Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Scholar

Zhang Gan 乾

Attested AD 557 - AD 589

Passages: 3
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Zhang Gan was a scholar.

Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Courtesy name	Xuanming	玄明	Xuanming

Life and dates

Death

At at home 終于家 · Age Note: before fifty
Directly stated · Book of Chen 32, passage 152

Attested activity

AD 557 to AD 589 陳
Directly stated · Book of Chen 32, passage 146

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Child of Zhang Yan (熯)
father 父
Directly stated · Book of Chen 32, passage 147
Child of Lady Lu (陸氏)
mother 母
Directly stated · Book of Chen 32, passage 149
Sibling of Zhang Zhao (張昭)
younger brother 弟 · Full siblings
Directly stated · Book of Chen 32, passage 146

Kinship Role sons-heirs · Count 0 · Negated true
Directly stated · Book of Chen 32, passage 152

Learning and skills

Recommended but declined
Credential Filial and Incorrupt 孝廉
Directly stated · Book of Chen 32, passage 151

References in the histories

Book of Chen, Chapter 32Volume 32: Filial Piety · 3 passages

弟乾，字玄明，聰敏博學，亦有至性。 His younger brother Gan, styled Xuanming, was clever, learned, and deeply filial.

時衡陽王伯信臨郡，舉乾孝廉，固辭不就。 When the Prince of Hengyang, Bo Xin, governed the commandery he recommended Gan as filial and incorrupt; Gan firmly declined.

兄弟並因毀成疾，昭失一眼，乾亦中冷苦癖，年並未五十終于家，子胤俱絕。 Both brothers fell ill from excessive mourning; Zhao lost an eye and Gan suffered chronic chills; both died at home before fifty, and left no heirs.