Qin and Han · Landowner

Zhang Fu 張負

Attested BC 221 - BC 210

Passages: 7
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Zhang Fu was a Landowner.

Life and dates

Attested activity

BC 221 to BC 210 少時
Dated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 56, passages 10, 15

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Kin of Chen Ping (陳平)
grandfather of his wife 女孫之祖 · 2 generations · Through Granddaughter of Zhang Fu (張負女孫), Zhang Zhong (張仲)
Strongly inferred · Records of the Grand Historian 56, passages 15, 18
Ancestor of Granddaughter of Zhang Fu (張負女孫)
granddaughter 女孫 · paternal line · 2 generations · Through Zhang Zhong (張仲)
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 56, passages 10, 15
Parent of Zhang Zhong (張仲)
son 子 · paternal line
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 56, passage 15

Career and standing

wealthy man 富人
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 56, passage 10

Places and affiliations

At Huyou 戶牖 · Relation Resided at
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 56, passage 10

Works and attributed material

Speech · Speaker · Direct quotation · With Granddaughter of Zhang Fu (張負女孫) · Mode quotation Speaker Zhang Fu (張負)
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 56, passages 20-21
Speech · Speaker · Direct quotation · With Zhang Zhong (張仲) · Mode quotation Speaker Zhang Fu (張負)
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 56, passage 15
Speech · Speaker · Direct quotation · Mode quotation Speaker Zhang Fu (張負)
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 56, passage 17

Events and relationships

Admired Ping at funeral
Ritual · Observer · With Chen Ping (陳平)
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 56, passages 13-14
Gave granddaughter in marriage
Domestic · Grandfather · With Chen Ping (陳平)
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 56, passages 18-19

Assessments and attributes

Item betrothal money and wedding-feast funds 幣以聘，酒肉之資 · Relation Lent
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 56, passage 19

References in the histories

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 56House of Chancellor Chen · 7 passages

久之，戶牖富人有張負，張負女孫五嫁而夫輒死，人莫敢娶。 After some time, there was a wealthy man in Huyou named Zhang Fu whose granddaughter had been married five times, and every husband had died—so no one dared take her as a wife.

張負既見之喪所，獨視偉平，平亦以故後去。 Zhang Fu noticed him at the funeral and watched Ping with admiration. Ping, for his part, deliberately lingered before leaving.

負隨平至其家，家乃負郭窮巷，以獘席為門，然門外多有長者車轍。 Zhang Fu followed Ping home. The dwelling stood in a poor lane just outside the city wall, with nothing but a ragged mat for a door—yet the ground outside was rutted with the tracks of distinguished visitors' carriages.

張負歸，謂其子仲曰：「吾欲以女孫予陳平。」 Zhang Fu returned home and told his son Zhong, "I intend to give my granddaughter in marriage to Chen Ping."

負曰：「人固有好美如陳平而長貧賤者乎？」 Zhang Fu answered, "Has there ever been a man as fine-looking as Chen Ping who stayed poor and lowly forever?"

為平貧，乃假貸幣以聘，予酒肉之資以內婦。 Because Ping was poor, Zhang Fu lent him money for the betrothal gifts and provided the funds for the wedding feast so he could bring home his bride.

負誡其孫曰：「毋以貧故，事人不謹。 Zhang Fu admonished his granddaughter, "Do not let poverty make you careless in serving others.