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Li Jiao
Early Tang chancellor and poet styled Jushan from Zanhuang, one of the Four Friends of Literature, called an elder of letters in old age.
In a council hall, a long table holds an unrolled map scroll, a brass-cornered chest and a brush pot, with tall-backed chairs around it and a bronze lamp at the left; a figure stands with their back turned on the balcony at the right, with palace roofs beyond.
Also known as Jushan
Li Jiao, courtesy name Jushan, came from Zanhuang in Zhao prefecture and served four emperors from Gaozong to Ruizong. He was censor and secretary, chancellor in 698, Director of the Secretariat in 706, then minister of personnel and of war, and finally prefect of Huaizhou. He is grouped with Du Shenyan, Su Weidao and Cui Rong as the Four Friends of Literature, and in old age was called an elder of letters. His 'Song of Fenyin' survives.
Life and times
Dates c. 645 CE-c. 714 CE; exact years not attested