Dates uncertain · Statesman

Zhang Zhao 張昭

Attested AD 200 - AD 241

Passages: 3
Chapters: 3
Histories: 1

Overview

Zhang Zhao was a statesman.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 202 建安七年
Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 50, passage 166
AD 200 to AD 241 張昭嘗對孫權
Dated from the passage context · Records of the Three Kingdoms 39, passage 93
AD 233 to AD 236 遼東之事
Dated from the passage context · Records of the Three Kingdoms 62, passage 128

Key source chapters

Career and standing

General Who Aids Wu 輔吳將軍
Held
Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 39, passage 93
General Who Assists Wu 輔吳將軍
Held
Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 62, passage 128

Places and affiliations

Polity Wu 吳 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 39, passage 93

Works and attributed material

Speech · Speaker · With Sun Quan (孫權) · Paraphrased
Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 39, passage 93

Events and relationships

Remonstrated
Political · Remonstrant · With Sun Quan (孫權)
Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 62, passage 128

Assessments and attributes

Assessment Liu Ba had been too harsh in refusing Zhang Fei · With Liu Ba (劉巴) · Mode named-source-report Source Person Id Zhang Zhao (張昭) Source Work Traditions of Former Worthies of Lingling 零陵先賢傳
Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 39, passage 93

References in the histories

Records of the Three Kingdoms, Chapter 39Volume 39: Book of Shu 9: Biographies of Dong, Liu, Ma, Chen, Dong, and Lü · 1 passage

〈零陵先賢傳曰：輔吳將軍張昭嘗對孫權論巴褊□厄，不當拒張飛太甚。〈The tradition adds that Zhang Zhao once told Sun Quan Liu Ba had been too harsh—narrow-minded perhaps—in snubbing Zhang Fei.

Records of the Three Kingdoms, Chapter 50Volume 50: Book of Wu 5: Biographies of Concubines and Ladies · 1 passage

建安七年，臨薨，引見張昭等，屬以後事，合葬高陵。 In Jian'an 7, on her deathbed she summoned Zhang Zhao and others to entrust them with affairs after her death; she was buried with Sun Jian at Gaoling.

Records of the Three Kingdoms, Chapter 62Volume 62: Book of Wu 17: Biographies of Shi Yi and Hu Zong · 1 passage

遼東之事，輔吳將軍張昭以諫權言辭切至，權亦大怒，其和協彼此，使之無隙，綜有力焉。 When the Liaodong campaign drove Zhang Zhao, general who assists Wu, to remonstrate in blistering terms and Sun Quan raged, Hu Zong helped heal the rift between sovereign and chief counselor.