Sui and Tang · Official and Poet

He Zhizhang 賀知章

Attested AD 712 - AD 756

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

He Zhizhang was an official and Poet.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 712 to AD 756 工部侍郎賀知章
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 22, passage 70

Career and standing

Ministry of Works Vice Minister 工部侍郎
Held
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 22, passage 70

Works and attributed material

Purple Clarity Supreme Sage Dao Tune 紫清上聖道曲
Relation Author
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 22, passage 70

References in the histories

New Book of Tang, Chapter 22Volume 22 Treatises 12: Rites and Music 12 · 1 passage

帝方浸喜神仙之事，詔道士司馬承禎制《玄真道曲》，茅山道士李會元制《大羅天曲》，工部侍郎賀知章制《紫清上聖道曲》。 As his taste turned toward immortals he commissioned Sima Chengzhen's "Mysterious Truth Dao Tune," Li Huiyuan of Maoshan's "Great Luo Heaven Tune," and He Zhizhang's "Purple Clarity Supreme Sage Dao Tune."