Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v2.c11.s2.t5.1

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Nan Zhuo (9th century CE), also called Zhaosi, he is a scholar of the Tang Dynasty. He was born in the time of Emperor Xuanzong of Tang (dominated in 846-858 CE), and served as Shiyi, Luoyangling, Ombudsman of the south Guizhou province successively. When he was in Luoyang, he used to be in contact with Bai Juyi (772-846 CE) and Liu Yuxi (772-842 CE) to discuss regarding Kakko, the national instrument of the Western Regions of China. He was perfect in poems, music and wrote books - *Kakko Records*, *Guidance of Tang Dynasty*, *Calendar Era Records of Tang Dynasty*, *Argument of History* and *Nan Zhuo’s Essays*, among which *Kakko Records* contained the important documents for studying the Tang music, court life and social morality.