Zhang Jun (張俊) | 24 Histories

Overview

Zhang Jun was an official and Poet.

IdentityHistorical · Male

Roles

Found in

Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Courtesy name	Yanchen	彥臣	Yanchen

Life and dates

Death

AD 912 乾化二年二月
Beaten to death · Authority Zhu Quanzhong (硃全忠)
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 7, passage 24
AD 912 乾化二年二月
Killed · At Baima post 白馬頓 · With Sun Zhi (孫騭)
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 24, passages 74, 82

Attested activity

AD 912 乾化二年
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 7, passage 21
AD 912 乾化二年二月
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 24, passage 82
AD 880 to AD 881 唐廣明中
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 24, passage 78
AD 907 太祖即位
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 24, passage 81

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Descendant of Grandfather of Zhang Jun
grandson 孫 · paternal line · 2 generations
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 24, passage 76
Child of Father of Zhang Jun
son 子
father 父
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 24, passage 76

Key source chapters

Career and standing

salt and iron judicial commissioner 鹽鐵判官
AD 907 太祖即位 · Appointed
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 24, passage 81
Bureau Director in the Ministry of Rites 禮部郎中
Appointed
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 24, passage 81
Wan'ian county magistrate 萬年縣令
Held
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 24, passage 80
War Bureau Director 兵部郎中
Held
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 7, passage 21
Dismissed to gorges
Exile · At Three Gorges 峽中
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 24, passage 80
Orphaned young
Orphan
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 24, passage 77

Learning and skills

Skill five-character verse 五言詩 · Level praised
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 24, passage 77

Events and relationships

Ordered on imperial progress
AD 912 乾化二年二月 · Travel · Attendant
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 7, passage 21
Relation Same year graduate as · Person Xue Yiju (薛貽矩)
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 24, passage 81

References in the histories

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 7Volume 7 Book of Later Liang 7: Taizu Annals 7 · 2 passages

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詔工部尚書李皎、左散騎常侍孫騭、右諫議大夫張衍、兵部侍郎劉邈、兵部郎中張俊、光祿少卿盧秉彝並令扈蹕。 By edict Li Jiao, minister of works, Sun Zhi, left regular attendant, Zhang Yan, right remonstrator, Liu Miao, vice minister of war, Zhang Jun, war bureau director, and Lu Bingyi, vice director of imperial sacrifices, were all ordered on the progress.

左散騎常侍孫騭、右諫議大夫張衍、兵部郎中張俊最後至，帝命撲殺之。 Sun Zhi, Zhang Yan, and Zhang Jun came late; the Emperor had them beaten to death.

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 24Volume 24 Book of Later Liang 24: Biographies 14: Li Ting, Lu Ceng, Sun Zhi, Zhang Jun, Zhang Yan, Du Xunhe, Luo Yin, Chou Yin, Duan Shen · 5 passages

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又命飛騎促於道，而騭與諫議大夫張衍、兵部郎中張俊等累刻方至，太祖性本卞急，因茲大怒，並格殺於前墀。 couriers were sent to hurry stragglers on the road, but Zhi, Remonstrance Grand Master Zhang Yan, Bureau Director Zhang Jun, and others arrived only after long delay; the Founder was by nature irascible, flew into a rage, and had them all beaten to death in the forecourt.

張俊，字彥臣。 Zhang Jun, styled Yanchen.

俊少孤，自修飾，善為五言詩，其警句頗為人所稱。 Orphaned young, he cultivated himself, wrote fine five-character verse, and his striking lines won praise.

俊亦晦跡浮泛，不失其道。 Jun too kept out of sight and drifted, yet never abandoned his principles.

太祖即位，用宰臣薛貽矩為鹽鐵使，俊與貽矩同年登第，甚知其才，即奏為鹽鐵判官，遷職為禮部郎中，兼職如故。 When the Founder took the throne chief minister Xue Yiju became salt and iron commissioner; Jun had passed the jinshi with Yiju and knew his ability; he was soon made salt and iron judicial commissioner, then Bureau Director in the Ministry of Rites while keeping the same concurrent duties.