Overview
The translated histories identify Zhang Liang as an aristocrat, general, named individual, and official. This record brings together 43 passages from 15 chapters across 8 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.
Names
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal | Zhang Liang | 張良 | Zhang Liang |
| Personal | |||
| Given | |||
| Given | Liang | 良 | Liang |
| Title | Marquis of Liu | 留侯 | |
| Surname | Zhang | 張 | Zhang |
| Surname | Zhang | 張 | Zhāng |
| Personal name | Zhang | 張 | Zhang |
| Personal name | Zhang Liang | 張良 | Zhang Liang |
| Personal | Zhang Liang | 張良 | Zhāng Liáng |
| Personal name | Zhang Liang | 張良 | |
| Personal name | Zhang Liang | 子房 | |
| Personal | Zhang Liang | 良 | Liang |
| Personal | Zhang Liang | 漢良 | Han Liang |
| Personal name | Zhang Liang | ||
| Personal name | Zhang Liang | 張良 | Zhāng Liáng |
| Courtesy | Zifang | 子房 | Zifang |
| Courtesy name | Zifang | 子房 | Zifang |
| Courtesy name | Zifang | 子房 | |
| Courtesy name | Zifang | 子房 | Zǐfáng |
| Given | 良 | Liang |
Identity
- Historicity
- Historical
- Identification
- Named
- Sex
- Male
- Sex: male
- Sex: maleStrongly inferred · houhanshu:031:s0106, liangshu:052:s0009, mingshi:127:s0131, shiji:025:s0022, zhoushu:017:s0153
- Value: maleStrongly inferred · hanshu:042:s0120
Roles
- Aristocrat
- General
- Named Individual
- Official
- Scholar
- Statesman
- Strategist
Life and dates
Attested activity
- Source Date: Text: 亦有蕭、張之謀 · Western Interval: Start: BC 206 · End: BC 186Explicit event contextual date · shiji:025:s0022
- Source Date: Text: 史臣比喻 · Western Interval: Start: BC 250 · End: BC 186Explicit · zhoushu:017:s0153
- Source Date: Text: 張良 · Western Interval: Start: BC 210 · End: BC 186Explicit · chenshu:022:s0094
- Source Date: Text: 故當其有事也，非蕭、曹… · Western Year: BC 200Explicit event contextual date · hanshu:099:s0070
- Source Date: Text: 比之子房 · Western Interval: Start: BC 206 · End: BC 189Explicit event contextual date · mingshi:127:s0131
- Source Date: Text: 漢世 · Western Interval: Start: BC 206 · End: BC 195Explicit · liangshu:052:s0009
- Source Date: Text: 漢初 · Western Interval: Start: BC 209 · End: BC 141Explicit event contextual date · hanshu:051:s0044
- Source Date: Text: 漢初 · Western Interval: Start: BC 206 · End: BC 189Explicit event contextual date · liangshu:007:s0063
- Source Date: Text: 漢興 · Western Year: BC 200Explicit event contextual date · hanshu:025:s0105
- Source Date: Text: 秦漢之際 · Western Interval: Start: BC 218 · End: BC 186Explicit event contextual date · houhanshu:031:s0106
- Source Date: Text: 詠詩引用 · Western Year: BC 206Explicit event contextual date · beiqishu:003:s0126
Career and standing
- Text: Han Minister of Works / Han minister / 韓司徒Explicit · hanshu:042:s0120
Places and affiliations
- Polity: Han · Unresolved: trueExplicit · hanshu:117:s0257
- Polity: Han / 漢 · Relation: servedExplicit · shiji:025:s0022
Events and relationships
- Explicit · shiji:025:s0022
- Explicit · hanshu:025:s0105
- Relation: advisor-of · Person Id: Emperor Gaozu (高祖)Explicit · shiji:025:s0022
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment: standard of comparison for Luo Ya · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgmentExplicit · chenshu:022:s0094
Source notes
- Historicity: historicalExplicit · chenshu:022:s0094
References in the histories
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