Zhang Zhuo (traditional Chinese: 張鷟; simplified Chinese: 张𬸦; ca. 658 – ca. 730[1]), courtesy name Zhang Wencheng (張文成), style Fuxiuzi (浮休子), was a Chinese writer of the Tang period. He was from Shenzhou (深州; modern Shenxian 深縣, Hebei province).[2]
Zhang Zhuo is known as the author of the Chaoye qianzai (朝野僉載; "Record of all Matters relating to the Court and abroad"[3]), a collection of stories written in the "brush-notes" (biji 筆記) style. He also authored the encyclopaedia Longjin fengsui pan (龍筋鳳髓判), and the prose narrative work You xianku (游仙窟), a noted work of chuanqi that is considered a prototype of Chinese and East Asian extended work of prose fiction.[4]
Works (in selection)
editThe Hanyu da zidian f.e. is using his works in the following editions:[5]
- Chaoye qianzai 朝野佥载 (Baoyantang mijitang 宝颜堂秘笈)
- Longjin fengsui pan 龙筋凤髓判 (Huhailou congshu 湖海楼丛书)
- You xianku 游仙窟 (photographic reproduction of the Beixin shuju 北新书局 edition 1929 by the publisher Shanghai guji chubanshe 上海古籍出版社 1985)
References
edit- ↑ Victor Cunrui Xiong: Historical Dictionary of Medieval China. Second edition. 2017, p. 820
- ↑ chinaknowledge.de: Chaoye qianzai 朝野僉載
- ↑ J. J. M. de Groot: The Religious System of China, Vol IV. Book II On the Soul and Ancestral Worship, Part I The Soul in Philosophy and Folk-conception. 2025, IV/223
- ↑ cf. chuanqi 傳奇 and zhiguai 志怪, tales and stories
- ↑ Hanyu da zidian, bibliography, nos. 326-328
Bibliography
edit- Levy, Howard S.: China’s First Novellette: The Dwelling of Playful Goddesses by Chang Wen-ch’eng (ca. 657-730). Tokyo: Dai Nippon Insatsu, 1965
- Li Xueqin, Lü Wenyu, eds.: Siku da cidian 四庫大辭典, 2 vols. Jilin daxue chubanshe, Changchun 1996
External links
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- Chaoye qianzai 朝野僉載 - chinaknowledge.de
- Longjin fengsui pan 龍筋鳳髓判 - chinaknowledge.de
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