韩愈的《张中丞传后叙》作于唐宪宗元和二年(807年)。这时距离安史之乱已经有四十多年,唐王朝在医治安史之乱造成的创伤,恢复生产,稳定社会秩序等方面都初见成效。韩愈希望改革政治,重整盛唐大一统的繁盛局面,强烈反对藩镇割据,所以他作《张中丞传后叙》歌颂抗击藩镇作乱的英雄人物,是毫不奇怪的。至于他写这篇文章的直接原因,文章开头一段作了交代—— Han Yu’s “Zhang Zhong Cheng Biography” for the Tang Xianzong Yuan and two years (807). At this time, since the Anhsang rebellion had been going on for more than four decades, the Tang Dynasty achieved initial success in healing the trauma caused by the Anhsan peace, restoring production and stabilizing social order. Han Yu hopes to reform politics and reorganize the prosperous situation of unification in the prosperous Tang Dynasty. He strongly opposes the separatism between the provinces and the military. Therefore, it is not surprising that he made a commendation of heroic figures fighting against the armed forces in the warring states and tribes. As for the direct reason why he wrote this article, the article at the beginning made an account -