[1]Identity, dates, and native placeZhang Ji is identified as a Tang poet, writer, and calligrapher, with the courtesy name Wenchang, the rank name Zhang Shiba, and the designations Zhang Shuibu and Zhang Siye; Hanmen dizi is also supplied as an epithet. His usual dates are c. 766–830, but the materials preserve alternatives including 765, 767, 768, or 772 for the birth year and 829 for the death year. His native-place traditions include Wu Commandery, Hezhou Wujiang, and Liyang.
CBDBZhang Ji (13575)The main record identifies Zhang Ji, gives his dates and Tang affiliation, lists Wenchang as his courtesy name and Zhang Shiba, Zhang Siye, and Zhang Shuibu as associated names, and includes Liyang and Wu County among the native-place entries. Its status entries identify him as a poet, man of letters, and calligrapher.
Souyun張籍 (15628)The profile and biographical entries give the courtesy name Wenchang, the rank name eighteenth, Hanmen dizi, Wu Commandery, and the later residence at Hezhou Wujiang. They give c. 766–830 as a common range while also preserving alternative dates and variant native-place traditions.
DILA Buddhist Authority Database張籍 (A011695)The authority entry identifies Zhang Ji as a Tang figure, supplies Zhang Wenchang, Zhang Shuibu, and Zhang Siye as aliases, places him at Wujiang, and summarizes his poetic reputation and the designation Zhang Shuibu.
WikidataZhang Ji (Q836849)The entity entry provides the English and traditional Chinese labels, describes Zhang Ji as a Tang poet and scholar, and contains date statements for 765 or 766 and 830.
[2]Examination and early careerZhang Ji passed the jinshi examination in 799 and entered office as Taichang Temple Taizhu in 806. He suffered prolonged lack of promotion, poverty, and an eye ailment, which prompted Meng Jiao’s nickname “poor, blind Zhang Taizhu.”
CBDBZhang Ji (13575)The examination entry identifies the jinshi qualification, while the office entry places Taichang Temple Taizhu in 806 during Yuanhe.
Souyun張籍 (15628)The biographical entries give the 799 jinshi success and the 806 appointment, and describe the delayed promotion, poverty, eye disease, and Meng Jiao’s epithet for him.
DILA Buddhist Authority Database張籍 (A011695)The biographical note places his jinshi success in the Zhenyuan period and names Taichang Temple Taizhu as his first appointment.
[3]Official career and final designationHis career included Guozi zhujiao, Mishu lang, Guozi boshi, Shuibu yuanwailang, Zhuke langzhong, and Guozijian siye, with Han Yu’s recommendation forming part of the account. The sources differ over whether his final office was Guozijian siye or Shuibu langzhong.
CBDBZhang Ji (13575)The office entries list Guozi zhujiao in 816, Mishu lang in 820, Guozi boshi in 821, Shuibu yuanwailang in 822, Zhuke langzhong in 824, and Guozijian siye in 828; the association entry records Han Yu’s recommendation.
Souyun張籍 (15628)The biographical entries set out the sequence of offices, Han Yu’s recommendation, and the conflicting accounts of Guozijian siye, Shuibu langzhong, and ending as Guozijian siye.
DILA Buddhist Authority Database張籍 (A011695)The note emphasizes Han Yu’s regard, lists Guozi boshi and Shuibu yuanwailang, and says that he ended as Shuibu langzhong and was known as Zhang Shuibu.
[4]Teachers, friends, and familyZhang Ji studied under Han Yu, received his praise, and was recommended by him for office. He exchanged poems or prose with Wang Jian, Meng Jiao, and Jia Dao, was friendly with Bai Juyi and Yuan Zhen, and had Hu Xiang as his father-in-law and Zhang Xiaoyuan as his younger brother.
CBDBZhang Ji (13575)The association data identifies Han Yu as Zhang Ji’s friend, teacher, and recommender, and lists poetic or prose exchanges with Jia Dao, Bai Juyi, Yuan Zhen, Wang Jian, and Meng Jiao. The kinship data names Hu Xiang as father-in-law and Zhang Xiaoyuan as younger brother.
Souyun張籍 (15628)The profile supplies Hanmen dizi as an epithet, while the biographical entries describe study under Han Yu, his praise, and exchanges with Wang Jian, Meng Jiao, Jia Dao, Bai Juyi, and Yuan Zhen.
DILA Buddhist Authority Database張籍 (A011695)The note says that Bai Juyi and Yuan Zhen associated with Zhang Ji and that Han Yu valued him highly.
[5]Yuefu poetryZhang Ji excelled in yuefu and old-style yuefu verse, using colloquial diction with concentrated and pointed expression in a plain, natural manner. He was paired with Wang Jian as the Zhang-Wang yuefu, while his literary ideas were close to Bai Juyi’s; Bai praised his old yuefu, and titles of representative poems include four works listed in the biographical note.
CBDBZhang Ji (13575)The status data identifies him as a poet and man of letters skilled in writing, while the association data records exchanges of poems or prose with Bai Juyi and Wang Jian.
Souyun張籍 (15628)The biographical entries describe his mastery of yuefu, his colloquial, concise, and natural poetic language, his equality with Wang Jian, Bai Juyi’s praise, and the literary titles and assessments associated with him.
DILA Buddhist Authority Database張籍 (A011695)The note says that his yuefu was ranked with Wang Jian’s as the Zhang-Wang yuefu and names the four representative poems.
[6]Later critical assessmentIn a poem on Zhang Ji’s poetry, the Song scholar Wang Anshi described it as seemingly ordinary yet remarkably striking, apparently effortless yet painstakingly made.
Souyun張籍 (15628)The biographical entry quotes Wang Anshi’s assessment from the poem titled “題張司業詩,” including the contrast between apparent ordinariness and striking craftsmanship.
[7]Works and textual transmissionZhang Ji’s collected works include 《張司業集》, whose standard edition has eight juan; a seven-juan 《張籍詩集》 and the titles 《張籍集》, 《木鐸集》, and 《論語注辨》 are also found. The transmitted poem count in 《全唐詩》 is given as six or five juan, while 《全唐詩續拾》 adds one poem.
CBDBZhang Ji (13575)The works entries list 《張司業集》, 《張籍詩集》, 《張籍集》, 《木鐸集》, and 《論語注辨》.
Souyun張籍 (15628)The biographical entries give an eight-juan standard edition of 《張司業集》, a seven-juan 《張籍詩集》, and the differing counts of six and five juan for poems in 《全唐詩》, together with one poem added by 《全唐詩續拾》.
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Souyun張籍 (15628)The profile and biographical entries give the courtesy name Wenchang, the rank name eighteenth, Hanmen dizi, Wu Commandery, and the later residence at Hezhou Wujiang. They give c. 766–830 as a common range while also preserving alternative dates and variant native-place traditions.
DILA Buddhist Authority Database張籍 (A011695)The authority entry identifies Zhang Ji as a Tang figure, supplies Zhang Wenchang, Zhang Shuibu, and Zhang Siye as aliases, places him at Wujiang, and summarizes his poetic reputation and the designation Zhang Shuibu.
WikidataZhang Ji (Q836849)The entity entry provides the English and traditional Chinese labels, describes Zhang Ji as a Tang poet and scholar, and contains date statements for 765 or 766 and 830.