Zhang (1811-kloc-0/897) was born in Nanpi County, Zhili (now Hebei). The champion of the Qing Dynasty, the official to the Prince Taibao, and the University of Dongting. Poetry, good at painting and calligraphy. Together with Xu Pengshou, he compiled Zhi Ping Bao Jian. Zhang Zhidong, a famous Westernization Minister in the late Qing Dynasty, was his subordinate brother.
Look at the calligraphy of the top scholar in Qing dynasty, and you will know why the ancients wrote so well.