The first biography in history is called Zhang, with only 204 words and rich information.

Shortly after the completion of the Zhao Zhouqiao of Weihe River in Zhao County, Hebei Province, the Sui Dynasty perished, leaving no complete and valuable documents for Zhao Zhouqiao, which is a great pity to study the famous bridges of past dynasties. After 100 years, it was not until the early Tang Dynasty that this shortcoming was made up. Zhang Shou's preface to The Preface to Shiqiao is of great documentary and literary value. Today, it is difficult to study culture without Zhang and his Preface to the Stone Bridge. (1) Speaking of Zhang (666 -729), Zhang was a big family with an old surname, and his great-grandfather was an official of Hedong County in the Sui Dynasty, so his family moved to Linyi, Hedong (now Linyi County, yongji city, Shanxi Province). Zhang has no ambition, a family background and great literary talent. His weak crown should be lifted by five classics and worshipped by captain Pingxiang. Sit back and relax and avoid going back to your hometown. In Wu Zetian's Chang 'an Middle School, Zhang Xunxian, an imperial envoy, was the interviewer of Hedong. He can recognize Jia Zhen's talent and recommend Jia Zhen as a constitutional officer. Please give him the rank. Then he summoned Jia Zhen in the inner hall during the day and hung a curtain to talk to him. Jia Zhen said, "It's a once-in-a-lifetime thing to get the praise of the minister grass." Between the feet of the hurricane, like a cloud, I don't see the moon, and I am afraid that the way of the monarch and the minister is not finished. "The day is called" goodness ",so he ordered to close the shutter door, say" Yue ",worship the suggestion, read a tired book, go through the governor of Qin Zhou and make a long history of Bingzhou. Jia Zhen was serious in politics and made quick decisions, which greatly frightened officials. In the early years of Kaiyuan, Jia Zhen went to Beijing for his performance. Xuanzong heard that he was well managed and gave him several rewards. In the spring and February of the eighth year of Kaiyuan, Zhang was appointed assistant minister of Zhongshu, who was of the same clan as Zhongshu. In May of that year, Dr. Jia Jiabo Yin Zhen Qing Guanglu moved to Zhongshuling to live in Zaifu. In the eleventh year of Kaiyuan, Zhang became the history of Youzhou system. In 12 years, he returned to worship the Minister of Commerce, served as the secretariat of Yizhou, and was sentenced to the governor. In the 13th year of Kaiyuan, Jia Zhen turned left to Taizhou for secretariat. A few days later, he was reinstated as the minister of the Ministry of Industry, and he was also the secretariat of Dingzhou, knowing the military affairs of Beiping, and was tired of sealing the East Hou. Although Zhang has been a big official for a long time, she does not stand firm in the countryside. When I was working in Dingzhou, my best friend advised him to buy land. Jia Zhen said: "I was fortunate to be an official and served as a state minister. Why should I be hungry when I'm not dead? Hungry? "If you are condemned, it will be useless, even though it is a rich grange. It is meaningless to watch the courtiers occupy fertile land and die, all for the children of hooligans. " Anyone who hears it will gasp in admiration. In the seventeenth year of Kaiyuan (729), Zhang fell ill and asked to be treated. Tang Xuanzong approved and sent a doctor to the province for medical treatment. In autumn and July, Zhang died of illness at the age of 64. Say "Gong Su" to the governor of Yizhou. Born in a scholar's family, Zhang read a lot of poems and books, with profound literary attainments, long political time and rich experience, and has a high ability to distinguish and summarize things. In his later years, he worked in Hebei twice and became attached to Zhao Zhouqiao. He wrote the preface to Shiqiao handed down from generation to generation, and made the biography of Zhao Zhouqiao the best in the world. This is an immortal contribution made by a prime minister of today's dynasty to Chinese civilization outside the ruling. (2) The Preface to Shiqiao is only 204 words, which is rich in information. "Preface to Stone Bridge" Original: Shihe Stone Bridge in Zhao County, the trace of Li Chunzhi, a craftsman in Sui Dynasty. The production is very strange, and people don't know why. Try it, the use of stones is wonderful: the anvil is flat, the square version promotes depression, and the bow is bowed, and there is no embarrassment at once. Whew! Very strange! In more detail, メメメメメメメメメメメメメメメメメ. Although they are pregnant with mountains, they are firmly protected. You can't be creative unless you have deep wisdom and foresight. Its columns and sills are like dragons and beasts, and flying is full of fear. The three talents are the same. Therefore, Chen Hui, analysis of wood near Tianhe; With the help of ghosts and gods, the sea stone reached Furong. Others stopped to cross the river, feather plug, bow water and gather scales. What you hear in