Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Western Jin statesman, poet, and writer

Zhang Hua 張華

Attested AD 232 - AD 300

Passages: 12
Chapters: 9
Histories: 6

Overview

Zhang Hua was a Western Jin statesman, poet, and writer.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 280 太康初
Dated from the passage context · Book of Jin 41, passage 50
AD 280 to AD 290 安北將軍
Dated from the passage context · Book of Jin 108, passage 12
AD 232 to AD 300 張華
Directly stated · History of the Northern Dynasties 88, passage 142
AD 280 to AD 300 張華爲度支尚書
Strongly inferred · Book of Southern Qi 34, passage 11
AD 290 惠帝即位後
Dated from the passage context · Book of Jin 53, passage 202
AD 265 to AD 300 晉
Directly stated · Book of Liang 7, passage 18

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AD 291 to AD 300 晉司空
Directly stated · History of the Southern Dynasties 12, passage 13
AD 280 to AD 290 晉武庫火時
Directly stated · Book of Liang 19, passage 79

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Ancestor of Zhang Muzhi (張穆之)
sixth-generation descendant 六世孫 · paternal line · 6 generations
Directly stated · History of the Southern Dynasties 12, passage 13
Ancestor of Zhang Muzhi (張穆之)
sixth-generation descendant 六世孫 · 6 generations
Directly stated · Book of Liang 7, passage 18
Parent of Zhang Yi (張禕)
son 息
Directly stated · Book of Jin 53, passage 205

Key source chapters

Career and standing

Junior Mentor 少傅
Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Jin 53, passage 202
Grand Marshal 司空
Held
Directly stated · History of the Southern Dynasties 12, passage 13
minister of revenue 度支尚書
Held
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 34, passage 11
Minister of Works 司空
Held
Directly stated · Book of Liang 7, passage 18
executed 誅
Execution · Suffered
Directly stated · Book of Liang 7, passage 19

Places and affiliations

AD 280 太康初
Polity Western Jin 西晉 · Relation Served
Dated from the passage context · Book of Jin 41, passage 50
Polity Jin 晉 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Book of Liang 7, passage 18; History of the Southern Dynasties 12, passage 13
Polity Western Jin 西晉 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 34, passage 11

Events and relationships

Joined the Feng and Shan proposal
AD 280 太康初 · Ritual policy · Memorialist
Directly stated · Book of Jin 41, passage 50
Relation Patron of · Person Murong Hui (慕容廆)
Strongly inferred · Book of Jin 108, passages 12-13
Relation Defender of · Person Sima Yu (司馬遹)
Directly stated · Book of Jin 53, passage 59

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · Book of Jin 41, passage 50; Book of Southern Qi 34, passage 11

References in the histories

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History

12 passages

History of the Northern Dynasties, Chapter 88Volume 88 Biographies 76: Recluses · 1 passage

漢則馬遷、蕭望，晉則裴楷、張華。 In Han there were Sima Qian and Xiao Wangzhi; in Jin there were Pei Kai and Zhang Hua.

Book of Jin, Chapter 41Volume 41 Biographies 11: Wei Shu; Li Xi; Liu Shi; Gao Guang · 1 passage

舒與衛瓘、山濤、張華等以六合混一，宜用古典封禪東嶽，前後累陳其事，帝謙讓不許。 Shu joined Wei Guan, Shan Tao, Zhang Hua, and others in arguing that, with the realm reunited, the court ought to revive the classical Feng and Shan sacrifices on Mount Tai; they pressed the point in memorial after memorial, but the emperor modestly refused.

Book of Jin, Chapter 53Volume 53 Biographies 23: Crown Prince Minhuai · 3 passages

盛選德望以為師傅，以何劭為太師，王戎為太傅，楊濟為太保，裴楷為少師，張華為少傅，和嶠為少保。 The court recruited eminent tutors—He Shao as Grand Tutor, Wang Rong as Grand Mentor, Yang Ji as Grand Guardian, Pei Kai as Junior Tutor, Zhang Hua as Junior Mentor, and He Qiao as Junior Guardian.

於是使太保衛瓘息庭、司空泰息略、太子太傅楊濟息毖、太子少師裴楷息憲、太子少傅張華息禕、尚書令華暠息恆與太子游處，以相輔導焉。 Thereupon Wei Guan's son Ting, Director of Works Tai's son Lue, Yang Ji's son Bi, Pei Kai's son Xian, Zhang Hua's son Yi, and Hua Gao's son Heng were sent to keep company with the crown prince and guide him.

遍示諸公王，莫有言者，惟張華、裴頠證明太子。 Silence fell until Zhang Hua and Pei Wei defended Yu.

Book of Jin, Chapter 108Volume 108 Records 8: Murong Hui · 1 passage

安北將軍張華雅有知人之鑒，廆童丱時往謁之，華甚歎異，謂曰：「君至長必為命世之器，匡難濟時者也。」 Zhang Hua said, "When you grow up you will be an instrument for the age—one who rectifies disaster and aids the times."

Book of Liang, Chapter 7Volume 7: Empresses · 2 passages

父穆之，字思靜，晉司空華六世孫。 Her father Muzhi, styled Sijing, was a sixth-generation descendant of Jin's Minister of Works Hua.

曾祖輿坐華誅，徙興古，未至召還。 Her great-grandfather Yu was condemned in Hua's case, exiled toward Xinggu, and recalled before he arrived.

Book of Liang, Chapter 19Volume 19: Zong Guai; Liu Tan; Yue Ai · 1 passage

藹曰：「昔晉武庫火，張華以爲積油萬石必然。 Ai said, "When Jin's arsenal burned, Zhang Hua said ten thousand stone of piled oil made fire inevitable.

Book of Southern Qi, Chapter 34Volume 34 Biographies 15: Yu Wanzhi, Liu Xiu, Shen Chong, Yu Gaozhi, Wang Chen · 1 passage

時太祖參政，與玩之書曰：「張華爲度支尚書，事不徒然。 At the time the founding sovereign was directing affairs of state and wrote to Wanzhi: "When Zhang Hua served as minister of revenue, his work was not in vain.

History of the Southern Dynasties, Chapter 12Volume 12 Biographies 2: Empresses and Consorts 2 · 1 passage

穆之字思靜，晉司空華六世孫也。 Zhang Muzhi, courtesy name Sijing, was a sixth-generation descendant of Zhang Hua, Grand Marshal of Jin.

Book of Sui, Chapter 77Volume 77 Biographies 42: Recluses · 1 passage

漢則馬遷、蕭望，晉則裴楷、張華，雞樹騰聲，鵷池播美，望我清塵，悠然路絕。 Han had Sima Qian and Xiao Wangzhi; Jin had Pei Kai and Zhang Hua—your fame resounds like the rooster tree and spreads like the egret pool; looking toward my humble trail, the road between us is impossibly far.