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Chinese emperor Qianlong.
The Qianlong emperor demonstrated his patronage of the arts by protecting the calligrapher Zhang Zhao. In 1736, while Zhang Zhao was imprisoned and awaiting execution, the emperor granted him a reprieve and subsequently entrusted him with important official functions.1