your ears is not limited to your eyes. What you see in your eyes and what you work hard for are better than what you do and what Beijing does. Zhang wrote Preface to Shiqiao in Dingzhou, probably in the 14th year of Kaiyuan (726). In the eleventh year of Kaiyuan, Zhang went on strike, which was the secretariat of Youzhou. This is his first time working in Hebei Road, and of course it is also his first time passing through Zhao Zhouqiao. But he can't write the preface to Shiqiao at this time, because he didn't worship the Minister of Commerce for long and Yizhou has a long history. Then, he was demoted to Taizhou secretariat Zhang. In the 13th year of Kaiyuan, it was re-established as the Minister of Industry, and Dingzhou was the secretariat. In less than three years, I moved a lot of places and basically had no time to catch my breath. I can imagine my sad mood. In the fourteenth year of Kaiyuan, Zhang went to Dingzhou and passed by. It was about this time that Zhang wrote the Preface to Shiqiao at the request of the secretariat of Zhaozhou. There are two reasons: First, Zhang Zhuan, a Book of the Old Tang Dynasty, recorded the first thing Zhang did when he arrived in Dingzhou: "When he arrived in Dingzhou, the temple of tribute was neutral. The article written by Jia Zhen himself is written in stone, and his monument is made of white stone and black. " In the Yue Temple in the north of Quyang County, Zhang's Ode to the Temple Monument in Heng Yue is still preserved. As far as I can imagine, after the strike, Zhang experienced more than two years of tossing and turning, and once again came to Hebei Road to work, betting heavily on the scenic spots in Hebei, which eased his tired body and mind a little. It is a famous scenic spot that Zhang has passed by and watched many times. At this time, it is very possible to write the preface to Shiqiao with the help of a pen. The second is the scrutiny of the title of Shiqiao Preface. Judging from the title and style, The Preface to Shiqiao should be a preface for giving answers, which can't be understood as the preface of the inscription or the text. The preface of giving and answering is a popular style in Tang Dynasty, which also has a certain influence on later generations. For example, Wang Bo's Preface to Wang Tengting, Han Yu's Preface to Dongsheng Shaonan, and Song Lian's Preface to Dongyang Masheng are all famous works of the Preface to Gifts. Although Zhang was demoted as the secretariat of Dingzhou, he had the identity of the original country after all. He passed Zhaozhou to work in Dingzhou. It is impossible for the secretariat of Zhaozhou not to welcome guests, which is also an indispensable basic etiquette in ancient and modern officialdom. It is also normal to take this opportunity to ask Zhang Wei, the former secretary of the Secretariat, to write an inscription. Zhang inscribed "Preface to Shiqiao" as a gift to the secretariat of Zhaozhou. The preface to Shiqiao has only 204 words, but it contains a lot of information. This article was written more than 1200 years ago, only 130 years after the completion of Zhao Zhouqiao. Basically maintained the original style when it was founded, and it is a practical bridge connecting economic benefits and "food is the most important thing for the people". (3) It is recorded for the first time that the builder of Zhao Zhouqiao is Li Chun's Preface to Shiqiao, and it is clearly recorded that Zhao Zhouqiao was made by Li Chun, a craftsman of Sui Dynasty. Check Sui Shu, but there is no record of Li Chun and Zhao Zhouqiao. Zhang's inscription may be based on folk word of mouth or inscription, but the authenticity and credibility of these materials should be beyond doubt, because although the project is huge, it is not a national project, but a folk project hosted by a local government. You can't enter the official history according to the rules, but because of this, it comes from the people and is beneficial to the people. There must be oral information for the world. This is the most valuable and true information. Therefore, the first sentence of the preface to the stone bridge is "Zhaojun crossing the river stone bridge", which is also the trace of Li Chun, a craftsman in the Sui Dynasty. It's strange to make, and people don't know why. "Li Chun, a craftsman of the Sui Dynasty, designed and built Zhao Zhouqiao, which is an epic miracle. What kind of identity should Li Chun be? Although "craftsman" refers to workers with specialized skills, such as carpenters, blacksmiths, masons and so on. , also refers to people who have deep attainments or accomplishments in a certain field. Li Chun's identity should be a senior engineer with a certain position and title. He was appointed or hired by the secretariat of Zhaozhou to design and build Zhao Zhouqiao. Zhang's overall evaluation is very objective. In this 204-word article, so many compliments are used, which actually casts a mysterious color on Zhao Zhouqiao. This pioneering study of ancient Zhao Zhouqiao is also of great significance in literature.