Song, Liao, and Jin · Official and Hermit

Zhang Teli 張特立

c. AD 1179 - AD 1253

Passages: 14
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Zhang Teli was an official and Hermit.

Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Changed name	Yong	永	Yong
Courtesy name	Wenju	文舉	Wenju

Life and dates

Death

AD 1253 癸丑
Directly stated · History of Yuan 199, passage 69

Age

70
Reckoning Sui · Qualifier nearly
Directly stated · History of Yuan 199, passage 66
75
Reckoning Sui
Directly stated · History of Yuan 199, passage 69

Attested activity

AD 1252 壬子歲
Directly stated · History of Yuan 199, passage 68
AD 1224 to AD 1231 正大初
Directly stated · History of Yuan 199, passage 56
AD 1246 歲丙午
Directly stated · History of Yuan 199, passage 66
AD 1201 to AD 1208 泰和
Directly stated · History of Yuan 199, passage 49
AD 1253 癸丑
Directly stated · History of Yuan 199, passage 69

Career and standing

magistrate of Luoyang 洛陽令
AD 1224 to AD 1231 正大初 · Appointed
Directly stated · History of Yuan 199, passage 56
chief clerk of Yanshi 偃師主簿
Appointed
Directly stated · History of Yuan 199, passage 49
investigating censor 監察御史
Appointed
Directly stated · History of Yuan 199, passage 60
judicial officer of Xuande Prefecture 宣德州司候
Transferred
Directly stated · History of Yuan 199, passage 50
Master of the Mean 中庸先生
AD 1246 歲丙午 · Specially granted · With Kublai Khan (元世祖)
Directly stated · History of Yuan 199, passage 66
Master of the Mean 中庸先生
AD 1261 中統二年 · Title regranted posthumously
Directly stated · History of Yuan 199, passages 70-71

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Returned to countryside
Retirement
Directly stated · History of Yuan 199, passage 64
Pardoned
Pardoned · Authority Emperor Shizong of Jin (金世宗)
Directly stated · History of Yuan 199, passage 64

Places and affiliations

Polity Jin 金 · Relation Served
Directly stated · History of Yuan 199, passage 49
Polity Id yuan · Relation Honored by
Directly stated · History of Yuan 199, passage 66
At Dongming 東明 · Relation Native of
Directly stated · History of Yuan 199, passage 47

Learning and skills

Subject Cheng school Changes 程氏易 · Relation Studied
Directly stated · History of Yuan 199, passage 65
Earned
AD 1201 to AD 1208 泰和 · Credential jinshi 進士
Directly stated · History of Yuan 199, passage 49

Works and attributed material

Annals of Events by Year 歷年系事記
Relation Author
Directly stated · History of Yuan 199, passage 72
Collected Explanations of the Changes 易集說
Relation Author
Directly stated · History of Yuan 199, passage 72
Memorial · Author
Directly stated · History of Yuan 199, passages 60-61

Events and relationships

Impeached Bai Sa staff
Impeachment · Accuser · With Ba Sa (白撒)
Directly stated · History of Yuan 199, passage 63
Impeached officials
Impeachment · Accuser · With Yanzhan Shilu (顏盞石魯)
Directly stated · History of Yuan 199, passage 61
Raised provisions in three days
Military logistics · Supplier · With He-shilie Yarucha (紇石烈牙兀䚟)
Directly stated · History of Yuan 199, passages 58-59
Searched and prosecuted sheep theft
Legal · Magistrate · With Fifth General (五將軍)
Directly stated · History of Yuan 199, passages 52-54
Relation Respected by · Person Yan Shi (嚴實)
Directly stated · History of Yuan 199, passage 65

Assessments and attributes

aged with failing eyes
Illness
Directly stated · History of Yuan 199, passage 67
Item Hall of Beautiful Marsh (Lize) 麗澤 · Relation Study named
Directly stated · History of Yuan 199, passage 67

