Qin and Han · Official

Zhang Chang 張敞

Attested BC 61

Passages: 8
Chapters: 3
Histories: 1

Overview

Zhang Chang was an official.

Life and dates

Attested activity

BC 61 是歲，西羌反，漢遣後將軍征之
Directly stated · Book of Han 89, passage 33

Key source chapters

Book of Han, Chapter 89 Volume 78: Xiao Wangzhi 4 passages
Book of Han, Chapter 96 Volume 85: Gu Yong and Du Ye 2 passages
Book of Han, Chapter 102 Volume 90: Cruel Officials 2 passages

Career and standing

京兆尹
Text En Metropolitan Governor
Directly stated · Book of Han 102, passage 324

Works and attributed material

Memorial · Author · Mode direct-attribution Speaker Zhang Chang (張敞)
Directly stated · Book of Han 89, passages 34-39
Policy rebuttal · Speaker · Mode direct-attribution Speaker Zhang Chang (張敞)
Directly stated · Book of Han 89, passages 53-64

Events and relationships

敞子吉
Type son · Person Zhang Ji (張吉)
Directly stated · Book of Han 96, passage 192
Type friend-of · Person Local Id Yan Yannian (嚴延年)
Directly stated · Book of Han 102, passage 324

References in the histories

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History

8 passages

Book of Han, Chapter 89Volume 78: Xiao Wangzhi · 4 passages

京兆尹張敞上書言：「國兵在外，軍以夏發，隴西以北，安定以西，吏民並給轉輸，田事頗廢，素無餘積，雖羌虜以破，來春民食必乏。 Governor of the Metropolitan Area Zhang Chang wrote: "With the host in the field since summer, from Longxi north through Anding the people haul supplies; farming is badly disrupted and granaries are thin. Even if the Qiang are crushed, hunger will bite next spring.

於是天子復下其議兩府，丞相、御史以難問張敞。 The emperor bounced the plan to chancellor and counselor; they cross-examined Zhang Chang.

敞曰：「少府左馮翊所言，常人之所守耳。 Zhang Chang answered, "The privy treasurer and the left governor speak like men who cling to the letter.

時，丞相魏相、御史大夫丙吉亦以為羌虜且破，轉輸略足相給，遂不施敞議。 Chancellor Wei Xiang and Counselor Bing Ji judged the Qiang nearly beaten and supply adequate, so Zhang Chang's plan was dropped.

Book of Han, Chapter 96Volume 85: Gu Yong and Du Ye · 2 passages

鄴少孤，其母張敞女。 Ye lost his father young; his mother was a daughter of Zhang Chang.

鄴壯，從敞子吉學問，得其家書。 As a grown man he studied under Zhang Ji and inherited the Zhang family library.

Book of Han, Chapter 102Volume 90: Cruel Officials · 2 passages

是時，張敞為京兆尹，素與延年善。 Metropolitan Governor Zhang Chang had long been his friend.

敞治雖嚴，然尚頗有縱捨，聞延年用刑刻急，乃以書諭之曰：「昔朝盧之取菟也，上觀下獲，不甚多殺。 Zhang Chang governed sternly, but still left room for clemency. When he heard that Yannian used punishments with cutting urgency, he wrote to admonish him: "When the Hanlu hound catches rabbits, the master watches above while the dog catches below; there is no need for much killing.