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Zhao Chongzuo
A Later Shu man with the courtesy name Hongji, who held the post of Junior Minister of the Guards and compiled the ci anthology Huajian Ji in 940.
In the courtyard of a district government hall, a line of petitioners waits before a raised bench with a long table and document boxes; a blue umbrella stands beside it, a large drum stands at the gate where a few people wait, and a lake with sailboats lies beyond.
Also known as Zi Hongji
The birth and death years of Zhao Chongzuo are not known. He had the courtesy name Hongji and lived in the Later Shu state of the Five Dynasties period. He held the post of Junior Minister of the Guards while Meng Chang was on the throne. In 940, the third year of the Guangzheng era, he finished compiling the ci anthology Huajian Ji, which carries a preface by Ouyang Jiong. The book gathers about five hundred poems from the late Tang and Five Dynasties periods. Little else is recorded about his life.
Life and times
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Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdomscompiled the Huajian Ji in 940 - UnknownDied