Tomb of Zhang Hong

Tomb of Zhang Hong

The Tomb of Zhang Hong is a cultural relics protection unit of Suzhou City.

Tomb of Zhang Hong

Situated by the Arhat Bridge west of Xingfu Temple at the northern foot of Yushan Mountain, Zhang Hong (1867–1941), whose courtesy name was Yinnan and art names Juyin and Yangu Laoren, was a successful candidate in the highest imperial examinations during the Guangxu reign of the Qing Dynasty. He served as consul in Nagasaki, Kobe (Japan), and Incheon (Korea). He authored Sequel to Flowers in the Mirror of Evil, The True Record of Genghis Khan, and Poetic Manuscripts from the Barbarian’s Nest. The tomb faces east and is backed by hills, fronted by a stream. It covers an area of over 650 square meters, with a burial mound about 3.2 meters in diameter and 1.3 meters high. At the back stands a stele inscribed “Tomb of Zhang Hong, Yangu Laoren,” surrounded by an outer wall and offering platform. It was damaged in 1966 and restored in 1984. This tomb was designated as a municipal-level cultural relics protection unit on August 31, 1989.

Zhang Hong (1867–1941), originally named Zhang Cheng, with courtesy names Shizeng and Songtang, also used the pseudonyms Yinnan and Juyin, and later styled himself as Master of the Barbarian’s Nest and Yangu Laoren. He was a native of Shijiaqiao in Changshu, Jiangsu Province. He was a late-Qing imperial examination graduate, a diplomat, litterateur, and poet.

Born in 1867 during the sixth year of the Tongzhi reign of the Qing Dynasty, he was a descendant of Zhang Wen and Zhang Rongjing.

In the fifteenth year of the Guangxu reign (1889), he passed the provincial examination. In the seventeenth year of the Guangxu reign (1891), he again passed the provincial examination and was appointed as a compiler in the Grand Secretariat, later promoted to an official in the Ministry of Revenue.

In the twentieth year of the Guangxu reign (1894), during the First Sino-Japanese War, he participated in the... Zhang Hong's detailed information++