Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · General and Official

Zhang Huishao 張惠紹

c. AD 457 - AD 519

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Overview

Zhang Huishao was a general and Official.

IdentityHistorical · Male

Other names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Courtesy name Deji 德繼 Déjì
Posthumous name Zhong 忠 Zhōng

Life and dates

Death

Age

Attested activity

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Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Career and standing

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  • vanguard army commander 前軍
    AD 501 建康城平 · Held
    Directly stated · Book of Liang 18, passage 11
  • direct attendant 直閤
    AD 494 to AD 498 齊明帝時 · Held
    Directly stated · Book of Liang 18, passage 5
  • garrison commandant of Hengsang at Jingling 竟陵橫桑戍主
    AD 494 to AD 498 齊明帝時 · Posted · At Hengsang, Jingling 竟陵橫桑
    Directly stated · Book of Liang 18, passage 5
  • bearer of the staff, commander of North Yanzhou military affairs, champion general, and North Yanzhou inspector 持節、都督北兗州諸軍事、冠軍將軍、北兗州刺史
    Posted · At North Yanzhou 北兗州
    Dated from the passage context · Book of Liang 18, passage 24
  • bearer of the staff, commander of Si military affairs, faithful prestige general, Si inspector, concurrent Anlu prefect 持節、都督司州諸軍事、信威將軍、司州刺史、領安陸太守
    Posted · At Si province 司州
    Dated from the passage context · Book of Liang 18, passage 27
  • supporting-the-state general 輔國將軍
    AD 501 建康城平 · Promoted
    Directly stated · Book of Liang 18, passage 11
  • left guard general with additional undistinguished cavalier attendant-in-ordinary, a hundred armed guards, palace hall duty 左衛將軍，加通直散騎常侍，甲仗百人，直衛殿內
    Recalled
    Dated from the passage context · Book of Liang 18, passage 29
  • left tiger-cavalry general 左驍騎將軍
    AD 507 六年 · Returned as
    Directly stated · Book of Liang 18, passage 23
  • crown prince right guard leader 太子右衛率
    Transferred
    Dated from the passage context · Book of Liang 18, passage 17
  • left guard general 左衛將軍
    Transferred
    Dated from the passage context · Book of Liang 18, passage 26
  • tiger-cavalry general 驍騎將軍
    Transferred · direct attendants and fine-arms chief as before
    Dated from the passage context · Book of Liang 18, passage 13
  • Marquis of Shiyang 石陽縣侯
    AD 502 高祖踐阼 · Enfeoffed · Households 500
    Directly stated · Book of Liang 18, passage 12
  • Marquis of Shiyang 石陽縣侯
    AD 507 六年 · Increased · Households Delta 300
    Directly stated · Book of Liang 18, passage 23
  • Marquis of Shiyang 石陽縣侯
    AD 502 高祖踐阼 · Increased · Households Delta 200
    Directly stated · Book of Liang 18, passage 16
  • Marquis of Shiyang 石陽縣侯
    Increased · Households Delta 200
    Dated from the passage context · Book of Liang 18, passage 25
  • posthumous title Zhong 諡忠
    AD 519 十八年 · Granted · Mode edict Speaker Gaozu (高祖)
    Directly stated · Book of Liang 18, passage 37
  • Protector General 護軍將軍
    AD 519 十八年 · Posthumously granted · Mode edict Speaker Gaozu (高祖)
    Directly stated · Book of Liang 18, passage 36
  • Marquis of Shiyang 石陽縣侯
    AD 502 高祖踐阼 · Held
    Directly stated · Book of Liang 18, passage 12

Places and affiliations

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Learning and skills

Works and attributed material

Events and relationships

  • Attacked Suyu, seized Ma Chenglong, and sent him to the capital
    AD 505 天監四年 · Military · Commander · At Suyu 宿預 · With Ma Chenglong (馬成龍)
    Directly stated · Book of Liang 18, passage 18
  • Comforted and received Wei's Suyu and Huaiyang when they came over
    Diplomatic · Administrator
    Dated from the passage context · Book of Liang 18, passage 25
  • Could not hold Suyu, fled by night to Huaiyin; Wei retook Suyu
    AD 505 天監四年 · Military · Commander · At Huaiyin 淮陰
    Directly stated · Book of Liang 18, passage 20
  • Counterattacked Donghun remnants, took several dozen heads, and drove them off
    AD 502 高祖踐阼 · Military · Commander · At palace gates, Jiankang 南北掖門
    Directly stated · Book of Liang 18, passage 15
  • Cut Wei pontoon bridges and routed the Wei army in close combat
    AD 507 六年 · Military · Commander · At Zhongli/Shaoyang 鐘離、邵陽
    Directly stated · Book of Liang 18, passage 22
  • Defeated and beheaded Shen Nandang and seized his arms
    AD 501 聞義師起 · Military · Commander · At Ying 郢 · With Shen Nandang (沈難當)
    Directly stated · Book of Liang 18, passage 9
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Assessments and attributes

  • Assessment at first following the ascent, achievements were light; later showed himself in fierce battle when bandits burned the gates · Mode commentator-judgment Source Person Id Yao Cha (姚察)
    Directly stated · Book of Liang 18, passages 230-231
  • Assessment governed harmoniously; officials and commoners held him dear · At Si province 司州 · Mode historian-judgment
    Directly stated · Book of Liang 18, passage 28
  • AD 519 十八年
    Assessment will and strategy broad and sustaining; ability steadfast; diligent from the righteous cause; devoted in the palace guard · Mode edict Speaker Gaozu (高祖)
    Directly stated · Book of Liang 18, passages 31-33
  • AD 519 十八年
    Item one set of martial music, a hundred bolts of cloth, and two hundred jin of wax 鼓吹一部，布百匹，蠟二百斤 · Relation Bestowed · Mode edict Speaker Gaozu (高祖)
    Directly stated · Book of Liang 18, passage 36

Source notes

References in the histories

13 passages

Book of Liang, Chapter 18Volume 18: Zhang Huishao; Feng Daogen; Kang Xuan; Chang Yizhi · 13 passages
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