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jin shi 834 Chuhui Zheng
A Tang dynasty writer and official, remembered for preserving vivid anecdotes about Emperor Xuanzong’s court and the people around it. His surviving work offers a lively window into political life, personalities, and storytelling in medieval China.
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明皇雜錄
by jin shi 834 Chuhui Zheng
About the author
Little is known about his life in English-language sources, but Chinese reference sources identify him as Zheng Chuhui (鄭處誨), a native of Xingyang in the Tang dynasty. They describe him as coming from a prominent family, earning the jinshi degree in 834, and serving in a series of official posts.
He is best known as the author of Minghuang zalu (Miscellaneous Records of Emperor Minghuang), a collection of historical anecdotes centered on Emperor Xuanzong of Tang and the wider court world of the High Tang period. The book is valued not just for court detail, but for the way it mixes history, character sketches, and literary color.
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