张彦远大约活动于公元9世纪第二个十年至唐僖宗乾符三年(876)之后。这个时期,社会习尚发生了变革①。张彦远因家族变故、个人遭际,对西京长安产生了复杂的情感,依恋、鄙夷、挚爱都流露于他的笔端。张彦远究竟生于长安,还是东都洛阳,抑或祖辈行次之所,尚难考订。他的童年经历了从钟鸣鼎食到门庭冷落的戏剧性变化②。从大中(847-859)初年至 Zhang Yan Yuan about activities in the second decade of the ninth century AD to Tang Su Zhong Su Fu three years (876) later. During this period, social habits changed. Zhang Yan far because of family misconduct, personal interpersonal, Xijing Beijing Changan had a complex emotion, attachment, contempt, love are revealed in his writing. Zhang Yan Yuan was born in Chang’an, or the East Luoyang, or the ancestral expedition, it is difficult to test set. His childhood has gone through dramatic changes from Zhongming Ding to the deserted. From medium to large (847-859) to the beginning of the year