![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Sometime thereafter, he was promoted to be Fengge Sheren ( 鳳閣舍人), a mid-level official at the legislative bureau. Early in her Chang'an era (701-705), the Essence of Pearls from the Three Religions was completed, and the participants were rewarded-with Zhang Yue becoming You Shi ( 右史), an imperial chronicler, as well as an imperial attendant he was also put in charge of grading the entries of imperial examination takers. In 700, when Wu Zetian spent summer and fall at Sanyang Palace ( 三陽宮), away from Luoyang (which she had made capital), Zhang Yue submitted an earnest petition urging her to return to Luoyang, which she did not accept. While serving there, he participated in a project, headed by Li Jiao to create a work known as the Essence of Pearls from the Three Religions (三教珠英, Sanjiao Zhuying)-a compilation of various poetry about Confucianism, Buddhism, and Taoism, in which Wu Zetian's lovers Zhang Yizhi and Zhang Changzong also participated, to give them a legitimate reason to enter the palace. 690–705), Zhang Yue was gradually promoted to You Bujue ( 右補闕), a low-level official at the legislative bureau of government (鳳閣, Fengge). During Wu Zetian's reign ĭuring the reign of Wu Zetian (r. He was made an attendant in the crown prince's studies. In his youth, Zhang Yue passed the imperial examinations and received the highest score among the group of people who took the exam at the same time. His family was from the Tang dynasty eastern capital Luoyang, and traced its ancestry to the great Han dynasty strategist Zhang Liang, as well as a line of officials that served Cao Wei, Jin dynasty (266–420), Northern Wei, and Northern Zhou. Zhang Yue was born in 663, during the reign of Emperor Gaozong. They were known in unison as 燕许大手笔 ("Immense pen-brushes from Yan and Xu"). Zhang Yue was a well-respected literary figure of his time, and was ranked alongside Su Ting (Duke Wenxian of Xu, another of Emperor Xuanzong's chancellors) as the two great writers of the Kaiyuan era. He was known for having suggested the transition of Tang central government armed forces from being conscription-based to recruitment-based, and for turning the office of the chancellor into a specialized post with strong executive powers. He served as an official under Wu Zetian's Zhou dynasty, a chancellor with three separate stints during the reigns of Emperor Ruizong and under Emperor Xuanzong. Zhang Yue ( simplified Chinese: 张说 traditional Chinese: 張說 pinyin: Zhāng Yuè ) (663–730), courtesy name Daoji (道濟) or Yuezhi (說之), formally Duke Wenzhen of Yan (燕文貞公), was a Chinese historian, military general, poet, and politician. In this Chinese name, the family name is Zhang. ![]()
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