Sui and Tang · Official and Writer

Zhang Youxin 張又新

Attested AD 785 - AD 824

Passages: 9
Chapters: 4
Histories: 1

Overview

Zhang Youxin was an official and Writer.

Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Courtesy name	Kongzhao	孔昭	Kongzhao

Life and dates

Death

ended as Left Department Director
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 175, passage 90

Attested activity

AD 806 to AD 820 元和中
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 175, passage 77
AD 785 to AD 805 子又新
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 161, passage 66
AD 824 敬宗立
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 175, passage 81; New Book of Tang 181, passage 84
AD 822 to AD 824 穆宗時
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 173, passage 165

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Child of Zhang Jian (張薦)
son 子
father 父
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 175, passage 76; New Book of Tang 161, passage 66
Parent of Zhang Du (張讀)
father 父
Strongly inferred · New Book of Tang 161, passage 67

Key source chapters

Places and affiliations

Polity Tang 唐 · Relation Served
Strongly inferred · New Book of Tang 173, passage 165
Organization Eight Passes and Sixteen Sons 八關十六子 · Relation Member of
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 175, passage 80

Learning and skills

Earned
AD 806 to AD 820 元和中 · Credential jinshi 進士
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 175, passage 77

Events and relationships

Advised plot against Shen
Political · Counselor · With Li Fengji (李逢吉)
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 181, passage 84
Relation Client of · Person Li Fengji (李逢吉)
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 173, passage 165

Assessments and attributes

Assessment devious; twice ruined family reputation by fawning · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 175, passages 78, 91

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 173, passage 165

References in the histories

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History

9 passages

New Book of Tang, Chapter 161Volume 161 Biographies 86: Zhang, Zhao, Li, Zheng, Xu, Wang, Feng, Yu · 1 passage

子又新，別有傳。 His son Youxin has a separate biography.

New Book of Tang, Chapter 173Volume 173 Biographies 98: Pei Du · 1 passage

逢吉既代相，思有以牙孽之，引所厚李仲言、張又新、李續、張權輿等，內結宦官，種支黨，醜沮日聞，乃出度山南西道節度使，奪平章事。 Once Fengji replaced him as chief minister, he sought to destroy him. He gathered his protégés Li Zhongyan, Zhang Youxin, Li Xu, and Zhang Quanyu, allied with eunuchs, planted factions, and spread slanders daily until Du was sent out as commissioner of Shannan West and stripped of the chancellorship.

New Book of Tang, Chapter 175Volume 175 Biographies 100: Dou, Liu, Two Zhangs, Yang, Xiong, Bai · 6 passages

張又新，字孔昭，工部侍郎薦之子。 Zhang Youxin, style name Kongzhao, was the son of Vice Minister of Works Zhang Jian.

又新與拾遺李續、劉棲楚等為逢吉搏吠所憎，故有「八關十六子」之目。 Youxin, with Li Xu and Liu Qichu, were detested as Fengji's attack dogs, earning the name "Eight Passes and Sixteen Sons."

及又新出，流汗揖百官曰：「端溪之事，竊不敢讓。」 When Youxin emerged, drenched in sweat, he bowed to the officials: "The Duanxi affair—I dare not deny my part."

及逢吉罷，領山南東道節度，表又新為行軍司馬。 When Fengji lost office and went to the Shannan East Circuit, he took Youxin as campaign Sima.

李訓有寵，又新復見用，遷刑部郎中，為申州刺史。 When Li Xun rose, Youxin was restored, made Director of Justice, and sent to Shen as prefect.

又新善文辭，再以諂附敗，喪其家聲雲。 Youxin wrote well yet twice destroyed his house's reputation by fawning on power.

New Book of Tang, Chapter 181Volume 181 Biographies 106: Chen, Three Li's, Cao, Liu · 1 passage

逢吉滋怒，乃用張又新、李續等計，擢虞、昔範與劉棲楚皆為拾遺，以伺紳隙，內結中人王守澄自助。 Fengji, enraged, followed the counsel of Zhang Youxin and Li Xu, promoting Yu, Xifan, and Liu Qichu as remonstrance officials to spy on Shen while secretly winning the eunuch Wang Shoucheng.