南唐状元张确籍贯仕历考

A Study on the Native Place and Official Career of Zhang Que, a Number One Scholar in the Nan Tang Dynasty

张确,福建沙县崇信乡德星里(今沙县高桥镇高桥村)人。自小才艺出众,词学蜚声乡里。南唐后主末年二月,高中状元。正逢村里建桥,乡亲因张确高第而取“高”为桥名和村名。张确夺魁后,授职文林郎,守秘书省校书郎。宋绍定年间,知南剑州兼招捕使陈韦华 发布文告,将张确所在乡崇信乡改为翔鸾乡,德星里改为化龙里,本户徭差并与蠲免。

Zhang Que, born in Dexingli, Congxing town, Shaxian county (now called as Gaoqiao village, Gaoqiao town, Shaxian county), was very brilliant and renowned for his ci (a Chinese poetic genre) in his hometown. He became the Number One Scholar in the Imperial Examination in February at the end of the Nan tang Dynasty. At that time a bridge was to be built in the village, so GAO (meaning taking the first place in the exam) was used as the name of the bridge and the village for Zhangque’s success in the examination. After his success, he was appointed as Wenlinglang and also Jiaoshulang in the secretariat department. In the period of Shaoding of the Song Dynasty, Chenwei, the top official and Chaopushi of Nanjian, issued an order to change Chongxing town and Dexingli, the native place of Zhangque, into Xianglan town and Hualongli, and exempted the forced labor there.