Zhang Cang 張蒼

Other names

Family

• Ancestor of Lei (類)
  grandson 孫 · paternal line · 2 generations · Through Marquis Kang (康侯)
  Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 96, passage 116
• Child of Father of Zhang Cang (張蒼父)
  father 父
  Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 96, passage 114
• Child of Father of Zhang Cang (張蒼父)
  father 父
  Directly stated · Book of Han 51, passage 98
• Parent of Son of Zhang Cang (張蒼子)
  son 子
  Directly stated · Book of Han 51, passage 98
• Parent of Marquis Kang (康侯)
  son 子
  Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 96, passage 112

• Kinship Role wives and concubines · Count 100 · 以百數
  Directly stated · Book of Han 51, passage 100
• wives and concubines 妻妾
  Kinship Role wives and concubines · Quantity hundreds
  Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 96, passage 118

Career and standing

• defense against northern border raids 備邊寇
  Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 96, passage 11
• official in charge of documents beneath the pillar 主柱下方書
  Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 96, passage 3
• student of pitch-pipes and calendar 律歷
  Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 26, passage 46
• Censor Grand Master 御史大夫
  BC 180 以淮南相張蒼為御史大夫 · Appointed
  Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 96, passage 90
• imperial counsellor 御史大夫
  BC 180 十四年 · Appointed
  Directly stated · Book of Han 51, passage 19
• Chancellor 丞相
  BC 176 四年...張蒼為丞相 · Appointed
  Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 96, passage 92

Places and affiliations

• Polity Han · Relation Served
  Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 26, passage 42
• Polity Han 漢 · Relation Served
  Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 96, passages 5, 9, 16, 90, 92, 105, 110, 163; History of Song 410, passage 184
• Polity Qin 秦 · Relation Served
  Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 96, passage 3
• At Yangwu 陽武
  Directly stated · Book of Han 51, passage 1; Records of the Grand Historian 96, passage 1
• At Huainan 淮南 · Relation Posted to
  Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 96, passage 90
• At Prime Minister's office 相府 · Relation Posted to
  Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 96, passage 19

Learning and skills

• Belief Han corresponds to Water among the Five Phases 漢當水德 · Relation Advocated
  Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 96, passage 96
• Skill legal codes and calendrical science 律歷 · Level especially-accomplished
  Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 96, passage 100
• Skill written records, legal codes, and calendrical calculations 書律歷 · Level passion
  Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 96, passage 2
• Skill texts, law, and calendrics 文學律歷 · Level renowned
  Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 96, passage 163
• Skill calendar 歷 · Level skilled
  Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 26, passage 42
• Skill mathematics, legal codes, and calendrical science 算律歷 · Level skilled
  Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 96, passage 19

Works and attributed material

• eighteen treatises on yin-yang, law, and the calendar 書十八篇
  Relation Author
  Directly stated · Book of Han 51, passage 102
• intended calendrical treatise 論著
  Relation Planned author · Negated true · desired writings not completed
  Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 26, passage 47
• Han legal codes and calendar 律歷
  Relation Authoritative foundation
  Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 96, passage 99
• Joint memorial · Co author · Direct quotation · Addressed to Emperor Wen of Han (漢文帝) · Topic replacement penalties and staged penal service
  Directly stated · Book of Han 25, passages 162-176

Events and relationships

• Accompanied
  Military · Officer · With Marquis of Huaiyin (淮陰侯) · At Zhao 趙
  Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 96, passage 10
• Advanced west
  Military · Follower · At Wuguan Pass 武關
  Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 96, passage 7
• Appointed palace guard
  Appointment · Patron
  Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 96, passage 109
• Attacked
  Military · Participant · At Nanyang 南陽
  Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 96, passage 5
• Campaigned against
  BC 201 六年中 · Military · Dai chancellor · With Zang Tu (臧荼)
  Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 96, passage 16
• Captured Chen Yu
  Military · Captor · With Chen Yu (陳餘)
  Directly stated · Book of Han 51, passage 10

Assessments and attributes

• Assessment a fine specimen of a man; a beautiful gentleman · Mode named-person-judgment Source Person Id Wang Ling (王陵)
  Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 96, passage 6
• Assessment authority on Han law and calendar · Mode historian-judgment
  Directly stated · Book of Han 51, passages 94, 140
• Assessment famous Han chancellor who continued using the Qin Zhuanxu calendar · Mode historian-judgment Speaker Grand Historian (太史公)
  Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 96, passage 163
• Assessment lover of learning who examined and understood everything, especially laws and calendars · Mode historian-judgment
  Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 96, passage 100
• lost all teeth in old age; lived on milk with wet nurses
  Physical description
  Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 96, passage 117
• over eight chi tall; toothless in old age, lived on milk
  Physical description
  Directly stated · Book of Han 51, passages 98-99

Source notes

• Historicity historical
  Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 96, passages 1, 90, 101
• Value historical
  Directly stated · History of Song 410, passage 184
• Continued to honor black as the ceremonial color
  Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 96, passage 96
• Preserved the Qin practice of beginning the year in the tenth month because Gaozu first arrived at Bashang in the tenth month
  Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 96, passage 95
• would not again favor wives or concubines who had become pregnant
  Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 96, passage 118