Zhang Xu
Zhang • Illustration — An example of Zhang Xu's calligraphy
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Zhang Xu

Du Jin · https: minghuaji.dpm.org.cn/paint/detail?id=17b227e43b6c4f989e8a02782fc2f26d · Public domain
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- 670 · Suzhou.
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- Tang dynasty
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- poet · calligrapher
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• Tl — Tiunn Hiok Zhang Xu (fl. 8th century), courtesy name Bogao (伯高), was a Chinese calligrapher and poet of the Tang dynasty. A native of Suzhou, he became an official during the reign of Emperor Xuanzong of Tang. Zhang was known as one of the Eight Immortals of the Wine Cup. Legend has it that whenever he was drunk, he would use his hair as brush to perform his art, and upon his waking up, he would be amazed by the quality of those works but failed to produce them again in his sober state. Though more well known for his explosive cursive script, he excelled in the regular script. There is an anecdote that says he grasped the essence of cursive writing by observing some porters fight for their way with the guard of honor of some princess, and by watching the solo performance of a famous sword-dancer named Lady Gongsun (zh-Hant). He was known as 草聖 (the Divine Cursive-writer) for his great skill in the cursive script. Under the excitement of art (and wine), he became oblivious of social expectations, and would often fling off his cap in the presence of princes and nobles. Hence he came to be known as 張顛 (Zhang the Madman). He is often paired with the younger Huaisu as the two greatest cursive calligraphers of the Tang dynasty. The duo is affectionately referred to as "the crazy Zhang and the drunk Su" (zh-Hant). One of Zhang Xu's poems was included in the poetry anthology Three Hundred Tang Poems.

杜堇绘饮中八仙(古贤诗意卷局部):贺知章、李琎、李适之、崔宗之、苏晋、李白、张旭、焦遂
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- 1.Plusieurs auteurs sous la direction de Rémi Mathieu. Anthologie de la poésie chinoise. Gallimard. 1547. 2015.
- 2.Herbert A. Giles. A Chinese Biographical Dictionary. Bernard Quaritch. 1898.
- 3.皎然(Zhang Xu). Gushiwen.cn. 2019.
- 4.Le groupe célèbre pour son amour des boissons alcoolisées comprend les poètes Li Shizhi (李適之), Cui Zongzhi (崔宗之), Su Jin (蘇晉), Li Bai (李白), Zhang Xu (張旭), Jiao Sui (焦遂) et le prince de Ruyang (汝陽王) Li Jin (李璡) et He Zhizhang (賀知章).
- 5.张旭 (張旭)(Zhang Xu). Baike.baidu. 2020.
- 6.Les fonctionnaires portaient des vêtements distincts des habits ordinaires ; leur tenue indique leur statut, leur rang et leur fonction au sein de l’administration. Alors que les civils portent souvent des vêtements en tissus ordinaires et aux couleurs sombres, les fonctionnaires et les nobles portent des soies riches, des broderies, etc.
- 7.张旭生平事迹考 (Aperçu de la vie et des exploits de Zhang Xu). 汪家华 (Wang Jiahua). Journal de l’Université Normale de Nanyang. Nayang. 2-11. 1-. 92-94. 30 décembre 2025.
- 8.L’empereur Wenzong (r. 836-840) de dynastie Tang a émis un édit proclamant que les poèmes de Li Bai, la danse à l’épée de Pei Min et la cursive de Zhang Xu constituaient étaient les “Trois Merveilles”.(gushiwen)
- 9.张旭 (張旭)(Zhang Xu). 全唐詩(全唐诗) (Poésies complètes des Tang). 2011.
- 10.张旭 (張旭)(Zhang Xu). Chinese Text Project, Ctext.org.
- 11.Selon la légende, lorsqu’il était ivre, il utilisait ses cheveux comme pinceau pour créer ses œuvres ; une fois dégrisé, il s’émerveillait de leur qualité, mais se révélait incapable de les reproduire à l’état sobre.
- 12.Ouyang Xiu, Song Qi et d’autres (dynastie Song du Nord). 新唐書 (新唐书) (Nouveau livre des Tang). 1060.
- 13.traduction libre de :
- 14.Zhao Ying (赵瑩), Liu Xu (刘昫); Zhang Zhao (张昭), Jia Wei (贾纬), Zhao Xi (赵熙), et autres sous les Jin postérieurs. 舊唐書 (旧唐书) (Ancienne histoire des Tang). rouleau 190, biographie de Zhang Xu. ordonné en 941, achevé en 945.
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