Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Scholar and Official

Zhang Hua 章華

Zhāng Huá

First attested AD 548; died AD 587

Passages: 4
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Zhang Hua was a scholar and Official.

Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal name	Hua	華	Huá
Temple name	Zhongzong	仲宗	Zhòngzōng

Life and dates

Death

AD 587 禎明初
Cause Beheaded by order of Houzhu · Authority Later Lord (後主)
Directly stated · Book of Chen 30, passage 299

Attested activity

AD 548 to AD 552 侯景之亂
Directly stated · Book of Chen 30, passage 288
AD 569 to AD 582 太建中
Directly stated · Book of Chen 30, passage 291
AD 569 太建初
Directly stated · Book of Chen 30, passage 3
AD 582 後主即位
Directly stated · Book of Chen 30, passage 293
AD 587 禎明初
Directly stated · Book of Chen 30, passages 294, 299

Career and standing

director of the great market 大市令
AD 582 後主即位 · Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Chen 30, passage 293
Administrator of Nanhai 南海太守
Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Chen 30, passage 289
Resigned
Resigned for illness
Directly stated · Book of Chen 30, passage 293
Beheaded
Execution · Authority Later Lord (後主)
Directly stated · Book of Chen 30, passage 299

Places and affiliations

Polity Chen 陳 · Relation Served
Strongly inferred · Book of Chen 30, passage 293
At Wuxing 吳興
Directly stated · Book of Chen 30, passage 287
AD 548 to AD 552 侯景之亂
At Lingnan 嶺南 · Relation Traveled to
Directly stated · Book of Chen 30, passage 288
AD 569 to AD 570 歐陽紇敗
At capital 京師 · Relation Returned to
Directly stated · Book of Chen 30, passage 290
At Luofu Mountain Temple 羅浮山寺 · Relation Resided at
Directly stated · Book of Chen 30, passage 288

Learning and skills

Subjects classics and histories 經史
Directly stated · Book of Chen 30, passage 287
Skill composition 屬文 · Level skilled
Directly stated · Book of Chen 30, passage 287

Works and attributed material

AD 587 禎明初
Memorial · Author · With Later Lord (後主) · Direct quotation · Mode quotation Speaker Zhang Hua (章華)
Directly stated · Book of Chen 30, passages 294-298

Events and relationships

Accompanied
AD 569 to AD 582 太建中 · Diplomatic · Envoy companion · With Xiao Yin (蕭引)
Directly stated · Book of Chen 30, passage 291
Fled
AD 548 to AD 552 侯景之亂 · Travel · Subject
Directly stated · Book of Chen 30, passage 288
Relation Appointed by · Person Ouyang Hui (歐陽頠)
Directly stated · Book of Chen 30, passage 289

Source notes

family for generations were farmers 家世農夫
Directly stated · Book of Chen 30, passage 287

References in the histories

Book of Chen, Chapter 30Volume 30: Xiao Ji; Lu Qiong; Gu Yewang; Fu Zai · 4 passages

蕭濟陸瓊子從典顧野王傅縡章華 Xiao Ji; Lu Qiong; his son Congdian; Gu Yewang; Fu Zai; Zhang Hua

時有吳興章華，字仲宗，家世農夫，至華獨好學，與士君子遊處，頗覽經史，善屬文。 At the time Zhang Hua of Wuxing, styled Zhongzong, came from a farming family—he alone loved learning, kept company with scholars, read widely in the classics and histories, and wrote well.

太建中，高宗使吏部侍郎蕭引喻廣州刺史馬靖，令入子為質，引奏華與俱行。 In the Taijian era, Emperor Xuan sent vice minister of personnel Xiao Yin to instruct Guangzhou inspector Ma Jing to send his son as hostage; Yin memorialized that Hua should accompany the mission.

後主即位，朝臣以華素無伐閱，競排詆之，乃除大市令，既雅非所好，乃辭以疾，鬱鬱不得志。 When Houzhu took the throne, court gentlemen—Hua had no record of merit—competed to slander him; he was made director of the great market. That post ill suited him; he pleaded illness and resigned, depressed and thwarted.