Zhang Gongsu (張公素)

Overview

Zhang Gongsu was a Military Governor and Grand Counselor.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 860 to AD 873 咸通中
Dated from the passage context · Old Book of Tang 180, passage 156
AD 871 to AD 873 咸通末
Dated from the passage context · Old Book of Tang 180, passages 165, 167

Career and standing

registrar of Fu Prefecture 復州司戶參軍
Demoted to
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 180, passage 160
prefect of Pingzhou 平州刺史
Held
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 180, passage 156
military commander 帥
Installed as
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 180, passage 158
Grand Counselor of the Secretariat and Chancellery 中書門下平章事
Promoted to
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 180, passage 159
banners and credentials 旌節
Bestowed
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 180, passage 159
demotion 貶
Suffered
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 180, passage 160

Places and affiliations

At court 闕 · Relation Returned to
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 180, passage 160
At Pingzhou 平州 · Relation Posted to
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 180, passage 156

Events and relationships

Defeated and fled
Military · Commander · With Li Maoxun (李茂勛)
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 180, passage 167
Led troops to circuit capital
Military · Commander · With Zhang Jianhui (張簡會)
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 180, passage 157
Position seized by
Political · Deposed governor · With Li Maoxun (李茂勛)
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 180, passage 160
Relation Subordinate of · Person Zhang Yunshen (張允伸)
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 180, passage 156

Assessments and attributes

Assessment feared-and-respected-for-authority · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 180, passage 158

References in the histories

Old Book of Tang, Chapter 180Volume 176 Biographies 126: Li Zongmin, Yang Sifu, Yang Yuqing, Ma Zhi, Li Rangyi, Weipi, Zhou Chi, Cui Guicong, Zhengsu, Lu Shang · 4 passages

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允伸卒，子簡會權主留後事，公素領本郡兵赴焉。 When Yunshen died, his son Jianhui seized control as acting administrator, and Gongsu led the troops of his commandery to the capital of the circuit.

三軍素畏公素威望，簡會知力不能制，即時出奔，遂立為帥。 The three armies had long respected Gongsu's authority. Jianhui realized he could not control them and fled immediately, and the troops installed Gongsu as commander.

無幾，李茂勛奪其位，公素歸闕，貶復州司戶參軍。 Before long Li Maoxun seized his position. Gongsu returned to the capital and was demoted to registrar of Fu Prefecture.

張公素以兵逆擊不利，公素走，茂勛入城，軍民方知其非貢言也。 Zhang Gongsu marched out to oppose him but was defeated. Gongsu fled, Maoxun entered the city, and only then did the army and people realize the rebellion had not been Gongyan's doing.