Zhang Jiuling

A famous Prime Minister of the prosperous Tang Dynasty, China. Born in Qujiang, Shaozhou (Canton). His pen name was Zi Shou, and he was known as a natural history scholar. He was a man of literary talent, and at the age of 25, he was promoted by the literary Prime Minister Zhang Shuo. During the Left Collection of the Left, when ministers presented a precious mirror to Emperor Xuanzong on his birthday, he presented him with a set of ten chapters on admonishing the precepts, entitled "The Records of a Thousand Autumns and Golden Mirrors," to demonstrate his sincerity as a remonstrant. In 733, he was appointed Minister of the Secretariat of the Ministry of the Secretariat of the People's Court, and the following year he was promoted to the position of Minister of the Secretariat of the People's Court, replacing Zhang Shuo, and was given the title of Man of Qujiang County. He was known as a strong-willed man at court, and opposed the appointment of the imperial court's Li Linfu and the military officer Niu Xianke, and tried to remonstrate with the emperor, but his words were not heard. Later, as Li Linfu's influence increased, he was demoted. He excelled in classical poetry and prose, and left behind 20 volumes of anthologies, including his poem "Gan Gu" (Encounter with Feelings), which was included in the "Selection of Tang Poetry" and became a widely known poem.

[Atsushi Ikeda]

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中国、盛唐の名相。韶州(しょうしゅう)曲江（広東(カントン)）の人。字(あざな)は子寿(しじゅ)、一名、博物。文才に富み25歳で進士、文人宰相張説(ちょうえつ)に重んぜられ栄進。左拾遺のとき、玄宗帝の誕生日に諸臣が宝鑑(ほうかん)（鏡）を献じた際、彼は『千秋金鑑録』と題する勧戒十章を奉り諫官(かんかん)の誠意を示した。733年中書侍郎同中書門下平章事、翌年張説にかわって中書令に進み、曲江県男に封ぜられた。朝廷では硬骨漢として聞こえ、宗室の李林甫(りりんぽ)や軍人牛仙客の登用に反対し、帝をいさめたが聞き入れられず、のち李林甫の発言力が増すとにらまれて左遷された。彼は古典風の詩文に優れ、文集20巻を伝え、その詩「感遇(かんぐう)」は『唐詩選』に収められ人口に膾炙(かいしゃ)している。

［池田　温］

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