Born during the reign of Empress Wu, Zhang Shuo became a minister for Emperor Xuan Zong. He was a man of Luoyang. While not considered a great poet, some of his poems exhibit a wonderful spontaneity!
張說 667-730,字道濟,一字說之,原籍范陽, 今河北涿縣.
世居河東, 今山西永濟,後徒洛陽,史載“敦气节,重然诺。为文精壮,长于碑志。”。對策第一,授太子校書,累官至鳳閣舍人。因忤旨流配欽州,唐中宗時召還。開元初年,因不附太平公主,罷知政事,唐玄宗時任中書令,任朔方節度使,建議招募壯士以充宿衛。封燕國公,擅長文辭,當時朝廷重要文件多出其手,尤長於碑文墓誌,與許國公蘇頲(許國公)齊名,並稱“燕許大手筆”。前後三次為相,掌文學之任凡三十年,卒諡號文貞。
《舊唐書·張說傳》載〈諫武后幸三陽宮不時還都疏〉等疏表三篇。作品還有《錢本草》,以錢喻藥,診治時弊,堪稱奇文。相傳《虯髯客傳》为其作品[1]。有文集30卷傳世。
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