Overview
The Emperor was a ruler.
PeriodQin and Han
IdentityHistorical · Male · Title only
RolesRuler
Found inRecords of the Grand Historian
Life and dates
Attested activity
- BC 198 張敖已出Dated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 89, passages 252-253, 263-264
Family
Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.
- Parent of Princess Luyuan (魯元公主)married Princess Luyuan 尚魯元公主 · paternal lineStrongly inferred · Records of the Grand Historian 89, passage 263
Career and standing
- pardon of Guan Gao 赦貫高Dated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 89, passages 253, 256
Places and affiliations
- Polity Han 漢 · Relation ServedDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 89, passage 252
Works and attributed material
- King Zhang has been released.Speech · Author · Direct quotationDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 89, passage 252
Events and relationships
- Every retainer who followed King Zhang as a collared slave became a feudal chancellor or commandery governorPolitical · Appointing authorityDated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 89, passage 264
- Sent Xie Gong to inform Guan Gao that King Zhang had been releasedDated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 89, passage 252
- Relation Father in law of · Person Zhang Ao (張敖)Strongly inferred · Records of the Grand Historian 89, passage 263
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment admired Guan Gao as a man who kept his word · With Guan Gao (貫高) · Mode narrativeDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 89, passage 252
- Assessment admired King Zhang's retainers who followed him into the Pass as collared slaves · With Zhang Ao (張敖) · Mode narrativeDated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 89, passage 264
- Assessment admires Xie Gong's addressee (Guan Gao) and therefore pardons him · Mode speech Speaker Xie Gong (泄公)Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 89, passage 256
Source notes
- Historicity historicalDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 89, passage 252
References in the histories
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