Sui and Tang · Tang Transport Commissioner

Zhang Pang 張滂

Attested AD 780 - AD 805

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4
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Zhang Pang was a Tang Transport Commissioner.

IdentityHistorical · Male

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  1. Old Book of Tang, Chapter 127 Volume 123 Biographies 73: Liu Yan, Di Wuqi, Ban Hong, Ban Shao, Li Xun 14 passages
  2. New Book of Tang, Chapter 54 Volume 54 Treatises 50: Finance and Economics 3 2 passages
  3. New Book of Tang, Chapter 53 Volume 53 Treatises 43: Finance and Economics 3 1 passage
  4. New Book of Tang, Chapter 194 Volume 194 Biographies 119: Outstanding Conduct 1 passage

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18 passages

Old Book of Tang, Chapter 127Volume 123 Biographies 73: Liu Yan, Di Wuqi, Ban Hong, Ban Shao, Li Xun · 14 passages
張滂先善於宏,宏薦為司農少卿,及參欲以滂分掌江淮鹽鐵,詢之於宏,宏以滂嫉惡,慮以法繩徐粲,因曰:「滂強戾難制,不可用。」 Zhang Pang had once been Ban Hong's ally, and Hong had helped make him vice director of agriculture. When Dou Can proposed splitting Jiang-Huai salt-and-iron duties with Pang, he asked Hong's view. Hong knew Pang was fierce and incorruptible and feared he would prosecute Xu Can, so he said, "Pang is harsh and unmanageable—he cannot be used."
八年三月,參遂為上所疏,乃讓度支使,遂以宏專判,而參不欲使務悉歸於宏,問計京兆尹薛玨,玨曰:「二子交惡,而滂剛決,若分鹽鐵轉運於滂,必能制宏。」 In the third month of 792 Dou Can fell from imperial favor and surrendered the finance commission to Ban Hong—but Can did not want Hong controlling everything. He consulted Metropolitan Prefect Xue Jue, who advised: "Those two are enemies, and Pang is tough and resolute; give him salt-and-iron transport and he can check Hong."
New Book of Tang, Chapter 53Volume 53 Treatises 43: Finance and Economics 3 · 1 passage
New Book of Tang, Chapter 54Volume 54 Treatises 50: Finance and Economics 3 · 2 passages
New Book of Tang, Chapter 194Volume 194 Biographies 119: Outstanding Conduct · 1 passage