Zhang Ao 張敖

Family

• Spouse of Princess Luyuan (魯元公主)
  queen 后 · BC 202 漢五年
  Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 89, passage 206
• Ancestor of Zhang Qingji (張慶忌)
  great-great-grandson 玄孫 · 4 generations
  Directly stated · Book of Han 41, passage 232
• Kin of Emperor Gaozu (高祖)
  son-in-law 子婿 · Through Princess Luyuan (魯元公主)
  Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 89, passage 207
• Child of Zhang Er (張耳)
  son 子
  father 父
  son 子 · paternal line
  Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 48, passage 75; Book of Han 51, passage 13; Records of the Grand Historian 89, passages 86, 205; Book of Han 41, passage 52
• Spouse of Former wife of Zhang Ao (張敖前婦)
  former wife 前婦 · Ended
  Directly stated · Book of Han 41, passage 224
• Spouse of Princess Luyuan (魯元公主)
  married (a princess) 尚 · Marriage
  Princess Luyuan (married) 尚魯元公主 · Marriage
  Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 89, passage 263
• Spouse of Princess Lu Yuan (魯元公主)
  queen 王后
  Directly stated · Book of Han 41, passage 219
• Parent of Zhang Chi (侈)
  son by another consort 他姬子 · paternal line
  son by another consort 他姬子
  Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 89, passage 269
• Parent of Zhang Shou (壽)
  son by another consort 他姬子 · paternal line
  son by another consort 他姬子
  Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 89, passage 269
• Parent of Zhang Yan (張偃)
  son 子 · paternal line
  son 子
  Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 89, passage 267; Book of Han 41, passage 223
• Parent of Zhang Chi (張侈)
  son 子
  Directly stated · Book of Han 41, passage 224
• Parent of Zhang Shou (張壽)
  son 子
  Directly stated · Book of Han 41, passage 224

• Kinship Role other consorts · Quantity unspecified
  Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 89, passage 269

Career and standing

• King of Zhao 趙王
  Held
  Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 104, passage 5
• Lord of Chengdu 成都君
  Enfeoffed · Authority Chen She (陳涉)
  Dated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 48, passages 7, 75
• Marquis of Xuanping 宣平侯
  BC 198 張敖已出 · Enfeoffed
  Dated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 89, passage 263
• Lord of Chengdu 成都君
  BC 209 陳王起蘄，至陳而王 · Enfeoffed
  Dated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 89, passage 86
• Lord of Chengdu 成都君
  Enfeoffed
  Directly stated · Book of Han 41, passage 52
• Marquis of Xuanping 宣平侯
  Enfeoffed
  Directly stated · Book of Han 41, passage 209

Places and affiliations

• BC 202 漢五年
  Polity Zhao 趙 · Relation Ruled
  Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 89, passage 205
• Polity Chu 楚 · Relation Enfeoffed by
  Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 89, passage 86
• Polity Han 漢 · Relation Served
  Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 89, passage 263
• Polity Zhao 趙 · Relation Served
  Strongly inferred · Records of the Grand Historian 89, passage 153
• BC 200 漢七年
  At Zhao 趙 · Relation Ruled from
  Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 89, passage 207
• BC 198 漢九年
  At Chang'an 長安 · Relation Taken as prisoner to
  Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 89, passage 231

Works and attributed material

• Speech · Speaker · Direct quotation · With Guan Gao (貫高)
  Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 89, passages 213-215
• Speech · Speaker · With Guan Gao (貫高)
  Directly stated · Book of Han 41, passages 169-171
• Speech · Speaker
  Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 104, passages 9-11

Events and relationships

• Bit finger and forbade the plot
  BC 200 漢七年 · Personal · Refuser
  Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 89, passages 213, 215
• Gathered over ten thousand Dai troops and encamped beside Chen Yu without attacking Qin
  Military · Commander · With Chen Yu (陳餘)
  Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 89, passage 153
• Released from custody
  BC 198 張敖已出 · Legal · Beneficiary
  Dated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 89, passages 252, 258, 263
• Retainers who followed him into the Pass as collared slaves later became feudal chancellors or commandery governors
  Political · Patron
  Dated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 89, passage 264
• Served Gaozu with son in law etiquette
  BC 200 漢七年 · Ritual · Host · With Emperor Gaozu (高祖)
  Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 89, passage 207
• Succeeded as King of Zhao
  BC 202 漢五年 · Political · Successor · With Zhang Er (張耳)
  Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 89, passage 205

Assessments and attributes

• Assessment man of integrity who will not betray a debt of gratitude · Mode quoted-speech Speaker Guan Gao (貫高)
  Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 89, passage 217
• Assessment weak king · Mode quoted-speech Speaker Guan Gao (貫高)
  Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 89, passage 210

Source notes

• Historicity historical
  Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 89, passages 86, 263
• had no part in the assassination plot
  Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 89, passages 229, 235, 249