Huang Xianzhang

Huang Xianzhang (; 1744–1817), courtesy name Dawen (traditional: 達文) and art name Pu Tingweng (traditional: 樸亭翁), was a native of Xinhui County, Guangdong Province. He was a politician of the Qing Dynasty, a fellow Jinshi, and a professor of Chaozhou Prefecture.

Biography Imperial Examination In the fifty-third year of Emperor Qianlong's reign (1788), he passed in the provincial examination ranked 50th of Guangzhou Prefecture. On the 4th lunar month 25th day, in the first year of Emperor Jiaqing's reign (1796), he passed the imperial examination ranked 79th in the third class of Jinshi. On the 5th lunar month 3rd day, he was ordered to the imperial examination for conferment.

Politician He initiated into the scholar-official class to serve in the Hanlin Academy and with the Ministry of Personnel as a county magistrate. In the fifth year of Emperor Jiaqing's reign (1800), he was appointed as professor at Chaozhou Prefecture, succeeding Yao Zhang (from Pingyuan). In the eighteenth year of Emperor Jiaqing's reign (1813), he retired from the long posting and returned to his hometown, and was succeeded by Cai Xueyuan (from Xin'an).

Literary works He has a poem in the collection of Xu GangZhou Yi Gao《续冈州遗稿》 at Harvard-Yenching Library, Harvard University. The proses were written in the Tong Nian Yun style (同年韵) of Chinese literature that involves matching rhyming words of every line

Calligraphy At least 2 of his historical calligraphy work are displayed biange (匾額) on the heritage buildings at Longtou (traditional: 塱头村) village, Huadu District, Guangzhou. This is a cultural heritage protected site designated by the Guangdong Province. It is one of best conservation work to a historical village in Guangzhou and Foshan area. In 2014, it is designated as China national traditional village.