Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Military Officer

Zhang Huan 張歡

First attested AD 532; died AD 535

Passages: 4
Chapters: 2
Histories: 2

Overview

Zhang Huan was a Military Officer.

Life and dates

Death

AD 535 帝乃執歡殺之
Execution
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 9, passage 24

Attested activity

AD 535 初封平原公主，適開府張歡
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 9, passage 22
AD 532 四月
Dated from the passage context · Book of Northern Qi 1, passage 223
AD 535 帝乃執歡殺之
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 9, passage 24

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Spouse of Empress Yuan (元皇后)
married to 適 · Marriage · Ended
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 9, passage 22

Key source chapters

Career and standing

commander 都督
Held
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 1, passage 223

Places and affiliations

Polity Northern Wei 北魏 · Relation Served
Strongly inferred · Book of Northern Qi 1, passage 223

Events and relationships

Seized and beheaded
AD 532 四月 · Military · Agent · With Erzhu Shilong (尒朱世隆) · At Luoyang 洛陽
Dated from the passage context · Book of Northern Qi 1, passage 223

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 1, passage 223

References in the histories

Book of Northern Qi, Chapter 1Volume 1 Annals 1: Emperor Shenwu 1 · 1 passage

長孫承業遣都督賈顯智、張歡入洛陽，執世隆、彥伯斬之。 Changsun Chengye sent commanders Jia Xianzhi and Zhang Huan into Luoyang to seize Shilong and Yanbo and behead them.

Book of Zhou, Chapter 9Volume 9 Biographies 1: Empresses · 3 passages

初封平原公主，適開府張歡。 Initially enfeoffed as Princess of Pingyuan, she was given in marriage to Zhang Huan, opening-the-feudatory.

歡性貪殘，遇后無禮，又嘗殺后侍婢。 Huan was greedy and cruel; he treated the empress without courtesy, and once even killed one of her serving maids.

后怒，訴之於帝，帝乃執歡殺之。 The empress in anger appealed to the emperor, and the emperor had Huan seized and executed.