Qin and Han · Han administrator and son of Zhang Tang

Zhang Ang 張卬

Attested c. BC 120

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Zhang Ang was a Han administrator and son of Zhang Tang.

Life and dates

Attested activity

c. BC 120 拜湯子卬為漢中守
Strongly inferred · Book of Han 38, passage 61

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Child of Zhang Tang (張湯)
son 子
Directly stated · Book of Han 38, passage 61

Career and standing

Administrator of Hanzhong 漢中守
Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Han 38, passage 61

Places and affiliations

Polity Han 漢 · Relation Served
Strongly inferred · Book of Han 38, passage 61

Events and relationships

Directed the construction of more than five hundred li of the Baoxie road
Public works · Administrator
Directly stated · Book of Han 38, passages 61-62

References in the histories

Book of Han, Chapter 38Volume 29: Treatise on Rivers and Canals · 1 passage

拜湯子卬為漢中守，發數萬人作褒斜道五百餘里。 He appointed Zhang Tang's son Ang as Hanzhong governor and mobilized tens of thousands to open more than 500 li of road through Baoxie.