Zhangsun Jian (長孫儉)

Overview

Zhangsun Jian was an official and General.

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Alternate name	Qingming	慶明	Qingming

AD 557 to AD 560 三年，以疾還京；遺啟世宗
Dated from the passage context · Book of Zhou 26, passages 65-66
AD 534 太祖臨夏州
Dated from the passage context · Book of Zhou 26, passage 10
AD 525 to AD 527 孝昌中
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 26, passage 9
AD 554 平江陵
Dated from the passage context · Book of Zhou 26, passages 56-57

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Descendant of Zhangsun Song (嵩)
fifth-generation ancestor 五世祖 · paternal line · 5 generations
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 26, passage 6
Parent of Zhangsun Long (隆)
son 子
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 26, passage 74

wife and children 妻子
Kinship Role dependents · Quantity wife and children
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 26, passage 73

Xianbei-associated Northern lineage 鮮卑語
Strongly inferred · Book of Zhou 26, passages 4, 38
cadet line of Wei, surname Tuoba then Zhangsun 魏之枝族，姓托拔氏，改為長孫
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 26, passages 4-5

Major of the grand chancellor's office 相府司馬
Appointed · Concurrent true
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 26, passage 32
Supernumerary Attendant Cavalier in Ordinary 員外散騎侍郎
AD 525 to AD 527 孝昌中 · Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 26, passage 9
Chief Clerk of Qin Province 秦州長史
Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 26, passage 12
Executive Office Vice Director and Governor of Jing Province 行臺僕射、荊州刺史
Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 26, passage 35
garrison commander of Jiangling 鎮江陵
Appointed · At Jiangling 江陵
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 26, passage 61
Governor of Jing Province 荊州刺史
Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 26, passage 15

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Governor of Western Xia Province 西夏州刺史
Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 26, passage 14
Grand General 大將軍
Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 26, passage 62
Minister of the Grand Executive Office 大行臺尚書
Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 26, passage 32
Overall Commander of Xia Province 夏州總管
Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 26, passage 66
recorder-in-chief 錄事
Appointed · At Xia Province 夏州
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 26, passage 10
Vice Director of the Southeastern Circuit Executive Office 東南道行臺僕射
Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 26, passage 15
overall administrator of fifty-two provinces 總管五十二州
Held · At Jing Province 荊州
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 26, passage 62
overall commander of the three Xia provinces 總統三夏州
Held
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 26, passage 14
Duke of Kuai 鄶公
Posthumously enfeoffed
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 26, passage 68
temple and stele 立廟樹碑
Granted on petition · With Zhao Chao (趙超)
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 26, passage 69
Pure Virtue Tower and stele 清德樓
Granted
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 26, passage 28
Duke of Changning 昌寧公
Advanced
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 26, passage 62
Returned to capital
AD 556 to AD 560 三年 · Illness
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 26, passage 65

Northern Wei / Western Wei / Northern Zhou 魏周
Relation Served
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 26, passages 9-10, 66
At Luoyang 洛陽 · Relation Native of
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 26, passage 2
At beside Grand Progenitor's tomb 太祖陵側 · Relation Burial requested
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 26, passage 66
At Henan 河南 · Relation Native of
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 26, passage 2

Skill Xianbei language 鮮卑語 · Level used in diplomacy
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 26, passage 38

Letter · Addressee · With Yuwen Tai (周文帝) · Direct quotation
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 26, passages 21-24, 58-60
Memorial · Author · With Emperor Shizong (世宗) · Paraphrased
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 26, passage 66
Speech · Addressee · With Yuwen Tai (周文帝) · Direct quotation
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 26, passage 34
Speech · Speaker · With Yuwen Tai (周文帝) · Direct quotation
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 26, passages 47-53
Speech · Speaker · Direct quotation
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 26, passage 17

Followed campaign in Longyou
AD 525 to AD 527 孝昌中 · Military · Participant · With Erzhu Tianguang (尒朱天光)
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 26, passage 9
Jiangling campaign rewarded
AD 554 平江陵 · Military · Original planner · With Yu Jin (于謹) · At Jiangling 江陵
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 26, passages 56-57
Participated in all major plans after Heba Yue's death
Political · Advisor · With Yuwen Tai (周文帝) · At Pingliang 平涼
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 26, passage 11
Received Liang envoys of Xiao Cha with military then civilian ceremony
Diplomatic · Host · With Xiao Cha (蕭詧)
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 26, passages 36-43
Reformed Jing tribal customs; promoted farming and military readiness
Administrative · Governor
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 26, passages 25-27
Secretly proposed attack on Jiangling
Military · Planner · With Xiao Yi (蕭繹) · At Jiangling 江陵
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 26, passages 44-45

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Self punished and released Quan Can
Legal · Judge · With Quan Can (泉璨)
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 26, passages 16-18
Won submission of Western Xia Province
Diplomatic · Agent · With Xu He (許和)
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 26, passage 13
Relation Trusted by · Person Yuwen Tai (周文帝)
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 26, passages 10, 33

Assessment commended for self-punishment to instruct subordinates · Mode named-source-report Source Person Id Emperor Wen of Wei (魏文帝)
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 26, passage 20
Assessment comparable to Shu Ao and Xiao He in refusing rich lands · Mode edict Speaker Emperor Shizong (世宗)
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 26, passage 70
Assessment extreme diligence waiting in snow for court reply · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 26, passages 63-64
Assessment refined manner inspiring awe · Mode named-source-report Source Person Id Yuwen Tai (周文帝)
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 26, passage 33
Assessment unprecedented self-discipline to train subordinates · Mode named-source-report Source Person Id Yuwen Tai (周文帝)
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 26, passages 21, 23-24
Item officially granted residence 官所賜之宅 · Relation Returned to state
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 26, passages 66-67

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Item three hundred male and female slaves 奴婢三百口 · Relation Bestowed
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 26, passage 57

served in Jing either two or seven years
Field years-in-office · Witness chapter variant marks
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 26, passages 29-31
From Qingming 慶明 · To Jian 儉 · Reason name matching plain conduct
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 26, passages 3, 34