Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Official and General

Zhang Ji 張稷

Died AD 513

Passages
40
Chapters
5
Histories
3

Overview

The translated histories identify Zhang Ji as an aristocrat, courtier, general, and official. This record brings together 40 passages from 5 chapters across 3 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Zhang Ji 張稷 Zhang Ji
Courtesy name Gongqiao 公喬
Given Ji
Personal name Ji Ji
Title Marquis of Jiang'an 江安縣侯
Title Pacifying North General Ji 鎮北將軍稷 Zhenbei jiangjun Ji
Surname Zhang
Personal name Zhang Ji 張稷
Personal name Zhang Ji 張稷 Zhang Ji
Personal Zhang Ji 張稷
Title Zhang Ji, governor of South Yanzhou 南兖州刺史張稷

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Aristocrat
  • Courtier
  • General
  • Official

Life and dates

Death

  • Manner: killed · Cause: night attack by Xu Daojiao and others · Place: provincial seat / 州城 · Age: 63
    Explicit · liangshu:016:s0131
  • Manner: beheaded · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 延昌二年二月庚辰 · Western Year: AD 513
    Explicit · weishu:111:s0150
  • Manner: killed by locals · Place: Qing province / 青州
    Explicit · liangshu:043:s0098

Age

Attested activity

  • Source Date: Text: AD 501 · Western Year: AD 501
    Explicit event contextual date · nanqishu:048:s0243
  • Source Date: Text: 延昌二年二月庚辰 · Western Year: AD 513
    Explicit · weishu:111:s0150
  • Source Date: Text: 梁世 · Western Interval: Start: AD 502 · End: AD 549
    Explicit event contextual date · liangshu:043:s0096, liangshu:043:s0098
  • Source Date: Text: 梁時遇害 · Western Interval: Start: AD 502 · End: AD 519
    Explicit · liangshu:016:s0131
  • Source Date: Text: 永元末 · Western Year: AD 501
    Explicit · liangshu:016:s0104
  • Source Date: Text: 義師至 · Western Year: AD 501
    Explicit event contextual date · liangshu:017:s0023
  • Source Date: Text: 高祖受禪 · Western Year: AD 502
    Explicit · liangshu:016:s0115
  • Source Date: Text: 齊永元中 · Western Year: AD 501
    Explicit event contextual date · liangshu:017:s0109
  • Source Date: Text: 齊永明中 · Western Interval: Start: AD 483 · End: AD 493
    Explicit · liangshu:016:s0087

Family

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  • Child of Birth mother of Zhang Ji
    Kinship Term: birth mother / 所生母 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: mother
  • Kin of Zhang Juan (張卷)
    Kinship Term: kinsman / 族兄 · Subject Relative Age: uncertain
    Kinship Term: cousin / 從兄 · Subject Relative Age: elder
  • Parent of Chu Yuan (楚瑗)
    Kinship Term: eldest daughter / 長女 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: daughter · Object Role: father · Subject Birth Order: 1
  • Child of Zhang Yong (張永)
    Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: father
  • Parent of Zhang Yi (伊)
    Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
  • Parent of Zhang Sheng (張嵊)
    Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
    Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: father
  • Kin of Zhang Chong (張充)
    Kinship Term: kinsman / 族兄 · Subject Relative Age: uncertain
  • Kin of Zhang Rong (張融)
    Kinship Term: kinsman / 族兄 · Subject Relative Age: uncertain

Career and standing

  • Label: commander of palace-city forces / 都督宮城諸軍事 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 齊永元中 · Western Year: AD 501
    Explicit event contextual date · liangshu:017:s0109
  • Label: North Xuzhou inspector / 北徐州刺史 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · liangshu:016:s0101
  • Label: Shan county magistrate / 剡縣令 · Action: held · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 齊永明中 · Western Interval: Start: AD 483 · End: AD 493
    Explicit · liangshu:016:s0087
  • Label: General Who Guards the North; governor of Qing and Ji / 鎮北將軍、青冀二州刺史 · Action: held
    Explicit · weishu:111:s0150
  • Title: Marquis of Jiang'an / 江安縣侯 · Action: enfeoffed · Households: 1000 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 高祖受禪 · Western Year: AD 502
    Explicit · liangshu:016:s0115
  • Status: dismissed · Action: dismissed
  • Label: fief and lands stripped / 削爵土 · Action: stripped
    Explicit · liangshu:016:s0132

Places and affiliations

Learning and skills

Works and attributed material

Events and relationships

Assessments and attributes

References in the histories

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Book of Liang, Chapter 16Volume 16: Wang Liang; Zhang Ji; Wang Ying · 28 passages
Book of Liang, Chapter 17Volume 17: Wang Zhenguo; Ma Xianpin; Zhang Qi · 9 passages
十二月丙寅旦,珍國引稷於衛尉府,勒兵入自雲龍門,卽東昏於內殿斬之,與稷會尚書僕射王亮等於西鐘下,使中書舍人裴長穆等奉東昏首歸高祖。 On the morning of day bingyin in the twelfth month, Zhenguo led Ji to the Ministry of Guard headquarters, mustered troops through Cloud Dragon Gate, and at once beheaded Donghun in the inner hall; with Ji he met right vice director Wang Liang and others below the western bell and had palace scribe Pei Changmu and others present Donghun's head to Gaozu.
Book of Liang, Chapter 43Volume 43: Wei Can; Jiang Ziyi; Jiang Zisi; Jiang Ziwu; Zhang Sheng; Shen Jun; Liu Jingli · 1 passage
Book of Southern Qi, Chapter 48Volume 48 Biographies 29: Yuan Tuan, Kong Zhigui, Liu Hui · 1 passage
Book of Wei, Chapter 111Volume 105a Treatise 1: Celestial Phenomena 1 · 1 passage