Huang Xianzhang (; 1744–1817), courtesy name Dawen (traditional: 達文) and art name Pu Tingweng (traditional: 樸亭翁), was a native of Xinhui County, Guangdong Province. He was a politician of the Qing Dynasty, a fellow Jinshi, and a professor of Chaozhou Prefecture.
Biography Imperial Examination In the fifty-third year of Emperor Qianlong's reign (1788), he passed in the provincial examination ranked 50th of Guangzhou Prefecture. On the 4th lunar month 25th day, in the first year of Emperor Jiaqing's reign (1796), he passed the imperial examination ranked 79th in the third class of Jinshi.《明清進士题名碑録》上海古籍出版社出版 On the 5th lunar month 3rd day, he was ordered to the imperial examination for conferment.《清實録嘉慶朝实録》
Politician He initiated into the scholar-official class to serve in the Hanlin Academy《新會景堂圖書館藏新會杜阮》《黄氏族譜》民国八年 and with the Ministry of Personnel as a county magistrate.廣東省文物保護單位:塱頭村古建筑群（留耕公祠）第八批:2015年12月10日公布 In the fifth year of Emperor Jiaqing's reign (1800), he was appointed as professor at Chaozhou Prefecture, succeeding Yao Zhang (from Pingyuan). In the eighteenth year of Emperor Jiaqing's reign (1813), he retired from the long posting and returned to his hometown, and was succeeded by Cai Xueyuan (from Xin'an).《廣東通誌 卷五十 職官表四十一/五》/道光《廣東通誌卷五十職官表四十一》
Literary works He has a poem in the collection of Xu GangZhou Yi Gao《续冈州遗稿》《秀水山房集》《續岡州遺稿》[廣州] 正文堂, 道光壬寅 (1842年) at Harvard-Yenching Library, Harvard University. The proses were written in the Tong Nian Yun style (同年韵) of Chinese literature that involves matching rhyming words of every line
Calligraphy At least 2 of his historical calligraphy work are displayed biange (匾額) on the heritage buildings at Longtou (traditional: 塱头村) village, Huadu District, Guangzhou. This is a cultural heritage protected site designated by the Guangdong Province.广东省文物保护单位和第八批(2015年) It is one of best conservation work to a historical village in Guangzhou and Foshan area. In 2014, it is designated as China national traditional village.
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