Zhang Zhuo (traditional Chinese: 張鷟; simplified Chinese: 张𬸦; ca. 658 – ca. 730), courtesy name Zhang Wencheng (張文成), style Fuxiuzi (浮休子), was a Chinese writer of the Tang period. He was from Shenzhou (深州; modern Shenxian 深縣, Hebei province).
Zhang Zhuo is known as the author of the Chaoye qianzai (朝野僉載; "Record of all Matters relating to the Court and abroad"), a collection of stories written in the "brush-notes" (biji 筆記) style. He also authored the encyclopaedia Longjin fengsui pan (龍筋鳳髓判), and the prose narrative work You xianku (游仙窟), a noted work of chuanqi that is considered a prototype of Chinese and East Asian extended work of prose fiction.
Works (in selection)
The Hanyu da zidian f.e. is using his works in the following editions:
Chaoye qianzai 朝野佥载 (Baoyantang mijitang 宝颜堂秘笈)
Longjin fengsui pan 龙筋凤髓判 (Huhailou congshu 湖海楼丛书)
You xianku 游仙窟 (photographic reproduction of the Beixin shuju 北新书局 edition 1929 by the publisher Shanghai guji chubanshe 上海古籍出版社 1985)
