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Zhu Qingyu (dates of birth and death unknown), a Tang poet called Kejiu who mostly used the courtesy name Qingyu, was born in Yuezhou (present-day Shaoxing, Zhejiang). During the Changqing reign of Emperor Muzong (821‒24) he went to the capital to take civil service examinations. Prior to the examinations, he visited Zhang Ji, the well-known and respected vice director of the Bureau of Waterways and Irrigation. This was an action often taken by the candidates to gain attention and recognition. In the second year (826) of the Baoli reign ...