Five Dynasties · Official

Zhang Wenbao 張文寶

Attested AD 930

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Zhang Wenbao was an official.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 930 source
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 55, passage 242

Career and standing

right regular attendant in charge of examinations 右散騎常侍知貢舉
Held
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 55, passage 242

References in the histories

New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 55Volume 55 Miscellaneous Biographies 35: Liu Xu, Lu Wenji, Ma Yinxun, Yao Yi, Liu Yue, Ma Gao, Cui Jujian, Cui Zhuo, Li Yi · 1 passage

時右散騎常侍張文寶知貢舉，所放進士，中書有覆落者，乃請下學士院作詩賦為貢舉格，學士竇夢徵、張礪等所作不工，乃命懌為之，懌笑曰：「年少舉進士登科，蓋偶然爾。 Right regular attendant Zhang Wenbao was then in charge of the examination. Some of his passed candidates were struck down on Secretariat review, so he asked the Hanlin Academy to compose model poetry and rhapsodies for the examination. The efforts of Dou Mengzheng, Zhang Li, and others were inadequate, and Yi was ordered to write them. Yi laughed and said: "When I passed the jinshi examination in youth, it was probably only by chance.