Zhang Gui (張瓌) | 24 Histories

Overview

Zhang Gui was a Liu Song general.

Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Courtesy name	Zuyi	祖逸	Zuyi

Life and dates

Death

AD 505 天監四年
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 24, passage 225

Attested activity

AD 481 三年
Dated from the passage context · Book of Southern Qi 24, passage 195
AD 501 三年
Dated from the passage context · Book of Southern Qi 24, passage 222
AD 482 世祖卽位
Dated from the passage context · Book of Southern Qi 24, passage 197
AD 480 二年
Dated from the passage context · Book of Southern Qi 24, passage 193
AD 495 二年
Dated from the passage context · Book of Southern Qi 24, passage 212
AD 501 冬十月
Dated from the passage context · Book of Southern Qi 7, passage 120

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AD 492 十年
Dated from the passage context · Book of Southern Qi 24, passage 200
AD 498 及敬則反
Dated from the passage context · Book of Southern Qi 24, passage 218
AD 486 四年
Dated from the passage context · Book of Southern Qi 24, passage 198
AD 505 天監四年
Dated from the passage context · Book of Southern Qi 24, passage 225
AD 454 to AD 464 宋孝武
Dated from the passage context · Book of Southern Qi 24, passages 174, 176
AD 479 建元元年
Dated from the passage context · Book of Southern Qi 24, passage 190
AD 479 建元前後誅劉遐
Dated from the passage context · Book of Southern Qi 32, passages 94-95
AD 494 建武元年
Dated from the passage context · Book of Southern Qi 24, passage 210
AD 497 to AD 498 建武末
Dated from the passage context · Book of Southern Qi 24, passage 214
AD 477 昇明元年
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 24, passage 181
AD 477 昇明元年
Dated from the passage context · Book of Song 10, passage 59
AD 482 明年
Dated from the passage context · Book of Southern Qi 24, passage 196
AD 493 明年
Dated from the passage context · Book of Southern Qi 24, passage 201
AD 502 梁初
Dated from the passage context · Book of Southern Qi 24, passage 224
AD 499 永元初
Dated from the passage context · Book of Southern Qi 24, passage 220
AD 494 海陵立
Dated from the passage context · Book of Southern Qi 24, passage 207
AD 501 辛巳
Dated from the passage context · Book of Southern Qi 7, passage 110
AD 479 除冠軍將軍
Dated from the passage context · Book of Southern Qi 24, passage 189
AD 494 隆昌元年
Dated from the passage context · Book of Southern Qi 24, passage 205
AD 493 頃之
Dated from the passage context · Book of Southern Qi 24, passage 202
AD 498 高宗疾甚
Dated from the passage context · Book of Southern Qi 24, passage 217
AD 494 鬱林卽位
Dated from the passage context · Book of Southern Qi 24, passage 204
AD 494 鬱林廢
Dated from the passage context · Book of Southern Qi 24, passage 206

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Kin of Zhang Dai (張岱)
brother's son 兄子 · paternal line · Through Elder Brother of Zhang Dai (張岱兄)
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 32, passage 94
Descendant of Zhang Yu (張裕)
grandfather 祖 · paternal line · 2 generations
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 24, passage 172
Kin of Zhang Shu (張恕)
paternal uncle 叔 · paternal line · Through Zhang Yong (張永)
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 24, passage 185
Child of Zhang Yong (張永)
father 父
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 24, passage 173
Child of Elder Brother of Zhang Dai (張岱兄)
father 父
Strongly inferred · Book of Southern Qi 32, passage 94

Kinship Role concubines · Quantity many
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 24, passage 213
Kinship Role sons · Quantity more than ten
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 24, passage 213

Key source chapters

Origins and identity

Lineage Zhang clan of Wu 吳郡張氏
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 24, passages 171, 184

Career and standing

Acting administrator of the Prince of Hedong's kingdom 行河東王國事
Acting
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 24, passage 202
Acting head of Southern Xuzhou headquarters 行南徐州府州事
Acting
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 24, passage 202
Acting head of Southern Yanzhou 行南兖州事
Acting
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 24, passage 212
Acting head of Yongzhou and its headquarters 行雍州府州事
Acting
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 24, passage 197
Champion General 冠軍將軍
AD 482 世祖卽位 · Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 24, passage 197
Director of Capital Officials (Minister of Justice) 都官尚書
AD 480 二年 · Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 24, passage 193

