Sui and Tang · Military Officer

Zhang Fan 張璠

Attested AD 827 - AD 837

Passages: 2
Chapters: 2
Histories: 1

Overview

Zhang Fan was a Military Officer.

Life and dates

Death

Directly stated · New Book of Tang 173, passage 249

Attested activity

AD 827 to AD 829 易定張璠
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 213, passage 190
AD 837 開成二年
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 173, passages 246, 249

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Parent of Zhang Yuanyi (張元益)
son 子
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 173, passage 249

Key source chapters

Career and standing

Yiding military commissioner 易定節度使
Held
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 173, passage 249

Places and affiliations

Polity Tang 唐 · Relation Served
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 173, passage 249

Events and relationships

Massed troops on border
Military · Commander · With Li Tongjie (李同捷) · At Yiding 易定
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 213, passage 190

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 173, passage 249

References in the histories

New Book of Tang, Chapter 173Volume 173 Biographies 98: Pei Du · 1 passage

易定節度使張璠卒，軍中將立其子元益，度乃遣使曉譬禍福，元益懼，束身歸朝。 When Yiding commissioner Zhang Fan died, the army wished to install his son Yuanyi. Du sent envoys to explain the consequences. Yuanyi was terrified and surrendered himself to the court.

New Book of Tang, Chapter 213Volume 213 Biographies 138: Buffer Regions: the Black, Green, and Yellow Seas · 1 passage

憲誠、智興及汴滑李聽、平盧康志睦、易定張璠、幽州李載義以兵傅境。 Xiancheng, Zhixing, Li Ting of Bian-Hua, Kang Zhimu of Pinglu, Zhang Fan of Yiding, and Li Zaiyi of Youzhou all massed troops on his borders.