Zhang Yu (張禹) | 24 Histories

Overview

Zhang Yu was a Tutor and Marquis of Anchang.

PeriodQin and Han

IdentityHistorical · Male

Roles

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Life and dates

Death

BC 5 historical identification
Strongly inferred · Book of Han 70, passage 266

Attested activity

c. BC 30 to c. BC 5 張禹
Strongly inferred · Book of Han 70, passage 266
BC 33 to BC 7 張禹
Strongly inferred · Book of Jin 109, passage 249
BC 25 成帝時
Directly stated · Book of Han 82, passages 249-250
BC 33 to BC 25 成帝金華講學
Strongly inferred · Book of Han 117, passage 19
BC 16 to BC 13 永始中
Dated from the passage context · Book of Han 56, passage 130

Key source chapters

Book of Han, Chapter 94 Volume 83: Xue Xuan and Zhu Bo 3 passages
Book of Han, Chapter 82 Volume 71: Jun, Shu, Yu, Xue, Ping and Peng 2 passages
Book of Han, Chapter 56 Volume 47: The Three Sons of Emperor Wen 1 passage
Book of Han, Chapter 70 Volume 60: Du Zhou 1 passage
Book of Han, Chapter 117 Volume 100a: Afterword and Family History 1 1 passage

Career and standing

Chancellor 丞相
Held
Directly stated · Book of Han 82, passage 250
chancellor 丞相
Directly stated · Book of Han 94, passage 91
Chancellor 相
Directly stated · Book of Han 56, passage 130
tutor 師
Directly stated · Book of Han 94, passage 264
Marquis of Anchang 安昌侯
Directly stated · Book of Han 70, passage 266
Marquis of Anchang 安昌侯
Directly stated · Book of Han 94, passage 264

Places and affiliations

Polity Han · Relation Official of
Directly stated · Book of Han 82, passage 249
Polity Han 漢 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Book of Jin 109, passage 249

Events and relationships

Relation Teacher of · Person Ban Bo (班伯)
Directly stated · Book of Han 117, passage 19

Assessments and attributes

Assessment equivocated, preserved himself, drew the age's ridicule · Mode quotation Speaker Murong Huang (慕容皝)
Directly stated · Book of Jin 109, passage 249

References in the histories

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History

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Book of Han, Chapter 56Volume 47: The Three Sons of Emperor Wen · 1 passage

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積數歲，永始中，相禹奏立對外家怨望，有惡言。 Years later, in the Yongshi era, Chancellor Yu impeached Li for muttering slander against his in-laws.

Book of Han, Chapter 70Volume 60: Du Zhou · 1 passage

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高陽侯薛宣有不養母之名，安昌侯張禹奸人之雄，惑亂朝廷，使先帝負謗於海內，尤不可不慎。 Xue Xuan, marquis of Gaoyang, bore the name of one who did not support his mother; Zhang Yu, marquis of Anchang, was a chief among wicked men, confusing and disordering the court and causing the late emperor to bear slander within the seas—this above all must not be treated lightly.

Book of Han, Chapter 82Volume 71: Jun, Shu, Yu, Xue, Ping and Peng · 2 passages

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治《易》，事張禹，舉為博士，遷東平太傅。 He mastered the Changes under Zhang Yu, was recommended as an erudite, and became tutor to the king of Dongping.

禹以帝師見尊信，薦宣經明有威重，可任政事，繇是入為右扶風，遷廷尉，以王國人出為太原太守。 Zhang Yu, honored as the emperor's teacher, recommended Xuan as a classicist of authority fit for government. Xuan thereupon entered court as Youfufeng, rose to commandant of justice, and later left office to govern Taiyuan because he was a man of a royal domain.

Book of Han, Chapter 94Volume 83: Xue Xuan and Zhu Bo · 3 passages

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數月，代張禹為丞相，封高陽侯，食邑千戶。 Months later he succeeded Zhang Yu as chancellor, was enfeoffed as Marquis of Gaoyang with a thousand-household fief.

上征宣復爵高陽侯，加寵特進，位次師安昌侯，給事中，視尚書事。 The emperor recalled Xue Xuan, restored his title as Marquis of Gaoyang, advanced him to specially advanced rank just below his tutor, Zhang Yu, Marquis of Anchang, gave him a palace attendant post, and assigned him to oversee secretariat business.

其後上以問師安昌侯張禹，禹以為然。 The emperor consulted Tutor Zhang Yu of Anchang, who agreed.

Book of Han, Chapter 117Volume 100a: Afterword and Family History 1 · 1 passage

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時上方鄉學，鄭寬中、張禹朝夕入說尚書、論語於金華殿中，詔伯受焉。 Cheng was bent on scholarship, so Zheng Kuanzhong and Zhang Yu lectured each day on the Documents and the Analects in the Jinhua Palace while Ban Bo was told to join the class.

Book of Jin, Chapter 109Volume 109 Records 9: Murong Huang · 1 passage

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谷永、張禹依違不對，故容身苟免，取譏於世。 Gu Yong and Zhang Yu equivocated and preserved themselves, winning only the age's ridicule.

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 378Volume 378 Biographies 165: Huang Juezi, Jin Yinglin, Chen Qingyong, Su Tingkui, Zhu Qi · 1 passage

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是張禹、胡廣、趙戒之類也，甚矣其恥也！」 They are men of the sort of Zhang Yu, Hu Guang, and Zhao Jie—how shameful!"