Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Historian and Commentator

Zhang Fan 張璠

Zhāng Fán

Attested AD 280

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Zhang Fan was a historian and Commentator.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 280 張璠曰
Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 31, passage 125

Works and attributed material

Quotation · Speaker · Mode named-source-report Speaker Zhang Fan (張璠)
Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 31, passages 125-128

References in the histories

Records of the Three Kingdoms, Chapter 31Volume 31: Book of Shu 1: Biographies of the Two Governor Lius · 1 passage

〈張璠曰：劉璋愚弱而守善言，斯亦宋襄公、徐偃王之徒，未為無道之主也。〈Zhang Fan remarks: “Liu Zhang was dull and pliant yet clung to fine phrases—much like Duke Xiang of Song or King Yan of Xu; he hardly ranks among the truly lawless rulers.”