Five Dynasties · Historian and Official

Zhang Chong 張充

Attested AD 915 - AD 923

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Zhang Chong was a historian and Official.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 915 to AD 923 貞明、龍德中
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 58, passage 152

Works and attributed material

Veritable Records of Emperor Taizu of Liang 梁太祖實錄
AD 915 to AD 923 貞明、龍德中 · Relation Compiler
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 58, passage 152

References in the histories

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 58Volume 58 Book of Later Tang 34: Biographies 10: Zhao Guangfeng, Zheng Jue, Cui Xie, Li Qi, Xiao Qing · 1 passage

貞明、龍德中，曆兵、禮、吏侍郎，受命與馮錫嘉、張充、郗殷象同撰《梁太祖實錄》三十卷，遷御史中丞，累擢尚書左丞、中書門下平章事。 During the Zhenming and Longde eras he served in succession as vice minister of war, rites, and personnel. He was ordered, together with Feng Xijia, Zhang Chong, and Xi Yinxiang, to compile the thirty-volume 《Veritable Records of Emperor Taizu of Liang》. He was promoted to censor-in-chief and then repeatedly advanced to left vice director of the Imperial Secretariat and grand councilor of the Secretariat and Chancellery.