Zhang Renyuan (張仁願)

Overview

Zhang Renyuan was a general.

PeriodSui and Tang

IdentityHistorical · Male

Roles

Found in

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 707 to AD 708 西城張仁願所築
Strongly inferred · Old Book of Tang 153, passage 259; Old Book of Tang 157, passage 286

Key source chapters

Old Book of Tang, Chapter 153 Volume 149 Biographies 99: Yu Xiulie, Ling Huhuan, Gui Chongjing, Xi Zhi, Zhang Jian, Jiang Yi, Liu Deng, Shen Chuanshi 1 passage
Old Book of Tang, Chapter 157 Volume 153 Biographies 103: Yao Nanzhong, Liu Nai, Yuan Gao, Duan Pingzhong, Xue Cuncheng, Lu Tan 1 passage

Places and affiliations

Polity Tang 唐 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 153, passage 259
Polity Tang 唐 · Relation Served
Strongly inferred · Old Book of Tang 157, passage 286

Events and relationships

Built Western Shouxiang City
AD 707 to AD 708 西城張仁願所築 · Military engineering · Builder · At Western Shouxiang City 西城
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 153, passage 259; Old Book of Tang 157, passage 286

Assessments and attributes

Assessment the western city he built is the best strategy for holding the northern frontier · Mode speech Speaker Lu Tan (盧坦)
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 153, passage 259

Source notes

Value historical
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 157, passage 286

References in the histories

Old Book of Tang, Chapter 153Volume 149 Biographies 99: Yu Xiulie, Ling Huhuan, Gui Chongjing, Xi Zhi, Zhang Jian, Jiang Yi, Liu Deng, Shen Chuanshi · 1 passage

Open chapter

坦與李絳葉議，以為：「西城張仁願所築，制匈奴上策。 Tan and Li Jiang jointly argued: "The western city Zhang Renyuan built is the best strategy for holding the northern frontier.

Old Book of Tang, Chapter 157Volume 153 Biographies 103: Yao Nanzhong, Liu Nai, Yuan Gao, Duan Pingzhong, Xue Cuncheng, Lu Tan · 1 passage

Open chapter

坦與李絳葉議，以為：「西城張仁願所築，制匈奴上策。 Tan and Li Jiang jointly argued: "The western city Zhang Renyuan built is the best strategy for holding the northern frontier.