Zhang Wenxu 張文詡

Other names

Family

• Child of Zhang Ju (張琚)
  father 父
  Directly stated · History of the Northern Dynasties 88, passage 239
• Child of Zhang Ju (琚)
  father 父
  Directly stated · Book of Sui 77, passage 222
• Child of Mother of Zhang Wenxu (張文詡母)
  mother 母
  Directly stated · History of the Northern Dynasties 88, passage 247
• Child of Mother of Zhang Wenxu
  mother 母
  Directly stated · Book of Sui 77, passage 236
• Spouse of Wife of Zhang Wenxu
  wife 妻
  Directly stated · Book of Sui 77, passage 243
• Spouse of Wife of Zhang Wenxu (張文詡妻)
  wife 妻子
  Directly stated · History of the Northern Dynasties 88, passage 256

• Kinship Role children · Quantity plural · 妻子 addresses wife and children
  Directly stated · Book of Sui 77, passage 243
• Kinship Role children · Quantity unspecified
  Directly stated · History of the Northern Dynasties 88, passage 256

Career and standing

• garden watering / gardening 灌園
  Directly stated · History of the Northern Dynasties 88, passage 245
• irrigation and gardening 灌園
  Directly stated · Book of Sui 77, passage 234
• Master Zhang 張先生
  Called
  Directly stated · History of the Northern Dynasties 88, passage 261
• Master Zhang 張先生
  Conferred by locals
  Directly stated · Book of Sui 77, passage 249
• Declined
  Refused office
  Directly stated · History of the Northern Dynasties 88, passages 244, 246
• Noted
  Poor and plain
  Directly stated · History of the Northern Dynasties 88, passage 258

Places and affiliations

• Polity Sui 隋 · Relation Lived under
  Dated from the passage context · History of the Northern Dynasties 88, passages 238-239, 241
• At Hedong 河東
  Directly stated · History of the Northern Dynasties 88, passage 238; Book of Sui 77, passage 221
• At home / native district 歸 · Relation Returned to
  Dated from the passage context · History of the Northern Dynasties 88, passage 245
• At Imperial Academy 太學 · Relation Studied at
  Directly stated · History of the Northern Dynasties 88, passage 241

Learning and skills

• expert in Three Rites; mastered Changes, Odes, Documents, Spring and Autumn commentaries 特精三禮
  Directly stated · Book of Sui 77, passage 224
• Subject Three Rituals 三禮 · Level expert
  Directly stated · History of the Northern Dynasties 88, passage 240
• Skill broad classical learning 博覽群書 · Level renowned
  Directly stated · History of the Northern Dynasties 88, passage 240

Works and attributed material

• I had a dizzy spell yesterday and fell into a pit. 吾昨風眩，落坑所致。
  Speech · Speaker · Direct quotation · Addressee Person Ids Wife of Zhang Wenxu (張文詡妻)
  Directly stated · History of the Northern Dynasties 88, passage 256
• Old age slowly approaches—I fear a cultivated name will not be established! 老冉冉而將至，恐修名之不立！
  Speech · Speaker · Direct quotation
  Directly stated · History of the Northern Dynasties 88, passage 259

Events and relationships

• Concealed theft and gave wheat
  Personal · Victim who forgave · Counterparts wheat thief 盜者
  Directly stated · History of the Northern Dynasties 88, passages 249-252
• Declined office
  Political · Summoned person · With Su Wei (蘇威)
  Directly stated · History of the Northern Dynasties 88, passage 244
• Demolished old wall to accommodate encroachment
  Personal · Neighbor
  Directly stated · History of the Northern Dynasties 88, passage 253
• Refused official relief
  Economic · Declining party
  Directly stated · History of the Northern Dynasties 88, passage 258
• Was invited to study with offered horse
  Social · Invitee · With Huangfu Dan (皇甫誕)
  Directly stated · History of the Northern Dynasties 88, passages 242-243
• Wounded by knife during incantation healing
  Medical · Patient
  Directly stated · History of the Northern Dynasties 88, passages 254-256

Assessments and attributes

• Assessment compared by contemporaries to Min Ziqian and Yuan Xian · With Min Ziqian (閔子騫), Yuan Xian (原憲) · Mode named-source-report Witness people of the time 時人
  Directly stated · History of the Northern Dynasties 88, passage 260
• Assessment compared to Min Ziqian and Yuan Xian · Mode historian-judgment
  Directly stated · Book of Sui 77, passage 247
• Assessment concealed others' faults · Mode historian-judgment
  Directly stated · History of the Northern Dynasties 88, passages 256-257
• man who embraced simplicity 抱樸之士
  Assessment embraced simplicity · Mode historian-judgment
  Directly stated · Book of Sui 77, passage 253
• Assessment filial devotion to his mother · Mode historian-judgment
  Directly stated · History of the Northern Dynasties 88, passage 247
• seeing injury, was not angry 見傷無慍
  Assessment saw injury and was not angry · Mode historian-judgment
  Directly stated · Book of Sui 77, passage 253