Song, Liao, and Jin · Official and Statesman

Zhang Ge 張閣

Attested AD 1112

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Zhang Ge was an official and Statesman.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 1112 政和二年七月
Directly stated · History of Song 96, passage 129

Career and standing

Minister of War 兵部尚書
AD 1112 政和二年七月 · Held
Directly stated · History of Song 96, passage 129
prefect of Hangzhou 守杭州
Held
Directly stated · History of Song 96, passage 129

Places and affiliations

Polity Song 宋 · Relation Served
Directly stated · History of Song 96, passage 129
At Hangzhou 杭州 · Relation Posted to
Directly stated · History of Song 96, passage 129

Works and attributed material

Memorial · Author · Direct quotation · Mode named-source-report
Directly stated · History of Song 96, passages 129-132

Events and relationships

Warned of qiantang erosion
Hydraulic · Petitioner · At Qiantang River 錢塘江
Directly stated · History of Song 96, passages 129-132

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · History of Song 96, passage 129

References in the histories

History of Song, Chapter 96Volume 96 Treatises 49: Rivers and Canals 6 · 1 passage

二年七月，兵部尚書張閣言：「臣昨守杭州，聞錢塘江自元豐六年泛溢之後，潮訊往來，率無寧歲。 In the seventh month of the second year Zhang Ge, minister of war, reported: "When I governed Hangzhou, I learned that since the Qiantang River flooded in the sixth year of Yuanfeng, tidal surges have brought scarcely a peaceful year.