Qin and Han · Xin official and river-policy memorialist

Zhang Rong 張戎

Attested AD 9 - AD 23

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Zhang Rong was a Xin official and river-policy memorialist.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 9 to AD 23 王莽時
Dated from the passage context · Book of Han 38, passage 253

Career and standing

Clerk under the Grand Marshal 大司馬史
Held
Directly stated · Book of Han 38, passage 253

Places and affiliations

Polity Xin 新 · Relation Served
Strongly inferred · Book of Han 38, passage 253

Works and attributed material

Hydraulic proposal · Author · Mode direct-attribution Speaker Zhang Rong (張戎)
Directly stated · Book of Han 38, passages 253-259

References in the histories

Book of Han, Chapter 38Volume 29: Treatise on Rivers and Canals · 1 passage

大司馬史長安張戎言：「水性就下，行疾則自刮除成空而稍深。 Zhang Rong, clerk under the Grand Marshal in Chang'an, said: "Water naturally seeks lower ground. Fast flow scours channels and deepens them on its own.