A Chinese Biographical Dictionary/Chao Chia

by Herbert A. Giles

148 Chao Chia 趙嘏 (T. 承祐). 9th cent. A.D. A native of Shan-yang in Kiangsu, who flourished as a poet and official under the T'ang dynasty. He graduated as chin shih in 842, and rose to be Commandant of 渭南 Wei-nan in Shensi. The poet Tu Mu called him 趙倚樓 Chao I-lou, from a line of his poetry which ran 長笛一聲人倚樓.