Zhang Wenbao (張文寶)

Overview

Zhang Wenbao was an official and Judge.

PeriodFive Dynasties

IdentityHistorical · Male

Roles

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Life and dates

Death

At Qingzhou 青州
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 68, passage 137

Attested activity

AD 929 十一月戊辰
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 40, passage 157
AD 930 壬子
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 41, passage 140
AD 926 to AD 930 天成初
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 92, passages 196-197
AD 929 天成四年二月
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 40, passage 12
AD 923 莊宗即位魏州
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 68, passage 134
AD 932 長興三年冬十月己未
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 43, passage 151

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AD 931 長興二年
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 42, passage 78
AD 930 長興初
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 68, passage 136

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Parent of Zhang Ji (張吉)
son 子
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 68, passage 138
Child of Zhang Yi (張顗)
son 子
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 68, passage 132

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Career and standing

Vice Minister of War; formerly Right Regular Attendant of the Cavalry 兵部侍郎、右散騎常侍
AD 931 長興二年 · Appointed
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 42, passage 78
Right Regular Attendant 右散騎常侍
Appointed · From Source Date: Text: 十一月戊辰 · Inherited Narrative Context: true · Western Year: AD 929
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 40, passage 157
Vice Minister of Personnel 吏部侍郎
Appointed
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 43, passage 151; Old History of the Five Dynasties 68, passage 134
director of the jinshi examination 知貢舉
AD 930 壬子 · Held
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 41, passage 140
Regular Attendant in charge of the examinations 常侍知貢舉
Held
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 92, passage 197
Vice Director of the Ministry of Punishments 尚書刑部侍郎
Held
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 40, passage 12

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Vice Minister of Punishments 刑部侍郎
Held
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 40, passage 157
Vice Minister of War 兵部侍郎
Held
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 43, passage 151
fine of one season's salary 罰一季俸
AD 930 壬子 · Fined
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 41, passages 140-141

Places and affiliations

Later Tang 後唐
Relation Served
Strongly inferred · Old History of the Five Dynasties 40, passage 157
Polity Later Tang 後唐 · Relation Served
Strongly inferred · Old History of the Five Dynasties 41, passage 140; Old History of the Five Dynasties 43, passage 151

Works and attributed material

Memorial · Author
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 40, passage 12

Events and relationships

Appointed right regular attendant
AD 929 十一月戊辰 · Appointment · Appointee
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 40, passage 157
Judged careless and fined
AD 930 壬子 · Examination · Examiner
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 41, passage 140
Shipwreck and mission
AD 930 長興初 · Diplomatic · Envoy · With Zhang Xuan (張絢) · At Huainan / Hangzhou 淮南、杭州
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 68, passages 136-137
Relation Client of · Person Zhu Youqian (朱友謙)
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 68, passage 133

Assessments and attributes

Assessment did not test scholars with proper care · Mode named-source-report
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 41, passage 140
Assessment refined, reserved, devoted to classical learning · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 68, passage 135

References in the histories

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History

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Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 40Volume 40 Book of Later Tang 16: Mingzong Annals 6 · 2 passages

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〈（《五代會要》：尚書兵部宣露布於樓前，宣訖，尚書刑部侍郎張文寶奏曰：「逆賊王都首級請付所司。」 (The 《Five Dynasties Essentials》 says War at the Secretariat proclaimed the bulletin at the tower; when it ended Zhang Wenbao of Punishments asked that Wang Du's head be given to the proper office."

戊辰，以刑部侍郎張文寶為右散騎常侍。 On wuchen Zhang Wenbao of Punishments became right regular attendant.

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 41Volume 41 Book of Later Tang 17: Mingzong Annals 7 · 1 passage

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知貢舉張文寶試士不得精當，望罰一季俸。」 Director Zhang Wenbao tested poorly; we ask one season's salary be fined."

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 42Volume 42 Book of Later Tang 18: Mingzong Annals 8 · 1 passage

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以右散騎常侍張文寶為兵部侍郎。 Zhang Wenbao became vice war minister.

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 43Volume 43 Book of Later Tang 19: Mingzong Annals 9 · 1 passage

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己未，以兵部侍郎張文寶為吏部侍郎，以戶部侍郎藥縱之為兵部侍郎。 On jiwei Zhang Wenbao became personnel vice minister; Yao Zongzhi became war vice minister.

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 68Volume 68 Book of Later Tang 44: Biographies 20: Xue Tinggui, Cui Yi, Liu Yue, Liu Ye, Feng Shunqing, Dou Mengzheng, Li Baoyin, Gui Ai, Kong, Miao, Zhang Wenbao, Chen Yi, Liu Zan · 6 passages

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張文寶，昭宗朝諫議大夫顗之子也。 Zhang Wenbao was the son of Grand Censor Yi, who had served under Emperor Zhaozong.

文寶初，依河中朱友謙為從事。 Early in his career Wenbao served on the staff of Zhu Youqian in Hezhong.

莊宗即位於魏州，以文寶知制誥，曆中書舍人、刑部侍郎、左散騎常侍、知貢舉，遷吏部侍郎。 When Zhuangzong took the throne at Weizhou, Wenbao was made drafting commissioner and rose through the posts of Secretariat drafting secretary, vice minister of punishments, left honorary cavalier attendant-in-ordinary, and examination supervisor before becoming vice minister of personnel.

文寶性雅淡稽古。 Wenbao was refined, reserved, and devoted to classical learning.

長興初，奉使浙中，泛海船壞，水工以小舟救，文寶與副使吏部郎中張絢信風至淮南界，偽吳楊溥禮待甚至，兼厚遺錢幣、食物。 Early in Changxing, on a mission to Zhe, his ship was wrecked at sea and sailors rescued him and his party in small boats. Wenbao and his deputy, Personnel Bureau director Zhang Xuan, drifted on the wind to the Huainan border, where Yang Pu of Wu received them with exceptional courtesy and lavished money and provisions on them.

文寶受其食物，反其錢幣，吳人善之，送文寶等復至杭州宣國命，還青州，卒。 Wenbao accepted the food but returned the money, which won the Wu people's admiration. They escorted him back to Hangzhou to deliver the imperial commission, then he returned to Qingzhou and died.

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 92Volume 92 Book of Later Jin 18: Biographies 7: Yao Yi, Lu Qi, Liang Wenju, Shi Gui, Pei Hao, Wu Chengfan, Lu Dao, Zheng Taoguang, Wang Quan, Han Yun, Li Yi · 1 passage

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時常侍張文寶知貢舉，中書奏落進士數人，仍請詔翰林學士院作一詩一賦，下禮部，為舉人格樣。 Attendant Zhang Wenbao then had charge of the examinations. The Secretariat memorialized to fail several jinshi and asked that the Hanlin Academy draft one poem and one fu for the Ministry of Rites as models for candidates.