Source notes

From Yong 永 · To Teli 特立 · Reason taboo-avoidance · With Weishao Wang (衛紹王)
Directly stated · History of Yuan 199, passage 48

References in the histories

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History

14 passages

History of Yuan, Chapter 199Volume 199 Biographies 86: Recluses · 14 passages

元之隱士亦多矣，如杜瑛遺執政書，暨張特立居官之政，則非徒隱者也，蓋其得時則行，可隱而隱，頗有古君子之風。 The Yuan had many men called recluses, yet figures such as Du Ying, who sent memorials to the chief ministers, and Zhang Teli, who governed ably in office, were not recluses in name only: they served when the moment allowed and withdrew when withdrawal was fitting—very much in the spirit of the ancients.

張特立，字文舉，東明人。 Zhang Teli, courtesy name Wenju, was from Dongming.

初名永，避金衛紹王諱，易今名。 His original name was Yong; to avoid the taboo name of the Jin Prince Shao of Wei, he adopted his present name.

州多金國戚，號難治，特立至官，俱往謁之。 The prefecture had many Jin imperial kinsmen and was notoriously hard to govern; when Teli took office, they all came to pay their respects.

有五將軍率家奴劫民群羊，特立命大索閭里，遂過將軍家，溫言誘之曰：「將軍宅寧有盜羊者邪，聊視之以杜眾口。」 A general known as the Fifth General had his household slaves seize villagers' flocks; Teli ordered a thorough search of the neighborhood and then called at the general's house, saying mildly, "Surely there are no sheep thieves in your residence, General—but let us have a look to silence gossip."

會移鎮陝右，道經洛陽，見特立淳古，不禮之，遽責令治糗具，期三日足，後期如軍法。 When he was transferred to garrison western Shaanxi and passed through Luoyang, he found Teli plain and unassuming, showed him no courtesy, and abruptly ordered him to supply army rations within three days on pain of military law.

縣民素賢特立，爭輸於庭，帥大奇之。 The people of the county, who had long admired Teli, rushed to deliver supplies to the magistrate's court, and the commander was astonished.

會平章政事白撒犒軍陝西，特立又劾其掾不法。 When Grand Councilor Bai Sa went to reward the troops in Shaanxi, Teli again impeached his staff for misconduct.

白撒訴於世宗，言特立所言事失實，世宗宥之，遂歸田裡。 Bai Sa complained to Emperor Shizong that Teli's charges were false; the emperor pardoned Teli, who then retired to the countryside.

特立通程氏《易》，晚教授諸生，東平嚴實每加禮焉。 Teli mastered the Cheng school interpretation of the Changes; in later years he taught students, and Yan Shi of Dongping always treated him with respect.

歲丙午，世祖在潛邸受王印，首傳旨諭特立曰：「前監察御史張特立，養素丘園，易代如一，今年幾七十，研究聖經，宜錫嘉名，以光潛德，可特賜號曰中庸先生。」 In the bingwu year, when Kublai received the princely seal in his residence, he first sent word to Teli: "The former censor Zhang Teli has lived in rustic seclusion through the change of dynasties unchanged; he is nearly seventy and devoted to the classics. Let an honorable title glorify his hidden virtue: grant him specially the name Master of the Mean (Zhongyong)."

癸丑，特立卒，年七十五。 In guichou Teli died at the age of seventy-five.

中統二年，詔曰：「中庸先生學有淵源，行無瑕玷，雖經喪亂，不改故常，未遂丘園之賁，俄興窀穸之悲。 In the second year of Zhongtong an edict read: "Master of the Mean—his learning ran deep, his conduct without blemish; though he lived through chaos he did not change his ways; he had not yet received the full honor due a recluse when suddenly the grief of burial arose.

特立所著書有《易集說》、《歷年系事記》。 Teli's works included Collected Explanations of the Changes and Annals of Events by Year.