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Zhang Bi
Poet of the Five Dynasties who served Southern Tang, later held office under the Song, and whose lyrics appear in the Huajian Ji anthology.
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 Zicheng
Zhang Bi was a poet of the Five Dynasties who passed the jinshi examination. Recommended by Xu Xuan, he served Southern Tang as commandant of Jurong, then as investigating censor, vice director of the Bureau of Merit Evaluation and palace secretary. He followed Li Yu in submitting to the Song and rose to grand master of remonstrance on the right and compiler in the History Office; he was still alive in 994. His lyrics are included in the Huajian Ji, and their style is delicate and clear.
Life and times
Dates Dates unknown; active from late Southern Tang to early Northern Song, still living in 994