Five Dynasties · Official

Zhang Chengye 張承業

Zhāng Chéngyè

Attested AD 908 - AD 908

Passages: 5
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Zhang Chengye was an official.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 908 天祐五年二月壬戌
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 27, passages 33, 59
AD 908 天祐五年春正月
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 27, passage 33

Career and standing

army monitor 監軍
Held
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 27, passage 33
monitoring commissioner 監軍使
Held
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 27, passage 36

Places and affiliations

Polity Jin 晉 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 27, passage 33

Works and attributed material

Speech · Speaker · Addressed to Zhuangzong (莊宗) · Direct quotation
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 27, passages 36-39, 55-57

Events and relationships

Forced door and urged to govern
Political · Adviser · With Zhuangzong (莊宗)
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 27, passages 36, 40
Plotted to be killed
Political · Intended victim · With Li Cunhao (李存顥)
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 27, passage 50
Summoned loyalists against plot
Political · Organizer
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 27, passage 58
Relation Entrusted by · Person Wuhuang (武皇)
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 27, passages 33, 55

References in the histories

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 27Volume 27 Book of Later Tang 3: Zhuangzong Annals 1 · 5 passages

天祐五年春正月，武皇疾篤，召監軍張承業、大將吳珙謂曰：「吾常愛此子志氣遠大，可付後事，惟卿等所教。」 In the first month of Tianyou 5 Wuhuang lay dying; he called Zhang Chengye and Wu Gong and said, "I have always prized this boy's great spirit—entrust what follows to him and teach him well."

帝方居喪，將吏不得謁見，監軍使張承業排闥至廬所，言曰：「夫孝在不墜家業，不同匹夫之孝。 Cunxu was in mourning and would see no one; Zhang Chengye burst into the mourning lodge and said, "True filial piety keeps the house from falling—not the piety of a private man.

存顥欲於克寧之第謀害張承業、李存璋等，以並、汾九州歸附於梁，送貞簡太后為質。 Cunhao meant to kill Zhang Chengye and Li Cunzhang at Kening's house, hand Bing and Fen's nine prefectures to Liang, and send Empress Dowager Zhenjian as hostage.

帝謂張承業曰：「季父所為如此，無猶子之情，骨肉不可自相魚肉，予當避路，則禍亂不作矣！」 Cunxu told Zhang Chengye, "Uncle acts without kinship—kin must not devour kin; I should step aside and peace will hold!"

承業曰：「臣受命先王，言猶在耳。 Chengye said, "I took orders from the late king—his words still ring.