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Zhang Pu
Late Ming man of letters and leader of the Restoration Society, author of 'Inscription for the Tomb of the Five Men'.
In a study at night, a desk holds a brush pot, a porcelain vase with a plum branch, a lit red lantern, a folded fan and an unrolled blank scroll, with no one seated there, while through a round window the moon rises over a lake with a sailboat.
Also known as Zi Tianru · Hao Ximing
Zhang Pu, courtesy name Tianru, from Taicang, passed the jinshi examination in 1631 and became a Hanlin bachelor. With Zhang Cai he founded the Restoration Society, which called on scholars to revive ancient learning and uphold integrity. His 'Inscription for the Tomb of the Five Men' honours five Suzhou citizens who died resisting the eunuch faction, and he compiled the Collected Works of 103 Authors of the Han, Wei and Six Dynasties.
Life and times
Ming
QingWorks
Literature · Sayings2- Gripping One's Wrist and SighingMingIdiom linked to Zhang Pu's Tomb of the Five Men: wrists clenched in grief and anger
- Facing Death Without a Second Thought: the Five Men of SuzhouMingAphorism from Zhang Pu's Five Men inscription: commoners who faced death for justice
- Literature · Prose1
- Inscription for the Tomb of the Five MenMingZhang Pu's inscription for five Suzhou commoners executed after resisting eunuch agents in 1626