Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Official and Scholar

Zhang Fu 張敷

Zhāng Fū

Born c. AD 384

Passages: 15
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Zhang Fu was an official and Scholar.

Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Courtesy name	Jingyin	景胤	Jǐngyìn

Life and dates

Death

Age 41 · before mourning year complete
Directly stated · Book of Song 62, passage 78

Age

41
Reckoning Sui
Directly stated · Book of Song 62, passage 78

Attested activity

AD 424 to AD 430 元嘉初
Dated from the passage context · Book of Song 62, passage 55
AD 424 to AD 453 未朞而卒，時年四十一。
Strongly inferred · Book of Song 62, passage 78
AD 420 to AD 422 永初初
Dated from the passage context · Book of Song 62, passage 50

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Kin of Zhang Maodu (張茂度)
father's elder brother 世父 · paternal line
Directly stated · Book of Song 62, passage 75
Kin of From-mother of Zhang Fu (張敷從母)
from-mother 從母 · maternal line
Directly stated · Book of Song 62, passage 47
Child of Mother of Zhang Fu (張敷母)
mother 母
Directly stated · Book of Song 62, passage 44
Child of Zhang Shao (張邵)
son 子
Directly stated · Book of Song 62, passage 43

Kinship Role sons · Count 0 · Negated true
Directly stated · Book of Song 62, passage 88

Career and standing

Aide to Heir Apparent's Central Army 世子中軍參軍
Appointed · Authority Founding Emperor (高祖)
Directly stated · Book of Song 62, passage 49
Merit Officer of the Pacification Army 撫軍功曹
Appointed · Authority Prince Yigong of Jiangxia (江夏王義恭)
Directly stated · Book of Song 62, passage 56
Aide to Western Center Army 西中郎參軍
Appointed · Authority Emperor Wen of Song (宋文帝)
Directly stated · Book of Song 62, passage 54
Chief Clerk of Prince of Shixing Jun's Rear Army 始興王濬後軍長史
Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Song 62, passage 72
Left Chief Clerk to the Minister of Works 司徒左長史
Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Song 62, passage 72
Secretariat Director 秘書丞
Held
Directly stated · Book of Song 62, passage 55

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Supernumerary Attendant of the Scattered Cavalry 員外散騎侍郎
Held
Directly stated · Book of Song 62, passage 55
Gentleman at the Yellow Gate 黃門侍郎
Promoted
Directly stated · Book of Song 62, passage 72
Regular Gentleman 正員郎
Promoted
Directly stated · Book of Song 62, passage 61
Secretariat Gentleman 秘書郎
Promoted
Directly stated · Book of Song 62, passage 50
Record-House Staff Aide 記室參軍
Transferred
Directly stated · Book of Song 62, passage 56
Palace Attendant 侍中
Posthumously awarded · Authority Emperor Shizu (世祖)
Directly stated · Book of Song 62, passage 86

Places and affiliations

Polity Id liu-song · Relation Served
Directly stated · Book of Song 62, passages 49, 84
At Wu commandery 吳郡
Directly stated · Book of Song 62, passage 43

Works and attributed material

Speech · Speaker · With Emperor Wen of Song (宋文帝) · Direct quotation · Mode quoted-speech Speaker Zhang Fu (張敷)
Directly stated · Book of Song 62, passage 59

Events and relationships

Rebuffed visitors
Social · Host · With Zhou Jiu (周赳)
Directly stated · Book of Song 62, passages 66-67

Assessments and attributes

Assessment filial devotion pure and utmost · Mode edict Source Person Id Emperor Shizu (世祖)
Directly stated · Book of Song 62, passage 85
Item Filial Zhang Lane 孝張里 · Relation Commemorated by
Directly stated · Book of Song 62, passage 87

References in the histories

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History

15 passages

Book of Song, Chapter 62Volume 62 Biographies 22: Yang Xin, Zhang Fu, Wang Wei · 15 passages

列傳第二十二羊欣張敷王微 Biography 22: Yang Xin, Zhang Fu, and Wang Wei

張敷，字景胤，吳郡人，吳興太守邵子也。 Zhang Fu, courtesy name Jingyin, was from Wu commandery and the son of Shao, Governor of Wuxing.

年數歲，問母所在，家人告以死生之分，敷雖童蒙，便有思慕之色。 When he was only a few years old he asked where his mother was; the family explained that she had died; even as a small child Fu's face showed mourning and longing.

敷臥不即起，亮怪而去。 Fu remained lying down and did not rise promptly; Liang took offense and withdrew.

父邵為湘州，去官侍從。 When his father Shao went to Xiang Province, Fu left his post to accompany him.

江夏王義恭鎮江陵，以為撫軍功曹，轉記室參軍。 When Prince of Jiangxia Yigong was stationed at Jiangling, he made Fu Merit Officer on his Pacification Army staff, then Record-House Staff Aide.

時義恭就太祖求一學義沙門，比沙門求見發遣，會敷赴假還江陵，太祖謂沙門曰：「張敷應西，當令相載。」 Yigong had asked Taizu for a learned monk; as the monk awaited travel orders, Fu was returning from leave to Jiangling; Taizu told the monk, "Zhang Fu is heading west—you may travel with him."

及敷辭，上謂曰：「撫軍須一意懷道人，卿可以後艑載之，道中可得言晤。」 When Fu came to bid farewell, the Emperor said, "The Pacification Army wants a devoted man of religion—you may take him on the rear vessel and converse with him on the journey."

敷不奉旨，曰：「臣性不耐雜。」 Fu declined: "By nature I cannot abide mixed company."

中書舍人狄當、周赳並管要務，以敷同省名家，欲詣之。 Palace Attendants Di Dang and Zhou Jiu, both handling weighty business, wished to call on Fu as a fellow officer from a great house.

敷先設二床，去壁三四尺，二客就席，酬接甚歡，既而呼左右曰：「移我遠客。」 Fu set out two couches several feet from the wall; the visitors sat down and conversation went pleasantly—then he ordered his servants, "Move my distant guests farther off."

張氏後進至今慕之，其源流起自敷也。 Younger members of the Zhang clan still emulate him today; the family style begins with Fu.

未拜，父在吳興亡，報以疾篤，敷往奔省，自發都至吳興成服，凡十餘日，始進水漿。 Before he could assume the post his father died in Wuxing; hearing he was gravely ill, Fu hurried home; from leaving the capital until donning mourning dress in Wuxing took more than ten days, and only then did he take his first water and gruel.

世父茂度每止譬之，輒更感慟，絕而復續。 His uncle Maodu repeatedly tried to comfort him, but each time Fu only grieved the more, fainting and coming round again.

世祖即位，詔曰：「司徒故左長史張敷，貞心簡立，幼樹風規。 When Emperor Shizu ascended the throne, an edict read: "The late Zhang Fu, former Left Chief Clerk to the Minister of Works, bore a loyal heart and plain integrity and established his moral bearing from youth.