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Minister of Ceremonies 太常
AD 492 十年 · Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 24, passage 200
Bearer of the Staff 持節
AD 486 四年 · Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 24, passage 198
Supervising Palace Attendant 給事中
AD 494 建武元年 · Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 24, passage 210
Director of Revenue 度支尚書
AD 482 明年 · Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 24, passage 196
Regular Attendant of the Scattered Riders 散騎常侍
AD 493 明年 · Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 24, passage 201
Grand Master for Splendid Happiness 光祿大夫
AD 502 梁初 · Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 24, passage 224
Grand Master for Splendid Happiness 光祿大夫
AD 499 永元初 · Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 24, passage 220
General of the Right 右將軍
AD 494 海陵立 · Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 24, passage 207
acting staff officer under the Grand Marshal of the Prince of Jiangxia 江夏王太尉行參軍
Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 24, passage 176
Administrator of Donghai and Dongguan 東海東莞二郡太守
Appointed · Negated true
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 24, passage 189
Administrator of Southern Donghai 南東海太守
Appointed · Rank middle two-thousand-dan 秩中二千石
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 24, passage 202
Administrator of Wu Commandery 吳郡太守
Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 24, passages 187, 217
Administrator of Wuxing 吳興太守
Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 24, passage 194
Administrator of Xiangyang 襄陽相
Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 24, passage 197
assigned to outer military affairs 署外兵
Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 24, passage 176
Attendant Gentleman of the Fast Cavalry 驃騎從事中郎
Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 24, passage 177
Attendant-in-Ordinary 侍中
Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 24, passage 192
Bearer of borrowed staff commanding Guangling military affairs 假節督廣陵諸軍事
Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 24, passage 212
Champion General 冠軍將軍
Appointed · Negated true · declined appointment
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 24, passage 189
Chief Aide to the Grand Marshal 大司馬長史
Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 24, passage 199
Chief Aide to the Prince of Poyang's Northern Palace Cadet 鄱陽王北中郎長史
Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 24, passage 197
Commander of military affairs in Yong, Liang, North and South Qin, Jingling of Yingzhou, and Suixiang of Sizhou 督雍梁南北秦四州郢州之竟陵司州之隨郡軍事
Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 24, passage 198
Crown Prince Attendant 太子舍人
Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 24, passage 177
Directly Attached Regular Attendant-in-Ordinary 通直散騎常侍
Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 24, passage 179
Director of the Left Secretariat 左民尚書
Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 24, passage 199
Five Offices aide under the Grand Tutor 太傅五官
Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 24, passage 176
General of the Rear 後將軍
Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 24, passage 202
General of the Van 前將軍
Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 24, passage 221
General of Valiant Cavalry 驍騎將軍
Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 24, passage 179
General Who Pacifies the East 平東將軍
Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 24, passage 217
General Who Pacifies the State 輔國將軍
Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 24, passages 187, 198
General Who Punishes the Barbarians 征虜將軍
Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 24, passage 194
Gentleman of the Palace Secretariat 中書郎
Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 24, passage 177
Governor of Yongzhou 雍州刺史
Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 24, passage 198
Grand Master for Splendid Happiness 光祿大夫
Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 24, passages 201, 210
Right Chief Clerk of the Minister of Education 司徒右長史
Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 24, passage 177
Commandant of Footsoldiers 步兵校尉
Concurrent
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 24, passage 192
Commandant Who Pacifies the Barbarians 寧蠻校尉
Concurrent
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 24, passage 198
General of the Right Army 右軍將軍
Concurrent
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 24, passage 199
General Who Assists the State 輔國將軍
AD 477 昇明元年 · Held
Directly stated · Book of Song 10, passage 59
Household Minister 光祿大夫
Held
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 7, passages 110, 120
Champion General 冠軍將軍
Promoted
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 24, passage 199
Grand Master for Splendid Happiness 光祿大夫
Restored
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 24, passage 203
Regular Attendant of the Scattered Riders 散騎常侍
Restored
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 24, passage 203
Chief Aide of the Expeditionary Force 征虜長史
Transferred
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 24, passage 197
Marquis of Yicheng 義成縣侯
Enfeoffed · Households 1000
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 24, passage 187
Yicheng fief 義成
Held
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 24, passage 235
fief increase of two hundred households 增邑二百戶
AD 479 建元元年 · Increased
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 24, passage 190
Marquis of Pingdu 平都侯
Re enfeoffed
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 24, passage 191
golden seal and purple cord 金章紫綬
AD 494 鬱林卽位 · Bestowed
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 24, passage 204
golden seal and purple cord 金章紫綬
Bestowed
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 24, passage 221
twenty personal attendants 親信二十人
AD 494 隆昌元年 · Granted
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 24, passage 205
Marquis of Yicheng 義成縣侯
Granted
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 24, passage 187
Marquis of Pingdu 平都
Held
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 24, passage 191
Entered
Stripped of rank
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 24, passage 219
Removed and stripped of title
Removal from office · Reason impeached after flight from Wang Jingze
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 24, passage 219
Removed
AD 481 三年 · Removal from office · Reason failed to investigate Gu Changxuan
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 24, passage 195

