Zhang Jiuling's Chronology

Author: Gu Jianguo
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Publish Date: 2005-11-01
Features: Zhang Jiuling was a renowned statesman, thinker, and litterateur during the Kaiyuan era of Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty. His life and activities involved various aspects of politics, economy, culture, military, diplomacy, ethnicity, and religion at the time. His moral integrity and literary works also had a significant impact during his era and were praised by later generations. This genealogy was refined over many years and has now reached perfection. The bibliography cited includes over four hundred books, surpassing the scale and format of previous genealogies in both size and style. The book comprehensively organizes and examines the people and events related to the genealogy holder's official travels and literary works, further clarifying the holder's interpersonal relationships, as well as the internal and external policies implemented during the middle and later periods of the Kaiyuan era in the Tang Dynasty, along with the contemporary institutional systems, rituals, customs, and geographical transportation. It also conducts a thorough chronological examination of the genealogy holder's literary works. This genealogy can fill gaps in Tang Dynasty historical and literary studies, providing scholars with relatively detailed materials and data.