“九华四俊”考

晚唐时期，在宣州和池州出现了众多文人，人们称呼其中的张乔、许棠、张螭和周繇为“九华四俊”，他们又与其他士人一起被称为“成通十哲”，在唐代皖籍作家中创作成就最为突出。但这个称呼并不见于唐人的记载，其得名的原因和时间经过初步分析可知，主要是因为他们同一年参加京兆府试并且同时获得举荐，又都来自宣、歙、池地区而闻名当时。

An Examination intoFour Talents of Jiuhua

Duringthe Late Tang Dynasty,there appeared in Xuanzhou and Chizhou many native writers including Zhang Qiao,Xu Tang,Zhang Bin and Zhou You,who were called Four Talents of Jiu Huaor Ten Poets of Xiantong Erawith other six writers.Although they made the most outstanding achievements among the writers of Anhui Province in Tang Dynasty,these titles are not found in the records at that time.The paper holds that they got the title of Four Talents of Jiuhuafor the reason that they participated in the imperial exam...