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Zhang Qiao (Late Tang)
Late Tang poet from Qiupu in Chizhou, who topped the Jingzhao prefectural exam in 870 but never took the jinshi; one of the 'Four Talents of Jiuhua'.
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 One of the 'Ten Sages of Xiantong' · One of the 'Four Talents of Jiuhua'
- Roles
- Writer / Poet
Zhang Qiao was a Late Tang poet from Qiupu in Chizhou; his dates are unknown, and he studied as a boy on Mount Jiuhua. In 870 he sat the Jingzhao prefectural examination and his poems were ranked top, yet he never passed the jinshi and lived in poverty. When Huang Chao rose in 880 he retreated to Mount Jiuhua. With Xu Tang, Zhang Pin and Zhou You he was called one of the 'Four Talents of Jiuhua', and he is also counted among the 'Ten Sages of Xiantong'. Wang Dingbao judged his lines elegant and without peer; Shu bian shi is a frontier poem.
Life and times
Dates Dates unknown; active in the Xiantong to Guangming years (870–880 CE)