Qin and Han · Official and father of Zhang Tang

Zhang Tang's father

Attested BC 130

Passages: 4
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Zhang Tang's father was an official and father of Zhang Tang.

Life and dates

Death

before Zhang Tang became a clerk of Chang'an
Dated from the passage context · Book of Han 69, passage 6

Attested activity

BC 130 父為長安丞
Directly stated · Book of Han 69, passage 2

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Parent of Zhang Tang (張湯)
father 父
Directly stated · Book of Han 69, passages 2, 6

Career and standing

assistant magistrate of Chang'an 長安丞
Directly stated · Book of Han 69, passage 2

References in the histories

Book of Han, Chapter 69Volume 59: Zhang Tang · 4 passages

父為長安丞，出，湯為兒守舍。 His father served as assistant magistrate of Chang'an. Whenever the father left on business, the boy Tang stayed behind to watch the house.

還，鼠盜肉，父怨，笞湯。 When he came home, he found a rat had stolen the meat. Angry, he beat Tang with a stick.

父見之，視文辭如老獄吏，大驚，遂使書獄。 When his father read the document, the wording read like that of a veteran prison clerk. He was astonished and thereafter set the boy to drafting legal briefs.

父死後，湯為長安吏。 After his father died, Tang took a minor post as a clerk in Chang'an.