Qin and Han · Eunuch

Zhang Rang 张让

Died AD 189

Passages: 4
Chapters: 4
Histories: 3

Overview

The translated histories identify Zhang Rang as an eunuch and named individual. This record brings together 4 passages from 4 chapters across 3 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Zhang Rang	张让	Zhang Rang
Given	Rang	让	Rang
Surname	Zhang	张	Zhang
Personal name	Zhang Rang	张让	Zhang Rang
Personal	Zhang Rang	张让	Zhāng Ràng
Personal	Zhang Rang	張讓	Zhāng Ràng
Personal	Zhang Rang	張讓	Zhang Rang

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Explicit · houhanshu:085:s0251, houhanshu:113:s0108
Sex: male
Strongly inferred · nanqishu:005:s0066, yuanshi:204:s0070

Roles

Eunuch
Named Individual

Life and dates

Death

Manner: execution · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 漢中平六年 · Western Year: AD 189
Explicit · nanqishu:005:s0066

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 中平五年 · Western Year: AD 188
Explicit event contextual date · houhanshu:113:s0104, houhanshu:113:s0108
Source Date: Text: 其冬 · Western Year: AD 179
Explicit event contextual date · houhanshu:085:s0251
Source Date: Text: 漢中平六年 · Western Year: AD 189
Explicit event contextual date · nanqishu:005:s0066
Source Date: Text: 漢季 · Western Year: AD 189
Explicit · yuanshi:204:s0070

Career and standing

Label: Regular Attendant / 中常侍 · Action: held
Explicit · houhanshu:113:s0108

Places and affiliations

Label: Later Han / 後漢 · Relation: active-in
Explicit · houhanshu:113:s0108
Polity: Eastern Han / 东汉 · Relation: served
Strongly inferred · houhanshu:085:s0251

Events and relationships

Kind: political · Role: target-of-arrest-plot · Action: targeted · Other Person Id: Liu He (刘郃) · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 其冬 · Western Year: AD 179
Explicit · houhanshu:085:s0251
Relation: ally-of · Person Id: Cao Jie (曹节)
Explicit · houhanshu:085:s0251

Assessments and attributes

Assessment: wrought wicked disorder · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
Explicit · houhanshu:113:s0108

Source notes

Historicity: historical
Explicit · yuanshi:204:s0070

References in the histories

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Book of Later Han, Chapter 85Volume 77: Biographies of Cruel Officials · 1 passage

其冬，司徒刘郃与球议收案张让、曹节，节等知之，共诬白郃等。 That winter Minister of Education Liu He and Yang Qiu planned to seize Zhang Rang and Cao Jie; the eunuchs struck first with forged accusations.

Book of Later Han, Chapter 113Volume 102: Astronomy Part Three · 1 passage

是时，中常侍赵忠、张让、郭胜、孙璋等，并为奸乱。 Meanwhile eunuchs Zhao Zhong, Zhang Rang, Guo Sheng, Sun Zhang, and their clique ran riot through the government.

Book of Southern Qi, Chapter 5Volume 5 Annals 5: Prince of Hailing · 1 passage

案漢中平六年，獻帝卽位，便改元爲光熹，張讓、段珪誅後，改元爲昭寧，董卓輔政，改元爲永漢，一歲四號也。 It is on record that in Han Zhongping 6, when Emperor Xian ascended, the era was at once changed to Guangxi; after Zhang Rang and Duan Gui were killed it became Zhaoning; when Dong Zhuo seized power it became Yonghan—four era names in one year.

History of Yuan, Chapter 204Volume 204 Biographies 91: Eunuchs · 1 passage

會侍御史李國鳳亦上書皇太子，言：「不花驕恣無上，招權納賂，奔競之徒，皆出其門，駸駸有趙高、張讓、田令孜之風，漸不可長，眾人所共知之，獨主上與殿下未之知耳。 At the same time, attending censor Li Guofeng wrote to the crown prince: "Buhua is insolent beyond measure, sells offices and takes bribes, and every schemer in the capital passes through his door. He increasingly resembles Zhao Gao, Zhang Rang, and Tian Lingzi. Everyone knows this — only Your Majesty and Your Highness seem not to.