Zhang Zuyi (1849~ 1917) was a chinese poet. Because he lives in Wuxi, he is also known as Liangxi to sit and watch the elderly, a native of Tongcheng, Anhui.
He is a famous calligrapher, seal engraver and collector of gold stones in modern times.
Zhang Zuyi's hair year is the study of good seals, subordinates, and golden stones. Seal carvings, Shi Deng Shiru, Zong Shi Drum, Zhong Ding; Lifa Han Stele, Wei Jie, all from the Jijin Leshi of the Han and Wei Dynasties, belong to the typical epigraphical style. It can also be done, written in letters, and has both inscriptions. Its seal achievements should be higher than its grass. After middle age, on his elaborate seal works, there is sometimes a white text rectangular seal ruled by Deng Shiru: "Eight points and one word straight and one hundred gold", which should be a recognition of the value of his artworks in the market at that time. Xiling Printing Society Bai Tang Hou Shifang forehead on the book "Xiling Printing Society" four characters, for its book. Zhang Zuyi lived on the sea for a long time, and was also known as the four major calligraphers on the sea with Wu Changshuo, Gao Yongzhi and Wang Xun. He is the author of "Lei Yan Jinshi Trek Tail" and "Han Bei Fan" and so on. He was the first to propose the title of "Maritime Painting School". Occasionally written orchid bamboo, all have rhyme. The power is inflated enough, and it is known as the writer's pen also. Died at the age of sixty-nine. "Notes on Tao Yang Zhai, Guangyin Biography, Merlin on the Sea"
Zhang Zuyi was one of the first Qing Dynasty celebrities to go abroad to see the world. From 1883 (the ninth year of Guangxu) to 1884, he traveled to England for nearly a year, writing hundreds of poems about british politics, economy, folk sentiments, and customs that he saw and heard, and after returning to China, he collected them into books such as "London Bamboo Branches" and "London Customs" and published them; and looked at modern Britain from the perspective of Kong Meng's disciples, and wrote about the Thames River in the tone of "Yang Liu Qing Qing Jiang Level", making these works interesting and read by people.