Zhang Jian was solemn and eager to learn since he was a child, and his personality was frank and sincere, which was different from others. Educated by his mother and brother Zhang Zai, he stood up and stood on his own feet. At the age of 20, he was chosen as a sage in the countryside. At the age of 24, he was admitted as a scholar in one fell swoop and was appointed as the main book of Gan County (Gan Township, Lingbao County, Henan Province) (the second official from the left was in charge of household registration documents). Soon, he was transferred to the county magistrate of Purun in Fengxiang (now at the junction of Fengxiang and Linyou in Shaanxi), to the county magistrate of Yunshi in Shaanxi (now Lingbao in Henan), to Jintang County in Huai 'an, and to Quzhou (now Quxian in Sichuan) for less than two years, and then to pucheng county in Shaanxi (now Pucheng in Shaanxi). In the first year of Xining (1060), he was transferred to Dr. Taichang (protocol officer of the Central Research Institute). In the second year of Xining, he was called to supervise the country. In the third year of Xining (1070), there was a fierce conflict with Wang Anshi on political reform, which offended Wang Anshi. First demoted to Jiangling Public Security County (now Jiangling, Hubei Province), and later demoted to Xiaxian as a transit ambassador (now an official in charge of finance in Xiaxian County, Henan Province). In the ninth year (1076), Xining Spring was demoted to Fengxiang House (now Sizhu Town) in March of the same year.
Zhang Jian's life experience is similar to that of his brother Zhang Zai. As a teenager, he was educated by his mother and brother Zhang Zai, so he was deeply influenced by Zhang Zai. When Zhang Jian was a county magistrate in marble, he was particularly concerned about the sufferings of the people. When he visited the local civilian workers to apportion logging, the people were deeply dissatisfied. He directly asked the county magistrate to pay wages to migrant workers piece by piece, and proposed that migrant workers be rotated. The county magistrate and the logging commander ignored him. He directly hit the court official, so the matter was finally solved. Especially when he was a county magistrate in Pucheng, as soon as he took office, he heard that Pucheng people often broke the law and were not afraid of making trouble. So thieves are everywhere, and lawsuits are constant. The former county magistrate ruled the country according to law, but the number of cases increased. Later, he used reason to promote mediation, did not pursue those who broke the law and immediately corrected them, and often told people not to break the law. Every month, he prepared food and wine with his own money, entertained villagers and elders in the county court, personally persuaded them to reward them, and let them take the lead in educating their children to do a good job of respecting the elderly, and began his part-time lecturer career. In less than a year, lawsuits were greatly reduced and thieves disappeared. When he was demoted from Imperial imperial academy to Xia County as a transshipment ambassador, he also put science education in the first place and never forgot to give lectures and educate people. Complainants often kowtow and regret themselves, and social security has obviously improved. People all know his name. Even the people who made the county magistrate of marble in the early years knew that he was demoted to Xiaxian as an envoy because of the fierce conflict between the political reform and Wang Anshi, so he sent a prestigious squire to the court and invited Zhang Jian to take a bus back to marble as a county magistrate, but it was never approved. Lu Dalin praised Zhang Jian's behavior: "My citizen Zhang Jun is still in the old rule, and the emissary is happy to listen to his words. Speaking of North Korea, he has come from the people, who have some hope for the lawsuit. I only know that people in my city don't like litigation and have cried. " Because Zhang Jian understood the sufferings of the people, set up schools and gave lectures in person, he was deeply loved by the people when he was an official in the local area.
Zhang Jian opposed Wang Anshi's reform. During his tenure as a supervisor, he wrote a letter against Wang Anshi's political reform. In the third year of Xining (1070), Wang Anshi decided whether the wheat seedling method could be implemented. Old Party members headed by Sima Guang knew that Song Shenzong would continue to employ Wang Anshi and were prepared to compromise temporarily. However, due to Zhang Jian's integrity and fierce words, the old and new parties broke up in discord. According to Sima Guang's "Wen Gong Tu Lu", "Zhang Jianlei wrote to the Department of Laws and Regulations, and (Wang Anshi) covered his face with a fan because of the great event in Chen Qi in the book." Zhang Jian laughed at his participation in politics (Wang Anshi) and what he did in politics! Who is the only one who laughs, and no one in the world laughs? Uncle Hui (Chen Shengzhi) explained: "The procuratorate does not need it." Gu Gu said, "Only" xianggong "is innocent? When you leave home, Taiwan Province will not be punished. " These words mean that Zhang Jian wrote to Song Shenzong many times, demanding the cancellation of Wang Anshi's political reform regulations, and Song Shenzong granted the throne to Zhongshu Province for handling. When Wang Anshi knew this, he smiled and hid his face at a fan party. Zhang Jian knew it was a smile and said, Wang Anshi laughed at me, and I laughed at you, including everyone laughing at you. (Prime Minister) Why is Chen Shengzhi of China Province so angry when he advised Zhang Chayuan? Zhang Jian replied: "Are you the only one who has no fault with Chen Shengzhi? (The secret machine satirizes Chen Shengzhi). After returning home, I will not go to court, waiting for Wang Anshi and Chen Shengzhi. This incident intensified and eventually became the fuse of open confrontation between the old and new parties. It can be seen that the situation at that time was very complicated.
Zhang Jian and Zhang Zai basically hold the same attitude on political views. They all follow the example of three generations (Xia, Shang and Zhou) to govern the country, implement education and pay attention to the research and implementation of etiquette. It was called fairy at that time. After the brother-in-law died, the children were still young, and Zhang Jian managed the housework for them and brought them with him. When an old friend died and there was no money for burial, Zhang Jian was fidgeting, so he informed his friends to raise money together and bury him with etiquette. Zhang Zai often said to people, "My brother is not as good as me. He is not proud, but brave and unyielding. Among Confucius, he should be one after another with Xia Zi (a high-legged disciple of Confucius), and he taught late. My brother is omnipotent. " Zhang Jian was successively demoted for opposing Wang Anshi's political reform, and was finally demoted as Zhou's bamboo supervisor. Besides, he is full of worries and lofty aspirations, which cannot be realized. Finally, he died of a sudden illness at the age of 47. He was buried on his father's right after his death. His brother Zhang Zai was very sad. He wrote an epitaph for his brother and said, "I'm sorry for my brother. From time to time, I'm scared!" " Dr. Zhang Tianqi, the doctor of Song Taichang, was born in March of the ninth year in Xining. The more the month passed, the more she refused to apply the next day, and she was returned to Dr. Dazhen Society. His brother is not allowed to be buried, and his hands are thin and he laments twelve. Each of them puts a stone in his mouth to show that future generations know virtue ... "It can be seen that their brotherly love is profound. Zhang Jian's main works include Selected Works and three volumes, all of which have been divided into volumes.