Zhang Cheng (張澄) | 24 Histories

Overview

Zhang Cheng was an official.

PeriodFive Dynasties

IdentityHistorical · Male

Roles

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Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 926 to AD 930 天成末
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 96, passages 74-75

Career and standing

Administrative aide 判官
Held
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 96, passage 75
Right assistant to the heir apparent under Liang 梁時右庶子
Held
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 96, passage 75

References in the histories

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 96Volume 96 Book of Later Jin 22: Biographies 11: Kong Chongbi, Chen Baoji, Wang Yu, Zhang Jizuo, Zhen Ruan, Hu Rao, Liu Suiqing, Fang Gao, Meng Chenghui, Liu Jixun, Zheng Shouyi, Cheng Xun, Li Yu, Zheng Xuansu, Ma Zhongji, Chen Xuan · 3 passages

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時饒又曾薦梁時右庶子張澄為判官，建立亦狎之。 Rao had also recommended Zhang Cheng, former right assistant to the heir apparent under Liang, as administrative aide, and Jianli was on familiar terms with him.

澄素不知書，每座則以《陰府》、《鬼谷》為己任。 Cheng was barely literate and at every gathering treated the Yin Fu and Guiguzi as his specialties.

建立時密以王都之盟告之，澄與饒俱贊成其事，會王師圍中山，其事遂寢，而饒之兇戾如此。 Jianli secretly disclosed Wang Du's alliance to them, and both Cheng and Rao urged it on. When imperial troops besieged Zhongshan the plot came to nothing, but Rao's brutality and perversity were of this sort.