张继

張繼

Zhāng Jì

proper noun

Meanings

1 Zhang Ji (8th century), Tang poet, author of Night Mooring at Maple Bridge

Characters

to continue; to succeed

Examples

HSK 5

张继最有名的诗是《枫桥夜泊》。

Zhāng Jì zuì yǒumíng de shī shì 《 Fēngqiáo yèbó 》.

Zhang Ji's most famous poem is Night Mooring at Maple Bridge.

HSK 6

因为张继的一首诗，苏州的寒山寺从此出名了。

Yīnwèi Zhāng Jì de yì shǒu shī, Sūzhōu de Hánshān Sì cóngcǐ chūmíng le.

Thanks to a poem by Zhang Ji, Hanshan Temple in Suzhou became famous.

Tips

culture

The poem ends 姑苏城外寒山寺，夜半钟声到客船, 'beyond the walls of Suzhou, Hanshan Temple; at midnight its bell reaches the traveller's boat'. The temple still rings its bell at midnight on New Year's Eve, and the poem is so well known in Japan that many visitors come from there to hear it.

mistakes

Not to be confused with 张籍, a mid-Tang poet whose name differs only in tone.

Stroke Order

张 zhāng

继 jì