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Zhang Liangneng
Southern Song minister from Lishui in Chuzhou, a jinshi of 1178 who became Vice Chancellor in 1213 and was styled Wenzhuang; one lyric, Xiao Chong Shan, survives.
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 Dazhi · Posthumous title Wenzhuang
Zhang Liangneng, courtesy name Dazhi, came from Lishui in Chuzhou and later settled in Wuxing; a Southern Song minister, he died in 1214 and his birth year is unknown. He passed the jinshi in 1178, served as Vice Minister of Personnel and Censor-in-Chief, and in 1213 became Vice Chancellor, with the posthumous title Wenzhuang. His Jialin ji in a hundred scrolls is lost, and a single lyric, Xiao Chong Shan, survives. He was the maternal grandfather of Zhou Mi.
Life and times
Dates Birth unknown, died 1214 CE; jinshi in 1178