Qin and Han · grand counsellor of the palace

Zhang Meng 張猛

Attested BC 48 - BC 33

Passages: 9
Chapters: 4
Histories: 1

Overview

The translated histories identify Zhang Meng as an envoy and official. This record brings together 9 passages from 4 chapters across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Zhang Meng	張猛	Zhang Meng
Given	Meng	猛	Měng
Personal name	Zhang Meng	張猛	Zhāng Měng
Personal	Zhang Meng	張猛	Zhāng Měng
Courtesy name	Ziyou	子游	Zǐyóu

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Explicit · hanshu:071:s0130, hanshu:082:s0133
Value: male
Strongly inferred · hanshu:105:s0087

Roles

Envoy
Official

Life and dates

Death

Manner: suicide · Cause: slandered by Shi Xian
Explicit · hanshu:071:s0130, hanshu:071:s0131
Text: committed suicide at the public carriage grounds
Explicit · hanshu:105:s0088

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 元帝時 · Western Interval: Start: BC 48 · End: BC 33
Explicit · hanshu:071:s0130
Source Date: Text: 永光中 · Western Year: BC 43
Explicit · hanshu:082:s0133

Family

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Descendant of Zhang Qian (張騫)
Kinship Term: grandson / 孫 · Generation Distance: 2
Kinship Term: grandson / 孫 · Generation Distance: 2
Child of Parent of Zhang Meng (張猛之親)
Parentage: biological
Kinship Term: grandson / 孫 · Parentage: biological

Career and standing

Label: grand counsellor of the palace / 光祿大夫 · Action: held · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 元帝時 · Western Interval: Start: BC 48 · End: BC 33
Explicit · hanshu:071:s0130
Label: attendant within the palace / 給事中 · Action: held
Explicit · hanshu:071:s0130
Office: Imperial Household Grandee / 光祿大夫 · Action: held
Explicit · hanshu:082:s0133
Title: grand counsellor of the palace
Explicit · hanshu:105:s0087

Places and affiliations

Polity: Han · Relation: official-of
Explicit · hanshu:082:s0133

Events and relationships

Kind: diplomatic · Role: envoy · Action: sent-to-xiongnu
Explicit · hanshu:071:s0130
Relation: slandered-by · Person Id: Shi Xian (石顯)
Explicit · hanshu:071:s0130

References in the histories

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Book of Han, Chapter 71Volume 61: Zhang Qian and Li Guangli · 2 passages

孫猛 Grandson Meng.

騫孫猛，字子游，有俊才，元帝時為光祿大夫，使匈奴，給事中，為石顯所譖。 Zhang Qian's grandson Meng, styled Ziyou, was a brilliant man who rose to grand counsellor under Emperor Yuan, served on the Xiongnu embassy staff, sat in the inner court, and fell to Shi Xian's slander.

Book of Han, Chapter 82Volume 71: Jun, Shu, Yu, Xue, Ping and Peng · 1 passage

先驅光祿大夫張猛進曰：「臣聞主聖臣直。 Zhang Meng, Imperial Household Grandee riding in the van, stepped forward: "They say a wise sovereign has blunt ministers.

Book of Han, Chapter 88Volume 77: Gai, Zhuge, Liu, Zheng, Sun, Wujiang and He · 4 passages

諫大夫鄭昌愍傷寬饒忠直憂國，以言事不當意而為文吏所詆挫，上書頌寬饒曰：「臣聞山有猛獸，藜藿為之不採； Remonstrance Grandee Zheng Chang pitied Kuangrao's loyal bluntness and his concern for the state, and grieved that because his words on affairs did not suit the ruler's wishes, he had been attacked and broken by clerical officials. Zheng Chang submitted a memorial praising Kuangrao, saying: "I have heard that where mountains hold fierce beasts, brambles and greens are not gathered;

上徙豐為城門校尉，豐上書告光祿勳周堪、光祿大夫張猛。 Demoted to gate colonel, he struck back with charges against Zhou Kan and Zhang Meng.

上不直豐，乃制詔御史：「城門校尉豐，前與光祿勳堪、光祿大夫猛在朝之時，數稱言堪、猛之美。 The emperor did not consider Feng right, and therefore issued a formal edict to the imperial secretary: "Feng, Colonel of the City Gates, formerly, when Chamberlain for the Palace Garrison Kan and Grandee of the Palace Meng were at court, repeatedly praised the excellence of Kan and Meng.

而反怨堪、猛，以求報舉，告案無證之辭，暴揚難驗之罪，毀譽恣意，不顧前言，不信之大者也。 Now he smeared the same men he had praised—evidence of bad faith.

Book of Han, Chapter 105Volume 93: Flatterers · 2 passages

後太中大夫張猛、魏郡太守京房、御史中丞陳咸、待詔賈捐之皆嘗奏封事，或召見，言顯短。 Later Zhang Meng, Jing Fang, Chen Xian, and Jia Juanzhi memorialized or were called in to attack Shi Xian.

顯求索其罪，房、捐之棄市，猛自殺於公車，咸抵罪，髡為城旦。 Shi Xian hunted charges: Jing Fang and Jia Juanzhi died in the market; Zhang Meng killed himself at the carriage park; Chen Xian was shorn and sentenced as corvée labor.