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Zhuo Zhang
A writer from China’s Tang dynasty, he is best known for the anecdotal collection Chaoye qianzai, a work that preserves stories and observations about court and society. Though details of his life are limited, he remains a recognizable figure in classical Chinese literature.
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About the author
Born around 658 and thought to have died around 730, he was a Chinese writer of the Tang period from Shenzhou, in what is now Hebei province. He is commonly identified by the romanized form Zhang Zhuo and is associated with the courtesy name Zhang Wencheng and the style name Fuxiuzi.
He is best known as the author of Chaoye qianzai, often described in English as a record of matters relating to the court and the wider world beyond it. The work helped preserve anecdotes and social details from the Tang era, which is why readers still encounter his name today.
Reliable biographical information appears to be quite sparse, so it is safest to keep the portrait simple: a Tang-dynasty author remembered mainly through a surviving collection rather than through a richly documented personal history.