Five Dynasties · Western Capital Official

Zhang Qian 張篯

Attested AD 926

Passages: 3
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Zhang Qian was a Western Capital Official.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 926 天成元年五月
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 36, passage 40

Career and standing

Western Capital inner commandant 西都衙內指揮使
Held
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 36, passage 62
Western Capital prefect 西都知府
Held
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 36, passage 40

Events and relationships

Presented Jiji polo horses
Political · Actor · With Li Jiji (繼岌)
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 36, passage 40
Presented Wang Yan belts and horses
Political · Actor · With Wang Yan (王衍)
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 36, passage 62

Assessments and attributes

Item Wang Yan's goods, equipage, entertainers 衍之資裝妓樂 · Relation Possessed
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 36, passage 63

References in the histories

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 36Volume 36 Book of Later Tang 12: Mingzong Annals 2 · 3 passages

西都知府張篯進魏王繼岌打球馬七十二匹。 Zhang Qian, Western Capital prefect, presented seventy-two of Prince Jiji's polo ponies.

丁丑，西都衙內指揮使張篯進納偽蜀主王衍犀玉帶各二條、馬一百五十匹。 On dingchou Zhang Qian, Western Capital inner commandant, presented two rhinoceros-and-jade belts and one hundred fifty horses from the false Shu ruler Wang Yan.

初，莊宗遣中官向延嗣就長安之殺王衍也，旋屬蕭牆之禍，延嗣藏竄，不知所之，而衍之資裝妓樂並為篯所有，復懼事泄，故聊有此獻。 Zhuangzong had sent the eunuch Xiang Yansi to Chang'an to kill Wang Yan; after the palace coup Yansi vanished and Yan's goods and entertainers passed to Zhang Qian, who now offered a slice of the hoard for fear of exposure.