Zhang Yanghao (張養浩 Zhāng Yǎnghào; 1270–1329), courtesy name Ximeng, was a writer from Shandong who lived during the Yuan Dynasty and authored prose, poems, as well as songs. He is particularly well known for his Sanqu poetry. Among his works is one of the most frequently anthologized poems of the "meditation on the past" (怀古 huáigǔ) genre, a song poem titled "Meditation on the Past at Tong Pass" (潼关怀古 Tóngguān Huáigǔ) and set to the tune of "Sheep on Mountain Slope" (山坡羊 Shānpō yáng). Besides his work as a writer, Zhang Yanghao also held high government posts and served at one time as head of the Ministry of Rites. His tomb is in Shandong, to the north of the city center of Jinan.

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張養浩（1270年 - 1329年），字希孟，號雲莊，謚號「文忠」，山東濟南人。元朝漢人。散曲作家，與張可久合為「二張」。

歷任縣尹、監察御史、禮部尚書。以直言敢諫為權貴所忌，免官；後複官至禮部尚書，參議中書省事。棄官隱居後，屢召不赴，因天曆二年關中大旱，複出出任陝西行台中丞，治旱救災，勞瘁而死。

其散曲多寫棄官後的田園隱居生活，有的流露出對官場的不滿。著名的一首《山坡羊.潼關懷古》但山坡羊有許多種版本，常為人引用：

峰巒如聚，波濤如怒，山河表里潼關路。望西都，意躊躇。傷心秦漢經行處，宮闕萬間都做了土。興，百姓苦！亡，百姓苦！

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