Qin and Han · Official and Diplomat

Zhang Song 張松

Attested AD 208 - AD 214

Passages: 11
Chapters: 2
Histories: 1

Overview

Zhang Song was an official and Diplomat.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 211 to AD 214 勸璋絕曹公而自結先主
Dated from the passage context · Records of the Three Kingdoms 37, passages 124-125, 129
AD 208 赤壁
Dated from the passage context · Records of the Three Kingdoms 31, passage 78

Key source chapters

Records of the Three Kingdoms, Chapter 37 Volume 37: Book of Shu 7: Biographies of Pang Tong and Fa Zheng 6 passages
Records of the Three Kingdoms, Chapter 31 Volume 31: Book of Shu 1: Biographies of the Two Governor Lius 5 passages

Career and standing

Provincial Lieutenant Governor of Yizhou 益州別駕
Held
Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 37, passage 124

Works and attributed material

Speech · Speaker · Interlocutor Person Id Liu Zhang (劉璋)
Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 31, passages 89, 91

Events and relationships

Met Cao Cao
Diplomacy · Envoy · With Cao Cao (魏武) · At Jingzhou 荊州
Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 37, passage 125
Urged break with Cao ally Liu Bei
Counsel · Advisor · With Liu Zhang (劉璋)
Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 37, passage 125
Relation Co conspirator of · Person Fa Zheng (法正)
Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 37, passage 128
Relation Friend of · Person Fa Zheng (法正)
Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 37, passage 124

References in the histories

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History

11 passages

Records of the Three Kingdoms, Chapter 31Volume 31: Book of Shu 1: Biographies of the Two Governor Lius · 5 passages

璋復遣別駕張松詣曹公，曹公時已定荊州，走先主，不復存錄松，松以此怨。 He then sent chief clerk Zhang Song. By then Cao Cao had overrun Jingzhou and routed Liu Bei; he treated Zhang Song with cold neglect, and Song nursed a grudge.

松還，疵毀曹公，勸璋自絕， Zhang Song returned to paint Cao Cao in the worst colors and urge Liu Zhang to break with the north,

〈《漢書春秋》曰：張松見曹公，曹公方自矜伐，不存錄松。〈The Springs and Autumns of the Han Book records: Zhang Song found Cao Cao swollen with pride over his victories and dismissive of him.

松歸，乃勸璋自絕。 On his return he pressed Liu Zhang to cut ties with Cao Cao.

後松復說璋曰：「今州中諸將龐羲、李異等皆恃功驕豪，欲有外意，不得豫州，則敵攻其外，民攻其內，必敗之道也。」 Later Zhang Song warned him again: “Pang Xi, Li Yi, and the other generals swagger on old laurels and eye independence. Without Liu Bei to stiffen your front, enemies will strike from without and your own people from within—that is the road to ruin.”

Records of the Three Kingdoms, Chapter 37Volume 37: Book of Shu 7: Biographies of Pang Tong and Fa Zheng · 6 passages

益州別駕張松與正相善，忖璋不足與有為，常竊嘆息。 Provincial Lieutenant Governor Zhang Song befriended Fa Zheng; both concluded Liu Zhang could achieve nothing grand, and Song often groaned in private.

松於荊州見曹公還，勸璋絕曹公而自結先主。 After Song returned from meeting Cao Cao in Jingzhou, he urged Liu Zhang to renounce Cao and ally with Liu Bei.

松乃舉正，正辭讓，不得已而往。 Song recommended Fa Zheng, who protested yet finally obeyed.

正既還，為松稱說先主有雄略，密謀協規，原共戴奉，而未有緣。 Back in Shu, Fa Zheng praised Liu Bei’s strategic vision to Song; the two conspired quietly to enthrone him but could find no occasion.

後因璋聞曹公欲遣將征張魯之有懼心也，松遂說璋宜迎先主，使之討魯，復令正銜命。 When Liu Zhang heard Cao Cao might march on Zhang Lu and began to panic, Song argued for inviting Liu Bei to attack Zhang Lu and sent Fa Zheng once more with the summons.

張松，州之股肱，以響應於內； with Zhang Song—the provincial pillar—to rise inside in answer,