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Zhang Cheng 張成

Attested AD 550 - AD 580

Passages: 12
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Zhang Cheng was an official.

Life and dates

Death

died 祖歿
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 46, passage 247

Attested activity

AD 550 to AD 580 祖成假平陽郡守
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 46, passages 212, 247

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Ancestor of Zhang Yuan (張元)
grandfather 祖 · paternal line · 2 generations
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 46, passage 212
Parent of Zhang Yanjuan (張延雋)
grandfather/father 祖/父 · paternal line
Strongly inferred · Book of Zhou 46, passages 212-213

Career and standing

Acting Administrator of Pingyang 假平陽郡守
Held
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 46, passage 212

Events and relationships

Regained sight after three days
Medical · Patient
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 46, passage 245

References in the histories

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History

12 passages

Book of Zhou, Chapter 46Volume 46 Biographies 38: Filial Piety · 12 passages

祖成，假平陽郡守。 His grandfather Cheng served as Acting Administrator of Pingyang commandery.

年六歲，其祖以夏中熱甚，欲將元就井浴。 At age six his grandfather, because the midsummer heat was fierce, wished to take Yuan to bathe at the well.

祖謂其貪戲，乃以杖擊其頭曰：「汝何為不肯洗浴？」 His grandfather thought him greedy for play and struck his head with a staff, saying, "Why will you not bathe?"

祖異而舍之。 His grandfather marveled and desisted.

及元年十六，其祖喪明三年，元恒憂泣，晝夜讀佛經，禮拜以祈福佑。 When Yuan reached sixteen his grandfather had been blind for three years; Yuan constantly grieved and wept, reading Buddhist sutras day and night and performing obeisance to seek divine protection.

元為孫不孝，使祖喪明。 Yuan as grandson was unfilial and caused his grandfather to lose his sight.

今以燈光普施法界，願祖目見明，元求代闇。」 Now with lamp-light spread through the dharma-realm, I pray my grandfather's eyes may see clearly; let Yuan take the darkness in his place."

其夜，夢見一老公，以金鎞治其祖目。 That night he dreamed of an old man who with a golden lancet treated his grandfather's eyes.

謂元曰：「勿憂悲也，三日之後，汝祖目必差。」 He said to Yuan, "Do not grieve; after three days your grandfather's eyes will surely recover."

居三日，祖果目明。 After three days his grandfather's eyes indeed became clear.

其後祖臥疾再周，元恆隨祖所食多少，衣冠不解，旦夕扶侍。 Afterward his grandfather lay ill for two full years; Yuan matched his grandfather's meals, never removed his cap and belt, and morning and evening supported and served him.

及祖歿，號踴，絕而復蘇。 When his grandfather died he wailed and stamped; he fainted and revived.