Tong (同) | 24 Histories

Overview

Tong was an official.

PeriodSui and Tang

IdentityHistorical · Male

Roles

Found in

Life and dates

Death

died 丁家艱
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 18, passage 55

Attested activity

AD 860 to AD 900 唐容管經略使
Dated from the passage context · New History of the Five Dynasties 35, passage 38
AD 880 to AD 881 唐廣明末
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 18, passages 47, 54
AD 870 策時年十三
Dated from the passage context · New History of the Five Dynasties 35, passage 41

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Parent of Zhang Ce (張策)
father 父 · paternal line
father 父
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 35, passage 38; Old History of the Five Dynasties 18, passage 47
Spouse of Mother of Zhang Ce (張策母)
parents 父母 · Marriage
Strongly inferred · Old History of the Five Dynasties 18, passage 54
Spouse of Mother of Zhang Ce
wife 妻
Strongly inferred · New History of the Five Dynasties 35, passages 45, 48

Key source chapters

Career and standing

military commissioner of Rongguan 容管經略使
Held
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 35, passage 38
Military Commissioner of Rongguan 容管經略使
Held
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 18, passage 47

Places and affiliations

Polity Tang 唐 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 18, passage 47
At Dunhua Lane, Luoyang 洛陽敦化裏 · Relation Resided at
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 35, passage 40

Assessments and attributes

Item ancient tripod 古鼎 · Relation Found
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 35, passage 40
Item ancient tripod 古鼎 · Relation Treasured
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 18, passage 49

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 18, passage 47

References in the histories

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 18Volume 18 Book of Later Liang 18: Biographies 8: Zhang Wenyu, Xue Yiju, Zhang Ce, Du Xiao, Jing Xiang, Li Zhen · 3 passages

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父同，仕唐，官至容管經略使。 His father Tong served Tang and rose to Military Commissioner of Rongguan.

居洛陽敦化裏，嘗浚甘泉井，得古鼎，耳有篆字曰：「魏黃初元年春二月，匠吉千」，且又製作奇巧，同甚寶之。 In Dunhua Lane, Luoyang, he dredged the Sweet Spring well and found an ancient tripod inscribed in seal script: "Huangchu year 1, spring, second month, artisan Ji Qian." The work was exquisitely wrought, and Tong prized it.

同大驚，亟遣啟書室，取《魏志》展讀，一不失所啟，宗族奇之，時年十三。 Tong was astonished, had the study opened, and sent for the 《Records of Wei》—every detail matched. The clan was amazed; Ce was thirteen.

New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 35Volume 35 Biographies 15: Zhan Wenyu, Yang She, Zhang Ce, Zhao Guangfeng, Xue Yiju, Su Xun · 4 passages

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父同，為唐容管經略使。 His father Tong was Tang’s commissioner of Rongguan.

父同，居洛陽敦化裏，浚井得古鼎，銘曰：「魏黃初元年春二月，匠吉千。」 His father Tong, in Dunhua Lane, Luoyang, dredged a well and found an ancient tripod inscribed: “Spring, second month, first year of Huangchu of Wei, craftsman Ji Qian.”

同以為奇，策時年十三，居同側，啟曰：「漢建安二十五年，曹公薨，改元延康。 Tong thought it marvelous; Ce, thirteen, at his side said, “In Han’s twenty-fifth Jian’an year Lord Cao died and the era became Yankang.

同大驚異之。 Tong was astonished.