An organic electroluminescent device and a display are disclosed which have high luminous efficiency and long life. This organic electroluminescent device is characterized by comprising composition layers between a pair of electrodes which composition layers include at least a phosphorescent light-emitting layer and at least one layer of which composition layers contains a compound represented by the following general formula (1): (wherein Z1 represents an aromatic heterocyclic ring which may have a substituent; Z2 represents an aromatic heterocyclic ring or an aromatic hydrocarbon ring which may have a substituent; Z3 represents a divalent linking group or just a bonding hand; and R101 represents a hydrogen atom or a substituent).
