Zhang Chao (張綎) | 24 Histories

Overview

Zhang Chao was an official.

PeriodSong, Liao, and Jin

IdentityHistorical · Male

Roles

Found in

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 1221 興定五年
Directly stated · History of Jin 130, passage 88

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Child of Father-in-law of Feng Miaozhen (馮妙真之舅)
son 子
father-in-law 舅
Strongly inferred · History of Jin 130, passage 91
Spouse of Feng Miaozhen (馮妙真)
married to 適 · Marriage
Directly stated · History of Jin 130, passage 87
Child of Mother-in-law of Feng Miaozhen (馮妙真之姑)
son 子
Strongly inferred · History of Jin 130, passage 91

Career and standing

registrar of Luochuan 洛川主簿
Held
Directly stated · History of Jin 130, passage 88

References in the histories

History of Jin, Chapter 130Volume 130 Biographies 68: Exemplary Women: The Wife of A Lin; The Wife of Li Baoxin; The Wife of Han Qingmin; Lei Fu, née Shi; Kang Zhuzhu; The Wife of Li Wen; The Wife of Li Ying; The Wife of Xiang Qi; A Luzhen; The Wife of Sahe Nian; The Wife of Xu Gu; Feng Miaozhen; Lady Pucha; Lady Wugulun; The Wife of Su Lan; The Wife of Mang Ge; Lady Yin; Lady Bai; Nie Xiaonü; The Wife of Zhong De; Lady Li of Baofu; Zhang Fengnu · 5 passages

Open chapter

生十有八年，適進士張綎。 At eighteen she married the jinshi Zhang Chao.

興定五年，綎為洛川主簿。 In the fifth year of Xingding (1221) Chao was registrar of Luochuan.

鄜人震恐具守備，守臣以西路輸芻粟不時至，檄慥詣平涼督之。 The people of Fu were terrified and made ready to defend the city. Because fodder and grain for the western route were late, the defending official ordered Chao to Pingliang to hurry the supplies.

時延登為平涼行省員外郎，綎欲偕妙真以往，妙真辭曰：「舅姑老矣。 Yandeng was then associate administrator of the Pingliang Branch Secretariat. Chao wanted Miaozhen to go with him, but she refused: "My parents-in-law are old.

明年春，綎發井得屍，殯於縣之東郭外。 The following spring Chao opened the well, recovered the bodies, and buried them outside the eastern gate of the county seat.