1April 898 12 (March 22nd), Kang Youwei and others organized a national congress in Beijing with the aim of "protecting the country, species and education", and Zhang participated in the preparation; , Kang, Liang Qichao, etc. 13 jointly published the influential "Rejecting the German Occupation of Jiaozhou Bay" at that time. Soon, Zhang returned to Shaanxi with Kang Youwei's Letter to Liu Jiayu and his works, A Test of New Learning and Pseudo-Classics and a Test of Confucius System Reform.
On the sixth day of August (2 1 September), Empress Dowager Cixi lectured again, and the "Hundred Days Reform" failed. In the winter of the same year, Liu Guyu was removed from the post of dean of Wei-Jin Academy and Shi Chong Academy and returned to his hometown of Xianyang. Zhang accompanied Wu, and. The following year, Zhang returned to Fuping.
In the twenty-seventh year of Guangxu (190 1), he moved to Xi 'an in the spring to do textual research on ancient classics and historical documents. I went to Beijing the following year and soon became a copywriter (secretary) in Qingyuan County (now Qingxu), Shanxi Province. Later, she resigned because her mother was ill and returned to Fuping.
In the spring of Guangxu 30th year (1904), Liu Guyu's coffin was transported from Gansu to his hometown in Xianyang for burial, and Zhang went to Xianyang to attend the funeral. In the same year, Wenwangmiao Primary School was founded in Dongzhuang, Fuping, his hometown, and he was hired to give lectures at Lintong Hengqu Academy. During this period, Zhang not only wrote two manuscripts, namely, Research on Ancient Culture in China, Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism, and Changes of Song and Yuan Schools, but also abridged and compiled them according to Adam Smith, an outstanding representative of British bourgeois classical political economy translated by Yan Fu. In the thirty-third year of Guangxu (1907), the abridged version of Yuan Fu was published, which created the northwest in the late Qing Dynasty.
In the thirty-fourth year of Guangxu (1908), Zhang Xian later served as the acting magistrate of Changzhi County, Shanxi Province, the general manager of Shanxi University and the secretary general of China Bank.
1965438+Resigned in the spring of 2004 and returned to Shaanxi from Beijing. In June, he served as secretary of Shaanxi Military Supervision Office, and in September, he served as director of Shaanxi Institute of Official Administration. 19 16 years as editor of Shaanxi tongzhi bureau, hired to supervise the restoration of xi' an forest of steles. During this period, he wrote "Pan Inscription", "Jin Zan" and other works.
192 1 autumn, he went to Shanghai to call on his teacher Kang Youwei, and introduced the situation of Hu Jingyi, a famous revolutionary of 1911 in Shaanxi.
From June 65438 to1October 65438 in 0923 to June 65438 in 09241early October, Liu Zhenhua, the governor of Shaanxi, invited Kang Youwei to give lectures in Shaanxi on the recommendation of Wu. During Kang's lecture tour in Shaanxi, Zhang was one of the main entourage and served as an interpreter. Together with another student of Kang, he compiled Kang's speeches, which were later compiled into Mr. Kang Nanhai's Collection of Chang 'an Speeches and published. To thank Zhang for his warm reception, Kang Youwei made a special trip to Wenwangmiao Primary School, which he founded in Fuping, and presented a poem: "Sun Yang became famous as a hero in Guanzhong. Wenchang Jiuqu helped Wanzhai, and Lin Ting was Fuping. " Kang also wrote "thousands of books" and other plaques for Fuping Library. Kang Youwei caused a sensation of "stealing classics" because of the change of classics, and Zhang was also implicated. The Shaanxi Provincial Cultural Relics Protection Association organized by Yang Gao dismissed it as "persuading monks to change their classics". In fact, Zhang Peng was not involved.
1926, Liu Zhenhua led the town of Song Jun to besiege Anshi. The food in the city was extremely difficult, and many people starved to death. Zhang and his relatives have more than 20 people living in Ann, and their life is very difficult. A few months later, Zhang's illness worsened, and his second son Tong Chang and his third son Ji Chang were escorted out of the city late at night and returned to Fuping countryside to recuperate.
1May, 927, with an archaeologist Xu in Baoji.
1930 10 Yang Hucheng presided over the Shaanxi government and hired Zhang as an adviser to the provincial government.
From 65438 to 0934, the National Beiping Research Institute and the Shaanxi Provincial Government jointly established the Shaanxi Archaeological Society, with Zhang as the chairman of the Archaeological Committee. From 1926 to 1936, 10, he wrote an examination of Japanese going back and forth to Chang 'an in the Tang Dynasty, a chronicle of Taishigong, the Book of Rites, the Book of Songs, the History Book, an examination of the mother river and a question and answer on the deeds of Confucius and Liu Guyu.
1June, 937, Northwest Society of History and Geography was established, and Zhang Dang was elected as the chairman. At the same time, the Anbeilin Custody Committee was established, with Zhang as the director.
After the "September 18th Incident", Yu Youren was afraid that the remains of Xiping Shijing, a rare treasure Cai Yong bought at a high price a few years ago, would not be safe in Shanghai, so he tried his best to transport it back to Xi 'an. According to Yu Youren's instructions, the chairman of the provincial government entrusted Zhang with safekeeping. Zhang attached great importance to this and specially kept this stone in his own office of the Archaeological Society. 1938 During the spring and summer, the Japanese invaders occupied most of Shanxi's territory and bombed xi 'an several times, preparing to attack Shaanxi. Fearless in times of crisis, Zhang, regardless of his age and infirmity, first drew up a protection plan for the cultural relics and treasures of the forest of steles. However, during the discussion of the Preservation Committee, it is difficult to make a final decision because of different views and fierce debates. At this time, Yu Youren visited Ann, highly praised Zhang's patriotic spirit and tireless action, clearly instructed that it should be carried out as planned, and asked to listen to Zhang's words when burying stone tablets and cultural relics. Yu solemnly emphasized: "During the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression period, I hope that you will adhere to unity and not think about self-interest, then Shaanxi is lucky and the nation is lucky!" Later, under the organization of Zhang, Zhou Bomin, Cao Zhongqian, Weng and others, together with the hired workers, a large number of precious stone tablets donated by Yu Youren to the Temple Forest were taken out and buried in sacks; Other stone monuments are also properly protected with brick and mud seals. For more than a month, Zhang often went to the cemetery to check the instructions, and finally preserved these national treasures during the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression period. What is particularly commendable is that during the months of 1939 and 10, Zhang personally escorted the remains of Xiping Stone Classic to his home in Fuping Southeast Fort and hid them in a dry well in the backyard, strictly keeping family secrets. Until his death, he told his eldest son, Zhang Bingchang, to take good care of it for Yu Youren in the future. After Zhang's death, the stone was turned over several times, but it was well protected. After the establishment of People's Republic of China (PRC), it was moved back to Xi 'an Beilin Museum for collection.
From 65438 to 0939, Zhang was elected as a senator of Shaanxi Provisional Senate and was the convener of the third appraisal committee. During his tenure, he put forward the proposal of harnessing rivers in Luochuan, Yijun and Fuping counties and building irrigation farmland; He was also invited to give lectures to teachers and civil servants who participated in the training in various counties.
1943 65438+1October 16 died in Fuping's hometown.