Zhang Ce (張策) | 24 Histories

Overview

The translated histories identify Zhang Ce as a monk, official, scholar, and statesman. This record brings together 14 passages from 3 chapters across 2 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Zhang Ce	張策	Zhang Ce
Given	Ce	策	Ce
Title	Master Zhang	張夫子	Zhang Fuzi
Courtesy	Shaoyi	少逸	Shaoyi

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Strongly inferred · jiuwudaishi:005:s0105
Sex: male
Explicit · xinwudaishi:002:s0176, xinwudaishi:035:s0008

Roles

Monk
Official
Scholar
Statesman

Life and dates

Death

Place: Luoyang / 洛陽
Explicit · xinwudaishi:035:s0055

Age

Age: 13 · Reckoning: sui · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 策時年十三 · Western Year: AD 870
Explicit · xinwudaishi:035:s0041

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 开平二年 · Western Year: AD 908
Explicit event contextual date · xinwudaishi:002:s0176, xinwudaishi:002:s0049
Source Date: Text: 明年三月 · Western Year: AD 907
Explicit event contextual date · xinwudaishi:035:s0008
Source Date: Text: 開平二年 · Western Year: AD 908
Explicit event contextual date · xinwudaishi:035:s0054
Source Date: Text: 開平四年四月 · Western Year: AD 910
Explicit event contextual date · jiuwudaishi:005:s0105
Source Date: Text: 黃巢犯長安 · Western Year: AD 880
Explicit event contextual date · xinwudaishi:035:s0045

Family

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Child of Zhang Tong (張同)
Kinship Term: father / 父 · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son · Parentage: biological · Line: paternal
Child of Mother of Zhang Ce
Kinship Term: mother / 母 · Subject Role: mother · Object Role: son · Parentage: biological · Line: maternal

Kinship Role: forebears · Count: 1 · Note: one forebear raised a posthumous grade
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:005:s0105

Career and standing

Label: monk / 僧
Explicit · xinwudaishi:035:s0044
Label: Vice Minister of Justice and Concurrent Palace Attendant / 刑部侍郎、同中書門下平章事 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 開平二年 · Western Year: AD 908
Explicit · xinwudaishi:035:s0054
Label: Doctor of the Broad Learning Hall / 廣文館博士 · Action: appointed
Explicit · xinwudaishi:035:s0046
Label: vice minister of Justice / co-equal grand councilor / 刑部侍郎同中書門下平章事 · Action: appointed
Explicit · xinwudaishi:002:s0176
Label: Minister of Justice / 刑部尚書 · Action: demoted-to
Explicit · xinwudaishi:035:s0055
Label: Hanlin academician-in-attendance and vice minister of Rites / 翰林學士承旨禮部侍郎 · Action: held
Explicit · xinwudaishi:002:s0176
Label: retired minister of justice / 刑部尚書致仕 · Action: held
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:005:s0105
Label: forebear posthumously promoted one grade / 先世追贈一等 · Action: granted
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:005:s0105
Status: monk · Action: entered
Explicit · xinwudaishi:035:s0044
Status: mourning · Action: entered
Explicit · xinwudaishi:035:s0049
Status: dismissed · Action: removed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 开平二年十一月癸巳 · Western Year: AD 908
Explicit · xinwudaishi:002:s0049
Status: layperson · Action: returned
Explicit · xinwudaishi:035:s0045

Places and affiliations

Polity: Later Liang / 梁 · Relation: served
Explicit · xinwudaishi:035:s0053
Polity: Tang / 唐 · Relation: served
Explicit · xinwudaishi:035:s0050
Place: Dunhuang in Hexi / 河西敦煌
Explicit · xinwudaishi:035:s0037
Place: Cien Temple, Chang'an / 長安慈恩寺 · Relation: resided-at
Explicit · xinwudaishi:035:s0044
Place: Luoyang / 洛陽 · Relation: died-at
Explicit · xinwudaishi:035:s0055

Learning and skills

Belief: Buddhism / 浮圖之說 · Relation: adherent-of
Explicit · xinwudaishi:035:s0044
Skill: classical learning / 章句 · Level: versed
Explicit · xinwudaishi:035:s0039

Works and attributed material

Kind: speech · Role: speaker · Quoted: true
Explicit · xinwudaishi:035:s0041, xinwudaishi:035:s0042

Events and relationships

Kind: military · Role: refugee · Action: fled-with-mother · Other Person Id: Mother of Zhang Ce
Explicit · xinwudaishi:035:s0048
Kind: ritual · Role: deputy-seal-commissioner · Action: presented-seal · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 四月甲子 · Western Year: AD 907
Explicit · xinwudaishi:035:s0008, xinwudaishi:035:s0011