Chief Supervisor of Instruction until 1697, when he was relieved of these posts at his own earnest request. From 1699 to 1701 he was a Grand Secretary; and after his retirement to his lifelong hobbies, music and gardening, K'ang Hsi twice went to visit him, and loaded him with marks of esteem. He was notably modest and affable, fond of giving secret aid to rising talent, and absolutely incorruptible. Canonised as 文端, and in 1730 included in the Temple of Worthies.
129 Chang Ying-wên 張應文 (T. 茂實). A.D. 1522-1619. He frequently competed at the public examinations without success, as he devoted all his thoughts to antiques, books, and paintings. Author of a work entitled 清秘藏 A Treasury of Rare Curiosities.
130 Chang Yu 張祐. Died between A.D. 827-835. A native of Nan-yang in Honan, distinguished as a poet and official under the T'ang dynasty.
131 Chang Yu 張有 (T. 謙中 and 真靜). 11th cent. A.D. A native of Kiangsu, and author of the 復古編, an attempt to restore the old orthography and meanings of the written characters.
132 Chang Yü-shu 張玉書 (T. 素存). A.D. 1642-1711. A native of Kiangnan , who graduated as chin shih in 1661, and was soon employed as Tutor in the Palace. In 1685 he was President of the Board of Punishments; in 1688 was sent on a mission to the Yellow River; and in 1690 became a Grand Secretary. In 1691 he accompanied the Emperor K'ang Hsi on his visit to inspect the Yellow River, and in 1696 on his expedition against the Oelots. In 1699, while in mourning, he was ordered to place in the ancestral temple of the first Emperor of the Ming dynasty a tablet on which K'ang Hsi had inscribed, "Good government surpassing that of the T'aug and Sung (dynasties)," while the Emperor himself poured a libation at the dead monarch's tomb. He died while attending K'ang Hsi to Jehol. He is said to have been a learned and dignified man, a vegetarian and a
