Zhang Yan-yuan (English name)

Japanese: 張彦遠 - ちょうげんえん（英語表記）Zhang Yan-yuan

[Birth] Before 821
[Died] A literary figure and historian of painting and calligraphy in the late Tang Dynasty after the first year of Qianfu (874). Nobleman. Courtesy name Aibin. Born in Hedong (Yongji County, Shanxi Province). His family was descended from Zhang Hua of the Six Dynasties and was a noble clan that produced three prime ministers during the Tang Dynasty. For generations, they had been passionate about collecting paintings and calligraphy. In the first year of Dazhong (847), he was appointed Wairang of the Shangshu Cibu, and in the Qianfu era (874-879), he became the Minister of Dali. He excelled in clerical script and eight-part calligraphy, and was skilled in writing and painting. His books, "Yao Lu of the Book of Fa" and "Records of Famous Paintings of All Ages," are significant as a compilation of the history of painting and calligraphy up to the end of the Tang Dynasty, and are also highly regarded for vividly reflecting his historical consciousness during the critical situation of the late Tang Dynasty.

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Japanese:

[生]長慶1(821)以前
[没]乾符1(874)以後
晩唐の文人，書画史家。貴族。字は愛賓。河東 (山西省永済県) の人。その家は六朝の張華を祖とし，唐代に3人の宰相を出した名族で，代々書画の収集に熱心であった。大中1 (847) 年に尚書祠部員外郎，乾符年間 (874～879) に大理卿にいたった。隷書と八分の書に優れ，文章，絵画も巧みであった。著書『法書要録』『歴代名画記』は，唐末までの書画史書の集大成としての意味をもつと同時に，晩唐という危機的状況下における彼の歴史意識を如実に反映したものとしても評価される。

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