Five Dynasties · General

Zhang Lang 張朗

Zhāng Lǎng

Attested AD 936

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Zhang Lang was a general.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 936 清泰三年冬十月
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 48, passage 167

Career and standing

prefect of Daizhou 代州刺史
Held
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 48, passage 167
Honorary Grand Guardian 檢校太保
AD 936 清泰三年冬十月戊辰 · Granted
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 48, passage 167

Places and affiliations

Polity Later Tang 後唐 · Relation Served
Strongly inferred · Old History of the Five Dynasties 48, passage 167

References in the histories

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 48Volume 48 Book of Later Tang 24: Later Emperors Annals 3 · 1 passage

戊辰，代州刺史張朗超授檢校太保，以其屢殺敵眾，故以是命獎之。 On wuchen Zhang Lang of Daizhou was given the additional title of Honorary Grand Guardian because he had repeatedly killed many of the enemy; hence this order to reward him.