Yuan · Family Member

Zhang Heng 張衡

Attested AD 1367 - AD 1368

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Zhang Heng was a Family Member.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 1367 to AD 1368 河東受兵
Dated from the passage context · History of Yuan 201, passage 317

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Child of Zhang Ne (張訥)
father 父
Strongly inferred · History of Yuan 201, passages 315, 317
Child of Lady Liu (劉氏)
mother 母
Directly stated · History of Yuan 201, passage 317

Events and relationships

Away on business during Hedong attack
Absence · Son
Directly stated · History of Yuan 201, passage 317

References in the histories

History of Yuan, Chapter 201Volume 201 Biographies 88: Exemplary Women 2 · 1 passage

河東受兵，劉氏二子衡、衍俱以事出外，度不能自脫，遂與二婦孫氏、姚氏決死，盡發貲囊分給家人，婦姑同縊焉。 When Hedong came under attack, Lady Liu's two sons Heng and Yan were both away on business. Convinced they could not escape, she and her daughters-in-law Lady Sun and Lady Yao resolved to die together. She emptied the family coffers and distributed everything to the household, then she and her daughters-in-law hanged themselves.