Five Dynasties · Military Officer and General

Zhang Guibian 張歸弁

Died AD 909

Passages
8
Chapters
1
Histories
1

Overview

The translated histories identify Zhang Guibian as a diplomat, family member, general, and military officer. This record brings together 8 passages from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Zhang Guibian 張歸弁 Zhang Guibian
Courtesy Congmian 從冕 Congmian
Given Guibian 歸弁 Guibian
Surname Zhang 張 Zhang

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Diplomat
  • Family Member
  • General
  • Military Officer
  • Official

Life and dates

Death

  • Place: private residence in Huazhou / 滑州之私第 · Manner: fell ill in bed / 寢疾 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 三年春三月 · Regnal Year: 3 · Western Year: AD 909
    Explicit · jiuwudaishi:016:s0194

Attested activity

Family

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  • Sibling of Zhang Guiba (張歸霸)
    Kinship Term: elder brother / 兄 · Subject Role: elder-brother · Object Role: younger-brother · Shared Parentage: full · Subject Relative Age: elder · Subject Birth Order: 1 · Object Birth Order: 3
  • Sibling of Zhang Guihou (張歸厚)
    Kinship Term: elder brother / 兄 · Subject Role: elder-brother · Object Role: younger-brother · Shared Parentage: full · Subject Relative Age: elder · Subject Birth Order: 2 · Object Birth Order: 3
  • Parent of Zhang Hanrong (張漢融)
    Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son

Career and standing

  • Label: honorary Minister over the Masses / 檢校司徒 · Action: added · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 開平二年秋九月 · Regnal Year: 2 · Western Year: AD 908
    Explicit · jiuwudaishi:016:s0193
  • Label: honorary Director of Works / 檢校司空 · Action: added · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 冬十一月 · Western Year: AD 906
    Explicit · jiuwudaishi:016:s0190
  • Label: honorary Minister of Works / 檢校工部尚書 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 光啟中 · Western Interval: Start: AD 885 · End: AD 888
    Explicit · jiuwudaishi:016:s0180
  • Label: Jin prefecture military commissioner / 晉州刺史 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 冬十一月 · Western Year: AD 906
    Explicit · jiuwudaishi:016:s0190
  • Label: guard officer / 牙校 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 同歸於太祖 · Western Year: AD 883
    Explicit · jiuwudaishi:016:s0177
  • Label: provisional Jin prefecture military commissioner / 權知晉州 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 夏五月 · Western Year: AD 906
    Explicit · jiuwudaishi:016:s0189
  • Label: Qi prefecture commander / 齊州指揮使 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 大順初 · Western Year: AD 890
    Explicit · jiuwudaishi:016:s0181
  • Label: Huazhou long-sword commander / 滑州長劍指揮使 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 太祖受禪 · Western Year: AD 907
    Explicit · jiuwudaishi:016:s0191
  • Label: honorary Right Vice Director / 檢校右僕射 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · jiuwudaishi:016:s0185
  • Label: Prefect of Ai (remote commission) / 遙領愛州刺史 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · jiuwudaishi:016:s0185
  • Label: honorary Left Vice Director / 檢校左僕射 · Action: transferred
    Explicit · jiuwudaishi:016:s0186
  • Title: split tallies and ranks from soldiery / 由介胄而析圭爵 · Action: received · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
    Explicit · jiuwudaishi:016:s0199
  • Status: former-bandit · Action: escaped-from · Label: great bandit streams / 巨盜之流
    Explicit · jiuwudaishi:016:s0198
  • Status: wounded · Action: suffered · Label: arrow struck the chest / 飛矢中於臆
    Explicit · jiuwudaishi:016:s0188

Places and affiliations

  • Label: Later Liang / 後梁 · Relation: served
    Strongly inferred · jiuwudaishi:016:s0191, jiuwudaishi:016:s0192
  • Place: Pingyang / 平陽 · Relation: relieved · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 開平二年秋九月 · Regnal Year: 2 · Western Year: AD 908
    Explicit · jiuwudaishi:016:s0192
  • Place: Gaotang / 高唐 · Relation: fought-at · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 天祐三年春 · Regnal Year: 3 · Western Year: AD 906
    Explicit · jiuwudaishi:016:s0188
  • Place: Wei / 魏 · Relation: campaigned-at · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 天祐三年春 · Regnal Year: 3 · Western Year: AD 906
    Explicit · jiuwudaishi:016:s0187
  • Place: Huan River / 洹水 · Relation: campaigned-at · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 乾寧中 · Western Interval: Start: AD 894 · End: AD 898
    Explicit · jiuwudaishi:016:s0179
  • Place: Neihuang / 內黃 · Relation: fought-at · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 光啟中 · Western Interval: Start: AD 885 · End: AD 888
    Explicit · jiuwudaishi:016:s0180
  • Place: Jin prefecture / 晉州 · Relation: posted-to · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 夏五月 · Western Year: AD 906
    Explicit · jiuwudaishi:016:s0189, jiuwudaishi:016:s0190
  • Place: Shanfu / 單父 · Relation: encamped-at · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 大順初 · Western Year: AD 890
    Explicit · jiuwudaishi:016:s0181
  • Place: Xuanwu / 宣武 · Relation: posted-to · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 太祖初鎮宣武 · Western Year: AD 883
    Explicit event contextual date · jiuwudaishi:016:s0178
  • Place: Huazhou / 滑州 · Relation: resided-at
    Explicit · jiuwudaishi:016:s0191, jiuwudaishi:016:s0194
  • Place: Jing and Xiang / 荊、襄 · Relation: campaigned-at
    Explicit · jiuwudaishi:016:s0186
  • Place: Qi prefecture / 齊州 · Relation: posted-to
    Explicit · jiuwudaishi:016:s0181, jiuwudaishi:016:s0182

Events and relationships

Assessments and attributes

References in the histories

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Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 16Volume 16 Book of Later Liang 16: Biographies 6: Ge Congzhou, Xie Yanzhang, He Zhen, Zhang Guiba, Zhang Guihou, Zhang Guibian · 8 passages
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