Unnamed Son of Zhang Ti (張裼第五子)

Overview

Unnamed Son of Zhang Ti was a Family Member.

PeriodSui and Tang

IdentityHistorical · Male · Anonymous individuated

Roles

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Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 870 to AD 900 少年試吞壁魚致心疾
Strongly inferred · Old History of the Five Dynasties 18, passage 25

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Sibling of Zhang Wenwei (張文蔚)
brother 兄弟 · Full siblings
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 18, passages 24-25
Child of Zhang Ti (張裼)
father 父
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 18, passages 24-25
Child of Mother of Zhang Wenyu (張文蔚母)
mother 母
Strongly inferred · Old History of the Five Dynasties 18, passages 21, 24

Assessments and attributes

brought on a disorder of the heart by trying to swallow silverfish said to grant immortality
Illness
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 18, passage 25

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 · 2 passages

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內一子，忘其名，少年聞壁魚食神仙字，身有五色，吞之可得仙，因欲試之，遂致心疾。 A fifth son, whose name is lost, heard as a boy that silverfish that eat sacred script turn five-colored and grant immortality if eaten; he tried it and lost his mind.

是得急者別自一人非濟美也。）〉 The afflicted son was another brother, not Jimo.)〉