Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Official and Writer

Zhang Zuan 張纘

Attested AD 502 - AD 557

Passages: 9
Chapters: 8
Histories: 2

Overview

Zhang Zuan was an official and Writer.

Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal name	Zhang (Xu)Zuan	張（續）纘

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 526 with Pei Ziye
Dated from the passage context · Book of Liang 30, passage 53
AD 549 其年葬簡皇后
Dated from the passage context · Book of Liang 35, passage 82
AD 552 承聖
Dated from the passage context · Book of Liang 55, passage 159
AD 526 普通七年
Directly stated · Book of Liang 7, passage 132
AD 520 to AD 549 梁
Directly stated · Book of Chen 27, passage 14
AD 540 to AD 549 梁世
Dated from the passage context · Book of Chen 18, passage 68

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AD 502 to AD 557 梁世
Directly stated · Book of Chen 17, passage 76
AD 546 梁代
Directly stated · Book of Chen 30, passage 5

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Child of Zhang Hongce (張弘策)
father 父
Directly stated · Book of Liang 7, passage 34
Child of Zhang Hongji (張弘籍)
heir 嗣 · Adoptive parentage
Directly stated · Book of Liang 7, passage 34
Sibling of Zhang Wan (張綰)
younger brother 弟 · Full siblings
Directly stated · Book of Chen 18, passage 68

Key source chapters

Career and standing

Gentleman of the Ministry of Personnel 吏部郎
Held
Directly stated · Book of Liang 7, passage 132
Vice Director of the Masters of Writing 尚書僕射
Held
Directly stated · Book of Chen 27, passage 14

Places and affiliations

Polity Liang 梁 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Book of Liang 35, passage 82
At Fanyang 范陽
Directly stated · Book of Chen 18, passage 68; Book of Chen 27, passage 14

Works and attributed material

mourning eulogy 哀策文
AD 549 其年葬簡皇后 · Relation Author
Dated from the passage context · Book of Liang 35, passage 82
Elegy · Author · With Noble Consort Ding Lingguang (丁令光)
Directly stated · Book of Liang 7, passages 132-178
Quotation · Speaker · With Wang Mo (王勱) · Direct quotation
Directly stated · Book of Chen 17, passage 76
Report · Author · With Emperor Yuan (世祖) · Mode named-source-report Source Person Id Zhang Zuan (張纘)
Directly stated · Book of Liang 55, passage 159

Events and relationships

Composed elegy
Scholarly · Author · With Noble Consort Ding Lingguang (丁令光)
Directly stated · Book of Liang 7, passage 132
Composed mourning eulogy
AD 549 其年葬簡皇后 · Ritual · Commissioned author · With Zifan (子範)
Dated from the passage context · Book of Liang 35, passage 82

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · Book of Liang 35, passage 82

References in the histories

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History

9 passages

Book of Chen, Chapter 17Volume 17: Wang Chong; Wang Tong; Yuan Jing · 1 passage

王出鎮京口，勱將隨之藩，范陽張纘時典選舉，勱造纘言別，纘嘉其風采，乃曰：「王生才地，豈可游外府乎？」 When the prince went out to hold Jiangkou, Mo was to accompany him to the fief; Zhang Zuan of Fanyang then controlled appointments. Mo came to take leave of him, and Zuan, struck by his bearing, said, "A man of your talent and station—how can he be left to wander in an outer princely house?"

Book of Chen, Chapter 18Volume 18: Shen Zhong; Yuan Bi; Liu Zhongwei; Lu Shancai; Wang Zhi; Wei Zai · 1 passage

山才少倜儻，好尚文史，范陽張（續）纘，[8]（續）纘弟綰，並欽重之。 In youth Shancai was free-spirited and fond of letters and history. Zhang (Xu)Zuan of Fanyang [8] and Zuan's younger brother Wan both esteemed him highly.

Book of Chen, Chapter 27Volume 27: Jiang Zong; Yao Cha · 1 passage

尚書僕射范陽張纘，度支尚書琅邪王筠，都官尚書南陽劉之遴，並高才碩學，總時年少有名，纘等雅相推重，為忘年友會。 Vice director of the masters of writing Zhang Zuan of Fanyang, revenue commissioner Wang Yun of Langya, and discipline commissioner Liu Zhilin of Nanyang were all men of eminent talent and great learning. Zong at the time was young and already famed; Zuan and the rest warmly esteemed him, and they formed friendships across the generations.

Book of Chen, Chapter 30Volume 30: Xiao Ji; Lu Qiong; Gu Yewang; Fu Zai · 1 passage

少好學，博通經史，諮梁武帝左氏疑義三十餘條，尚書僕射范陽張纘、太常卿南陽劉之遴並與濟討論，纘等莫能抗對。 From boyhood he loved books and mastered the classics and histories. He put more than thirty questions on the Zuo Commentary before Liang's Emperor Wu; Zhang Zuan of Fanyang, vice director of the masters of writing, and Liu Zhiliao of Nanyang, minister of ceremonies, debated them with him—and could not hold their ground.

Book of Liang, Chapter 7Volume 7: Empresses · 2 passages

弘籍無子，從父弟弘策以第三子纘爲嗣，別有傳。 Hongji had no son; his cousin Hongce made his third son Zuan the heir—see the separate biography.

詔吏部郎張纘爲哀策文曰： An edict ordered Minister of Personnel Zhang Zuan to compose the lament-seal text, saying:

Book of Liang, Chapter 30Volume 30: Pei Ziye; Gu Xie; Xu Chi; Bao Quan · 1 passage

時吳平侯蕭勱、范陽張纘，每討論墳籍，咸折中於子野焉。 At that time Marquis of Wuping Xiao Mai and Zhang Zuan of Fanyang, whenever they discussed the classics and histories, would all defer to Ziye's judgment.

Book of Liang, Chapter 35Volume 35: Xiao Zike; Xiao Zifan; Xiao Zixian; Xiao Ziyun · 1 passage

其年葬簡皇后，使與張纘俱制哀策文，太宗覽讀之，曰：「今葬禮雖闕，此文猶不減於舊。」 That year at the burial of Empress Jian he and Zhang Zuan were commissioned to compose the mourning eulogy. Emperor Jianwen read it and said, "Though the burial rites fall short today, this text is still not inferior to those of old."

Book of Liang, Chapter 55Volume 55: Zong, Prince of Yuzhang; Ji, Prince of Wuling; Zhengde, Prince of Linhe; Yu, Prince of Hedong · 1 passage

時世祖軍于武城，新除雍州刺史張纘密報世祖曰：「河東起兵，岳陽聚米，共爲不逞，將襲江陵。」 Emperor Yuan was then at Wucheng; the new inspector of Yongzhou, Zhang Zuan, secretly warned him: "Hedong has risen and Yueyang is hoarding grain—they plot mischief and mean to strike Jiangling."