Zhang Zhuo (; ca. 658 – ca. 730Victor Cunrui Xiong: Historical Dictionary of Medieval China. Second edition. 2017, p. 820), courtesy name Zhang Wencheng (張文成), style Fuxiuzi (浮休子), was a Chinese writer of the Tang period. He was from Shenzhou (深州; modern Shenxian 深縣, Hebei province).chinaknowledge.de: Chaoye qianzai 朝野僉載
Zhang Zhuo is known as the author of the Chaoye qianzai (朝野僉載; "Record of all Matters relating to the Court and abroad"J. J. M. de Groot: The Religious System of China, Vol IV. Book II On the Soul and Ancestral Worship, Part I The Soul in Philosophy and Folk-conception. 2025, IV/223), a collection of stories written in the "brush-notes" (biji 筆記) style. He also authored the encyclopaedia Longjin fengsui pan (龍筋鳳髓判), and the prose narrative work You xianku (游仙窟), a noted work of chuanqi that is considered a prototype of Chinese and East Asian extended work of prose fiction.cf. chuanqi 傳奇 and zhiguai 志怪, tales and stories
Works (in selection) The Hanyu da zidian f.e. is using his works in the following editions:Hanyu da zidian, bibliography, nos. 326-328
Chaoye qianzai 朝野佥载 (Baoyantang mijitang 宝颜堂秘笈) Longjin fengsui pan 龙筋凤髓判 (Huhailou congshu 湖海楼丛书) You xianku 游仙窟 (photographic reproduction of the Beixin shuju 北新书局 edition 1929 by the publisher Shanghai guji chubanshe 上海古籍出版社 1985)
References
Bibliography Levy, Howard S.: China’s First Novellette: The Dwelling of Playful Goddesses by Chang Wen-ch’eng (ca. 657-730). Tokyo: Dai Nippon Insatsu, 1965 Li Xueqin, Lü Wenyu, eds.: Siku da cidian 四庫大辭典, 2 vols. Jilin daxue chubanshe, Changchun 1996
External links
Chaoye qianzai 朝野僉載 - chinaknowledge.de Longjin fengsui pan 龍筋鳳髓判 - chinaknowledge.de