Places and affiliations

Polity Liang 梁 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 24, passages 224-225
Polity Liu Song 宋 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 24, passages 176, 178
Polity Southern Qi 南齊 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 7, passage 110; Book of Southern Qi 24, passages 190, 197, 204, 210
Polity Id liu-song · Relation Served
Directly stated · Book of Song 10, passage 59
At Wu in Wu Commandery 吳郡吳
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 24, passage 171
At Wu 吳
Strongly inferred · Book of Southern Qi 24, passage 214

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AD 501 辛巳
At Stone City 石頭 · Relation Posted to
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 7, passage 110
At Dongguan 東莞 · Relation Posted to · Negated true
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 24, passage 189
At Donghai 東海 · Relation Posted to · Negated true
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 24, passage 189
At Guangling 廣陵 · Relation Posted to
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 24, passage 212
At Shitou 石頭 · Relation Posted to
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 24, passage 208
At Song River 松江 · Relation Campaign at
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 24, passage 218
At Southern Donghai 南東海 · Relation Posted to
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 24, passage 202
At Southern Xuzhou 南徐州 · Relation Posted to
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 24, passage 202
At Wu Commandery 吳郡 · Relation Posted to
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 24, passages 187, 217
At Wu 吳 · Relation Resided during mourning
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 24, passage 180
At Wu 吳 · Relation Returned to
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 24, passage 214
At Wuxing 吳興 · Relation Posted to
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 24, passage 194
At Xiangyang 襄陽 · Relation Posted to
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 24, passage 197
At Yongzhou 雍州 · Relation Posted to
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 24, passage 197
Organization father's old retainers 父時舊部曲 · Relation Commanded · Quantity several hundred
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 24, passage 184

Learning and skills

Skill music 音律 · Level lifelong-pursuit
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 24, passages 215-216

Works and attributed material

I loved music when I was young and only now, old, begin to understand it. Every other taste of my life is gone—only this one I cannot yet send away. 我少好音律，老而方解。平生嗜欲，無復一存，唯未能遣此處耳。
Speech · Speaker · Direct quotation
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 24, passages 215-216
Surely some of them will turn out well. 其中要應有好者
Speech · Speaker · Direct quotation
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 24, passage 213

Events and relationships

Abandoned post
AD 501 戊寅 · Military · Garrison commander · At Stone City 石頭 · Outcome Withdrew into the palace
Dated from the passage context · Book of Southern Qi 7, passages 118, 120
Abandoned Shitou and fled to palace
Military · Fleeing commander · At Xinting 新亭
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 24, passage 223
Again pleaded illness and left post
Petition · Petitioner
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 24, passage 203
Asked to return to Wu
AD 497 to AD 498 建武末 · Petition · Petitioner · With Gaozong (高宗) · At Wu 吳
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 24, passage 214
Attacked and killed liu xia
AD 477 昇明元年 · Military · Commander
Directly stated · Book of Song 10, passage 59
Bound self in gratitude
Political · Protege · With Emperor Gao of Qi (齊高帝)
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 24, passage 178

