Zang Tao 臧燾

Other names

Family

• Parent of Zang Tanzhi (臧潭之)
  great-grandfather 高祖 · paternal line · 2 generations
  Strongly inferred · Book of Liang 42, passages 4-5
• Sibling of Zang Xi (臧熹)
  elder brother 兄 · Full siblings
  younger brother 弟 · Full siblings
  Directly stated · Book of Song 55, passage 20
• Sibling of Empress Wu Jing (武敬皇后)
  elder brother 兄 · Full siblings
  younger sister 妹 · Full siblings
  Sources vary in certainty · Book of Song 55, passage 2
• Parent of Zang Sui (臧邃)
  father 父
  Directly stated · Book of Song 55, passage 83
• Parent of Daughter of Zang Dao (臧燾女)
  father 父
  Directly stated · Book of Song 55, passage 103
• Parent of Zang Chuo (臧綽)
  father 父
  Directly stated · Book of Song 55, passage 84
• Child of Father of Zang Dao (臧燾父)
  son 子
  Directly stated · Book of Song 55, passage 21
• Child of Mother of Zang Dao (臧燾母)
  son 子
  Directly stated · Book of Song 55, passage 20

Career and standing

• Grand Master of Splendid Happiness 光祿大夫
  AD 422 永初三年 · Appointed
  Directly stated · Book of Song 55, passage 80
• Palace Attendant 侍中
  AD 418 義熙十四年 · Appointed
  Directly stated · Book of Song 55, passage 76
• assistant instructor 助教
  Appointed
  Directly stated · Book of Song 55, passage 4
• magistrate of Linyi 臨沂令
  Appointed
  Directly stated · Book of Song 55, passage 22
• Minister of Ceremonies 太常
  Appointed
  Directly stated · Book of Song 55, passage 78
• Left Glorious Grand Master 左光祿大夫
  Held
  Directly stated · Book of Liang 42, passage 4

Places and affiliations

• Polity Id liu-song · Relation Served
  Directly stated · Book of Liang 42, passage 4; Book of Song 55, passage 78
• Polity Id liu-song · Relation Served
  Strongly inferred · Book of Song 71, passage 218
• At Ju in Dongguan 東莞莒
  Directly stated · Book of Song 55, passage 2

Works and attributed material

• Memorial · Author
  Directly stated · Book of Song 55, passages 6-17, 34-72

Events and relationships

• Argued against pairing Empress Dowager Xuan with Zhongzong
  Ritual debate · Proposer
  Directly stated · Book of Song 55, passages 6, 18
• Proposed burying tablets of four ancestral lords
  Ritual debate · Proposer
  Directly stated · Book of Song 55, passages 34, 73

Assessments and attributes

• Assessment devoted to the sages; renown fitting · Mode historian-judgment
  Directly stated · Book of Song 55, passage 222
• Assessment moral bearing praised in home district · Mode historian-judgment
  Directly stated · Book of Song 55, passage 3
• Assessment renowned for emaciation from mourning grief · Mode historian-judgment
  Directly stated · Book of Song 55, passage 21
• foot ailment
  Illness
  Directly stated · Book of Song 55, passage 77

Source notes

• Historicity historical
  Directly stated · Book of Song 71, passage 218