Qin and Han · Eunuch

Zhang Fang 张昉

Zhāng Fǎng

Attested AD 128

Passages: 2
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Zhang Fang was an eunuch.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 128 永建三年
Dated from the passage context · Book of Later Han 117, passages 52, 54

References in the histories

Book of Later Han, Chapter 117Volume 106: Five Elements Part Four · 2 passages

是时，顺帝阿母宋娥及中常侍张昉等用权。 Shun's wet nurse Song E and Zhang Fang were pulling the strings.

是时，太尉王龚以中常侍张昉等专弄国权，欲奏诛之，时龚宗亲有以杨震行事谏之止云。 Wang Gong wanted the eunuchs dead for usurping authority, but kin talked him down with the memory of Yang Zhen's fatal stand.