Ancient China · Family Member

Father of Zhang Cang 張蒼父

Attested BC 270 - BC 250

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Father of Zhang Cang was a Family Member.

Life and dates

Attested activity

BC 270 to BC 250 張蒼父…及生蒼
Strongly inferred · Records of the Grand Historian 96, passage 114

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Parent of Zhang Cang (張蒼)
father 父
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 96, passage 114

Assessments and attributes

stood less than five chi tall
Physical description
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 96, passage 114

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 96, passage 114

References in the histories

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 96Biography of Chancellor Zhang · 1 passage

初，張蒼父長不滿五尺，及生蒼，蒼長八尺餘，為侯、丞相。 Zhang Cang's father stood less than five chi tall, yet when Cang was born, he grew to over eight chi in height and rose to become both a marquis and a chancellor.