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Zhang Hua
Western Jin grandee and polymath who rose to Minister of Works as Marquis of Guangwu, wrote the Bowuzhi (Records of Diverse Matters), and was killed in the coup of Prince Lun of Zhao.
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 Courtesy name Maoxian · Marquis of Guangwu
Zhang Hua, courtesy name Maoxian, came from Fangcheng in Fanyang (modern Gucheng, Hebei) and was a statesman and writer of the Western Jin. He held posts including erudite of ceremonies, palace attendant, Director of the Secretariat and Palace Attendant, and served as commander of You province on the northern frontier; he was made Marquis of Guangwu and Minister of Works from 296. Famed for wide learning, he wrote the Bowuzhi, and the Admonitions of the Instructress is traditionally credited to him. His collected works are lost. He was killed in 300 when Sima Lun, Prince of Zhao, seized power.
Life and times
Dates 232 CE–300 CE