Zhang Jian (張儉) | 24 Histories

Overview

The translated histories identify Zhang Jian as an official, poet, scholar, and statesman. This record brings together 19 passages from 2 chapters across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Zhang Jian	張儉	Zhang Jian
Title	Grand Preceptor	太師
Title	Honored Father	尚父
Given	Jian	儉
Title	Left Chief Councilor	左丞相
Title	Prince of Chen	陳王
Title	Prince of Han	韓王
Title	Secretariat Director	中書令
Surname	Zhang	張
Personal name	Zhang Jian	張儉	Zhāng Jiǎn

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Explicit · liaoshi:080:s0002
Sex: male
Strongly inferred · liaoshi:081:s0060

Roles

Official
Poet
Scholar
Statesman
Writer

Life and dates

Death

Date Context: Source Date: Text: 重熙二十二年 · Western Year: AD 1053 · Age: 91
Explicit · liaoshi:080:s0035

Age

Age: 91 · Reckoning: sui
Explicit · liaoshi:080:s0035

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 統和十四年 · Reign Id: liao-tonghe · Regnal Year: 14 · Western Year: AD 996
Explicit · liaoshi:080:s0003
Source Date: Text: 太平五年 · Reign Id: liao-taiping · Regnal Year: 5 · Western Year: AD 1025
Explicit · liaoshi:080:s0011
Source Date: Text: 太平六年 · Reign Id: liao-taiping · Regnal Year: 6 · Western Year: AD 1026
Explicit · liaoshi:080:s0012
Source Date: Text: 重熙二十二年 · Western Year: AD 1053
Explicit · liaoshi:080:s0035
Source Date: Text: 重熙五年 · Western Year: AD 1036
Explicit · liaoshi:080:s0015
Source Date: Text: 開泰5年 · Western Year: AD 1016
Explicit · liaoshi:081:s0052, liaoshi:081:s0060

Family

Kinship Role: younger brothers · Count: 5
Explicit · liaoshi:080:s0022

Career and standing

Label: staff officer in Yun Prefecture / 雲州幕官 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 統和十四年 · Reign Id: liao-tonghe · Regnal Year: 14 · Western Year: AD 996
Explicit · liaoshi:080:s0003
Label: military commissioner of the Wuding Army / 武定軍節度使 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 太平五年 · Reign Id: liao-taiping · Regnal Year: 5 · Western Year: AD 1025
Explicit · liaoshi:080:s0011
Label: commissioner of the Southern Academy / 南院樞密使 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 太平六年 · Reign Id: liao-taiping · Regnal Year: 6 · Western Year: AD 1026
Explicit · liaoshi:080:s0012
Label: left chief councilor / 左丞相 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 太平六年 · Reign Id: liao-taiping · Regnal Year: 6 · Western Year: AD 1026
Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:080:s0012, liaoshi:080:s0013
Label: deputy director of the Commission for Military Affairs / 同知樞密院事 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 開泰中 · Western Interval: Start: AD 1012 · End: AD 1021
Explicit · liaoshi:080:s0010
Label: Grand Preceptor / 太師 · Action: appointed
Explicit · liaoshi:080:s0014
Label: Secretariat Director / 中書令 · Action: appointed
Explicit · liaoshi:080:s0014
Label: commander at Datong / 大同 · Action: transferred · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 太平五年 · Reign Id: liao-taiping · Regnal Year: 5 · Western Year: AD 1025
Explicit · liaoshi:080:s0011
Title: Prince of Han / 韓王 · Action: enfeoffed
Explicit · liaoshi:080:s0013
Title: Prince of Chen / 陳王 · Action: transferred
Explicit · liaoshi:080:s0014
Label: Honored Father / 尚父 · Action: granted
Explicit · liaoshi:080:s0014
Label: meritorious minister of steadfast integrity and aged virtue / 貞亮弘靖保義守節耆德功臣 · Action: granted
Explicit · liaoshi:080:s0014
Status: retirement · Action: entered
Explicit · liaoshi:080:s0029

Places and affiliations

Polity Id: liao · Relation: served
Explicit · liaoshi:080:s0003
Place: Wanping / 宛平
Explicit · liaoshi:080:s0002
Place: Wanping county / 宛平縣 · Relation: buried-at
Explicit · liaoshi:080:s0035

Learning and skills

Credential: Presented Scholar (first place) / 進士第一 · Action: earned · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 統和十四年 · Reign Id: liao-tonghe · Regnal Year: 14 · Western Year: AD 996
Explicit · liaoshi:080:s0003

Works and attributed material

Kind: speech · Role: speaker · Other Person Id: Xingzong (興宗)
Explicit · liaoshi:080:s0019, liaoshi:080:s0026, liaoshi:080:s0032

Events and relationships

Kind: political · Role: adviser · Action: dissuaded personal campaign against Song · Other Person Id: Xingzong (興宗)
Explicit · liaoshi:080:s0029, liaoshi:080:s0032, liaoshi:080:s0033
Kind: scholarly · Role: author · Action: ordered-to-compose-verses-praising-Zhaogun · Other Person Id: Chen Zhaogun (陳昭袞)
Explicit · liaoshi:081:s0060
Kind: audience · Role: summoned · Action: presented memorials on more than thirty topics · Other Person Id: Yelü Longxu (耶律隆緒)
Explicit · liaoshi:080:s0007, liaoshi:080:s0008
Kind: political · Role: regent-assistant · Action: received deathbed edict to establish the heir · Other Person Id: Yelü Longxu (耶律隆緒)
Explicit · liaoshi:080:s0014
Kind: legal · Role: advocate · Action: thrice begged review of wrongful executions
Explicit · liaoshi:080:s0023, liaoshi:080:s0024, liaoshi:080:s0026, liaoshi:080:s0027
Relation: rival-of · Person Id: Wu Shuda (吳叔達)
Explicit · liaoshi:080:s0013

Assessments and attributes

Assessment: clear-sighted and capable · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
Explicit · liaoshi:080:s0009
Assessment: worthy chief minister · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
Explicit · liaoshi:080:s0107
Kind: character · Statement: wore the same worn robe for thirty years; plain living
Explicit · liaoshi:080:s0017, liaoshi:080:s0019, liaoshi:080:s0020