Sui and Tang · Tang loyalist invoked as an exemplar

Zhang Xun 張巡

Zhāng Xún

Attested AD 757

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Zhang Xun was a Tang loyalist invoked as an exemplar.

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Attested activity

AD 757 唐至德二載安史之亂
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 252, passage 30

References in the histories

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 252Volume 252 Biographies 39: Gan Wenkun, Fan Chengmo, Ma Xiongzhen, Fu Honglie · 1 passage

文焜手書報之，期效張巡、南霽雲誓死守，而本深不之顧。 Wenkun answered in his own hand, vowing to follow Zhang Xun and Nan Jiyun in holding the city to the death—but Benshen ignored him.