors because of its former residence in Luoyang.
CBDBZhang Hongjing (32019)The kinship fields name Zhang Jiazhen as grandfather and Zhang Yanshang as father, while the alternate-name field gives the family sobriquet.
Souyun張弘靖 (15295)The biographical entry states that Jiazhen and Yanshang both reached the chancellorship and explains the Luoyang residence and the sobriquet.
[4]Brother and sonsHis younger brother was Zhang Shen, and his four sons were Zhang Wengui, Zhang Jingchu, Zhang Siqing, and Zhang Cizong in that order.
CBDBZhang Hongjing (32019)The kinship fields list his younger brother and the birth order and names of his four sons.
[5]Grandchildren and granddaughterHis grandsons were Zhang Yanyuan and Zhang Yanxiu, and his granddaughter was Wang Huan.
CBDBZhang Hongjing (32019)The kinship fields list both grandsons and the granddaughter Wang Huan.
Souyun張弘靖 (15295)The biographical entry identifies Yanyuan as his grandson.
[6]Early career and officesHe entered service through hereditary privilege as a staff officer in Henan Prefecture and later held a series of censorial, secretariat, and ministerial offices.
CBDBZhang Hongjing (32019)The entry and office fields record hereditary appointment, service in Henan Prefecture, and the subsequent censorial, secretariat, and ministerial posts.
Souyun張弘靖 (15295)The biographical entry explicitly gives his hereditary appointment to Henan Prefecture and later service as Investigating Censor and Vice Director in the Ministry of Rites.
[7]Examination supervision and chancellorshipIn 809 he acted as director of the Ministry of Rites examinations; in 814 he became Minister of Justice with a chancellorship, soon adding the Secretariat vice-directorship and receiving the title Marquis of Gaoping.
CBDBZhang Hongjing (32019)The office fields date the Secretariat Drafter and examination-supervisor posts to Yuanhe 4 and the ministerial and chancellery posts to Yuanhe 9.
Souyun張弘靖 (15295)The biographical entries specify the 809 examination appointment, the 814 ministerial and chancellery appointment, the subsequent Secretariat title, and the marquisate.
[8]Hedong, Taiyuan, and XuanwuAfter losing the chancellorship in 816, he became military governor of Hedong at Taiyuan, held the Ministry of Personnel in 817, and transferred to the Xuanwu military governorship in 819; he also held the Hedong, Xuanwu, and Lulong commands and the title jianxiao Sikong.
CBDBZhang Hongjing (32019)The office entries give the Yuanhe 11 Hedong command at Taiyuan, the Yuanhe 12 Ministry of Personnel appointment, and the Yuanhe 14 Xuanwu command; the accompanying note also gives his removal from the chancellorship and stationing at Taiyuan.
Souyun張弘靖 (15295)The biographical entries describe his dismissal to Hedong and his successive Hedong, Xuanwu, and Lulong commands with jianxiao Sikong.
[9]The Youzhou mutinyIn 821 he became military governor of Youzhou and Lulong; because he was not adept at managing the troops, military unrest broke out, and he was imprisoned before being released and recalled to court.
CBDBZhang Hongjing (32019)The office entry places his military governorship at Youzhou in Changqing 1.
Souyun張弘靖 (15295)The biographical entries describe his appointment at Youzhou and Lulong, his poor handling of the troops, the mutiny and imprisonment, and his release and recall to court.
[10]Different accounts of the late careerThe three biographical accounts differ in the order of his demotions, variously placing Ji Prefecture, Palace Guest, Fu Prefecture, and Junior Preceptor of the Heir Apparent in different sequences.
Souyun張弘靖 (15295)The three biographical entries give the differing sequences: Ji Prefecture followed by Palace Guest, Fu Prefecture followed by Junior Preceptor, and the fuller sequence through Eastern Capital Palace Guest, Ji, and Fu.
CBDBZhang Hongjing (32019)The office entries also preserve the late postings associated with Luling, Fu Prefecture, and Junior Preceptor of the Heir Apparent.
[11]Death and posthumous honorHe died in 824 at the age of sixty-five and was posthumously granted the title Grand Guardian of the Heir Apparent.
[12]Li Deyu as secretaryDuring his Taiyuan tenure in Yuanhe 12 (817), he appointed Li Deyu as secretary.
CBDBZhang Hongjing (32019)The association entry dates the appointment to 817, identifies Li Deyu as the associate, and states that he was appointed secretary at Taiyuan.
[13]Gifted poems and prose (I)He received poems and prose presented by Quan Deyu, Li Deyu, Wang Jian, Lü Wen, Yang Juyuan, Han Cha, and Bao Rong.
CBDBZhang Hongjing (32019)The association entries list Quan Deyu, Li Deyu, Wang Jian, Lü Wen, Yang Juyuan, Han Cha, and Bao Rong, each with the relation type of receiving gifted poems or prose.
[14]Gifted poems and prose (II)He also received poems and prose presented by Cui Gong, Lu Chan, Gao Zhu, Hu Zheng, Zhang Jia, and Cui Gongxin.
CBDBZhang Hongjing (32019)The association entries list Cui Gong, Lu Chan, Gao Zhu, Hu Zheng, Zhang Jia, and Cui Gongxin, each with the relation type of receiving gifted poems or prose.
[15]Calligraphy, collection, and surviving poemHe was accomplished in calligraphy, possessed a collection of books and paintings that rivaled the imperial repository, and has one poem preserved in the Complete Tang Poetry.
Souyun張弘靖 (15295)The biographical entry describes his calligraphy, household collection, its comparison with the imperial repository, and one surviving poem.
[16]Zhang Yanyuan and the history of paintingHis grandson Zhang Yanyuan compiled the Record of Famous Paintings through the Ages and drew extensively on the family collection.
Souyun張弘靖 (15295)The biographical entry says that his grandson Yanyuan compiled the Record of Famous Paintings through the Ages and made extensive use of the family resources.
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