Qin and Han · Aristocrat

Zhang Lei 張類

Attested BC 209 - BC 141

Passages: 2
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Zhang Lei was an aristocrat.

Life and dates

Attested activity

BC 209 to BC 141 漢初
Dated from the passage context · Book of Han 51, passage 159

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Child of Son of Zhang Cang (張蒼子)
father 父
Directly stated · Book of Han 51, passages 98, 159

References in the histories

Book of Han, Chapter 51Volume 42: Zhang, Zhou, Zhao, Ren and Shentu · 2 passages

傳子至孫類，有罪，國除。 The fief passed to his son and then to his grandson Lei, who forfeited the marquisate for a crime.

初蒼父長不滿五尺，蒼長八尺餘，蒼子復長八尺，及孫類長六尺餘。 Zhang Cang's father had stood under five feet; Zhang Cang himself towered at well over eight feet; his son matched that height; by the grandson Lei the line had shrunk to a little over six feet.