Overview
Zhang Pang was a Tang Transport Commissioner.
Life and dates
Attested activity
- AD 792 八年三月…薦滂為戶部侍郎、鹽鐵使Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 127, passages 172, 174-175
- AD 780 to AD 805 德宗Strongly inferred · Old Book of Tang 127, passage 264
- AD 794 to AD 795 誣逐…張滂Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 194, passage 181
- AD 793 貞元九年Directly stated · New Book of Tang 54, passage 87
- AD 785 to AD 794 貞元初至十年前Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 54, passages 214-216
- AD 790 to AD 805 貞元後期Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 53, passage 97
Key source chapters
- Old Book of Tang, Chapter 127 Volume 123 Biographies 73: Liu Yan, Di Wuqi, Ban Hong, Ban Shao, Li Xun 14 passages
- New Book of Tang, Chapter 54 Volume 54 Treatises 50: Finance and Economics 3 2 passages
- New Book of Tang, Chapter 53 Volume 53 Treatises 43: Finance and Economics 3 1 passage
- New Book of Tang, Chapter 194 Volume 194 Biographies 119: Outstanding Conduct 1 passage
Career and standing
- vice director of agriculture 司農少卿AppointedDirectly stated · Old Book of Tang 127, passage 172
- Circuit Salt and Iron Commissioner 諸道鹽鐵使HeldDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 54, passages 87, 215
- vice minister of revenue, salt-and-iron commissioner, judging transport 戶部侍郎、鹽鐵使、判轉運AD 792 八年三月 · RecommendedDated from the passage context · Old Book of Tang 127, passage 175
- SufferedDriven from officeDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 194, passage 181
Places and affiliations
- Polity Tang 唐 · Relation ServedStrongly inferred · Old Book of Tang 127, passage 264
- Polity Tang 唐 · Relation ServedDated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 53, passage 97
- Polity Tang 唐 · Relation ServedDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 54, passages 87, 215; New Book of Tang 194, passage 181
Works and attributed material
- tax tea at one in ten with three-tier valuations at producing counties, mountains, and merchant routesAD 793 貞元九年 · Memorial · AuthorDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 54, passage 87
- Memorial · Author · Direct quotation · With Ban Hong (班宏)Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 127, passages 179-181
- Memorial · AuthorDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 54, passage 215
- Oral rebuke · Speaker · Direct quotation · With Ban Hong (班宏)Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 127, passages 185-189
Events and relationships
- Asked for old ledgers and was refusedDirectly stated · Old Book of Tang 127, passage 177
- Banned Jiang Huai copper vessels except mirrorsFiscal · Proposer · At Jiang-Huai 江淮Directly stated · New Book of Tang 54, passage 215
- Established tea taxAD 793 貞元九年 · Fiscal · Commissioner · Outcome Yearly four hundred thousand strings; never used for flood or drought reliefDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 54, passages 87-88
- Fought for power and built factionsDirectly stated · Old Book of Tang 127, passage 264
- Investigated at Yangzhou arrested household found bribesDirectly stated · Old Book of Tang 127, passage 192
- Learned of the slightPersonal · SubjectDirectly stated · Old Book of Tang 127, passage 173
Show 3 more source-backed claims
- Restored the Jiang Huai fiscal patrol officeAdministrative · OfficialDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 53, passage 97
- Relation Ally of · Person Ban Hong (班宏)Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 127, passage 172
- Relation Subordinate to · Person Ban Hong (班宏)Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 127, passage 175
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment accused Ban Hong of losing public money and indulging corrupt clerks · Mode quoted-speech Speaker Zhang Pang (張滂)Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 127, passages 186-187
- Assessment not a man one could respect; famed through profit · Mode historian-judgmentDirectly stated · Old Book of Tang 127, passages 264, 267
- Assessment violent, obstinate, and hard to control · Mode quoted-speech Speaker Ban Hong (班宏)Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 127, passage 172
Source notes
- Historicity historicalDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 54, passage 215
References in the histories
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