唐摭言

Táng zhíyán

proper noun

Meanings

1 Tang Zhiyan, Wang Dingbao's 10th-century collection of anecdotes about the Tang civil service examinations

Characters

to pick up; to gather

Examples

HSK 6

《唐摭言》记录了很多唐代科举的故事。

《 Táng zhíyán 》 jìlù le hěnduō Tángdài kējǔ de gùshi.

Tang Zhiyan records many stories about the Tang imperial examinations.

HSK 7-9

读《唐摭言》，可以了解唐代读书人怎样考进士。

Dú 《 Táng zhíyán 》, kěyǐ liǎojiě Tángdài dúshūrén zěnyàng kǎo jìnshì.

Reading Tang Zhiyan shows you how Tang scholars sat the jinshi examination.

Tips

history

Its author 王定保 passed the 进士 examination at the very end of the Tang and later served the Southern Han. Its 15 scrolls collect stories of candidates and examiners, their poems, their triumphs and their failures, and are a main source on how the Tang examinations worked.

culture

It is the earliest source cited for the idiom 脍炙人口: certain lines of verse, it says, were savoured by everyone like minced and roast meat.

Stroke Order

唐 Táng

摭 zhí

言 yán