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Commanded Guangling and acted in Southern Yanzhou until northern foe withdrew
AD 495 二年 · Military · Commander · At Guangling 廣陵
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 24, passage 212
Feigned illness amid court troubles
Political · Feigner
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 24, passage 209
Garrisoned Shitou with overall command
Military · Garrison commander · At Shitou 石頭 · With Gaozong (高宗)
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 24, passage 208
Killed
Military · Participant · With Liu Xia (劉遐) · At Wu commandery 吳郡
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 32, passage 94
Lent staff to hold Shitou against righteous army
AD 501 三年 · Military · Garrison commander · With Donghun (東昏) · At Shitou 石頭
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 24, passage 222
Lived at ease keeping performers
Personal · Subject
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 24, passage 215
Pleaded foot ailment and did not attend Gaozong
AD 494 鬱林廢 · Political · Absentee · With Gaozong (高宗)
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 24, passage 206
Pleaded illness and sought retirement
Petition · Petitioner
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 24, passage 201
Posted to Wu as precaution against Wang Jingze
Political · Hedge appointee · With Wang Jingze (王敬則) · Authority Gaozong (高宗)
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 24, passage 217
Returned to commandery after revolt crushed
Political · Subject
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 24, passage 219
Returned to Wu for father mourning
Personal · Mourner · At Wu 吳
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 24, passage 180
Secured Stone City
AD 501 辛巳 · Military · Garrison commander · At Stone City 石頭
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 7, passage 110
Seized and killed Liu Xia
AD 477 昇明元年 · Military · Commander · With Liu Xia (劉遐)
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 24, passages 183, 185
Sent three thousand to oppose Wang Jingze at Song River then fled
Military · Commander · With Wang Jingze (王敬則) · At Song River 松江 · Outcome Troops scattered; Gui abandoned commandery and hid among the people
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 24, passage 218
Shared merit with
Political · Co recipient of merit · With Zhang Shu (張恕) · Mode named-person-report Speaker Taizu (太祖)
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 32, passage 97
Relation Favored by · Person Prince Yigong of Jiangxia (江夏王義恭)
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 24, passage 176
Relation Subject of · Person Hailing (海陵)
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 24, passage 207
Relation Client of · Person Emperor Gao of Qi (齊高帝)
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 24, passage 178
Relation Acting administrator for · Person Prince of Hedong (河東王)
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 24, passage 202
Relation Appointed by · Person Donghun (東昏)
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 24, passage 222
Relation Subject of · Person Yulin (鬱林)
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 24, passage 204
Relation Superior of · Person Gu Changxuan (顧昌玄)
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 24, passage 195
Relation Appointed by · Person Gaozong (高宗)
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 24, passage 208
Relation Aide to · Person Prince of Poyang (鄱陽王)
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 24, passage 197

Assessments and attributes

Assessment hoped some among his many sons would turn out well · Mode self-report Speaker Zhang Gui (張瓌)
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 24, passage 213
Assessment long famed for practical talent · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 24, passage 217
Assessment mocked for keeping performers in old age · Mode hearsay
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 24, passage 215
Assessment roamed the arts, mastered techniques, tuned strings and brushed the tortoise shell · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 24, passage 234
Assessment staked a hundred lives on one cast and drew the winning lot · Mode named-source-report Speaker Zhang Chong (張沖)
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 24, passage 186
Assessment Yicheng blessed his fief; merit laid the emperor's foundation · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 24, passage 235

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claimed foot ailment
Illness
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 24, passage 206
constantly lay abed feigning illness
Illness
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 24, passage 209
pleaded decline and illness seeking quiet retirement
Illness
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 24, passage 201
lived in great wealth with halls full of performers and concubines
Wealth
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 24, passage 213
Item monthly grant of twenty thousand cash 月加給錢二萬 · Relation Received
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 24, passage 211