Overview
Zhang Gongsu was a Military Governor and Grand Counselor.
Life and dates
Attested activity
- AD 860 to AD 873 咸通中Dated from the passage context · Old Book of Tang 180, passage 156
- AD 860 to AD 874 咸通中Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 180, passage 155
- AD 870 咸通十一年Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 181, passages 178, 187
- AD 871 to AD 873 咸通末Dated from the passage context · Old Book of Tang 180, passages 165, 167
- AD 872 to AD 875 張公素Strongly inferred · Old Book of Tang 180, passage 231
Career and standing
- registrar of Fu Prefecture 復州司戶參軍Demoted toDirectly stated · Old Book of Tang 180, passage 160
- military officer in Youzhou 幽州軍校AD 860 to AD 874 咸通中 · HeldDirectly stated · Old Book of Tang 180, passage 155
- military commissioner of Youzhou 幽州節度使HeldDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 181, passage 187
- prefect of Pingzhou 平州刺史HeldDirectly stated · Old Book of Tang 180, passage 156
- military commander 帥Installed asDirectly stated · Old Book of Tang 180, passage 158
- Grand Counselor of the Secretariat and Chancellery 中書門下平章事Promoted toDirectly stated · Old Book of Tang 180, passage 159
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- banners and credentials 旌節BestowedDirectly stated · Old Book of Tang 180, passage 159
- demotion 貶SufferedDirectly stated · Old Book of Tang 180, passage 160
Places and affiliations
- Tang 唐Relation ServedStrongly inferred · Old Book of Tang 180, passage 155
- Polity Tang 唐 · Relation ServedDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 181, passage 187
- At Fanyang 范陽Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 180, passage 154
- At court 闕 · Relation Returned toDirectly stated · Old Book of Tang 180, passage 160
- At Pingzhou 平州 · Relation Posted toDirectly stated · Old Book of Tang 180, passage 156
- At Youzhou 幽州 · Relation Posted toDirectly stated · Old Book of Tang 180, passage 155; New Book of Tang 181, passage 187
Works and attributed material
- Memorial · Author · With Liu Zhan (劉瞻)Directly stated · New Book of Tang 181, passage 187
Events and relationships
- Defeated and fledDirectly stated · Old Book of Tang 180, passage 167
- Led troops to circuit capitalDirectly stated · Old Book of Tang 180, passage 157
- Memorialized in defense of Liu ZhanDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 181, passage 187
- Position seized byDirectly stated · Old Book of Tang 180, passage 160
- Seized powerUsurpation · Usurper · At Youzhou 幽州 · Mode historian-judgmentDirectly stated · Old Book of Tang 180, passages 231-232
- Relation Subordinate of · Person Zhang Yunshen (張允伸)Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 180, passage 156
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment feared-and-respected-for-authority · Mode historian-judgmentDirectly stated · Old Book of Tang 180, passage 158
- Assessment seized-power-through-inbenevolence · Mode historian-judgmentDirectly stated · Old Book of Tang 180, passages 231, 236
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