Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Scholar and Writer

Zhang Rong 張融

Zhāng Róng

Attested AD 460 - AD 497

Passages: 7
Chapters: 5
Histories: 2

Overview

Zhang Rong was a scholar and Writer.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 480 to AD 493 AD 480-493
Dated from the passage context · Book of Southern Qi 48, passage 188
AD 460 to AD 497 南朝齊世高名
Strongly inferred · Book of Liang 26, passage 213
AD 483 to AD 493 永明中
Dated from the passage context · Book of Southern Qi 55, passage 142
AD 483 永明初
Dated from the passage context · Book of Southern Qi 39, passage 32
AD 483 to AD 493 齊
Directly stated · Book of Liang 16, passage 84

Family

Kin of Lu Gao (陸杲)
maternal uncle 舅 · maternal line · Through Mother of Lu Gao
Directly stated · Book of Liang 26, passage 213
Kin of Kong Zhigui (孔稚珪)
cousin 外兄
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 48, passage 188
Kin of Zhang Ji (張稷)
kinsman 族兄
Directly stated · Book of Liang 16, passage 84
Sibling of Mother of Lu Gao
siblings 兄妹 · Full siblings · maternal line
Strongly inferred · Book of Liang 26, passage 213

Key source chapters

Career and standing

Western Section Clerk of the Minister of Works 司徒左西掾
Held
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 55, passage 142

Places and affiliations

Polity Southern Qi 南齊 · Relation Associated with
Strongly inferred · Book of Southern Qi 39, passage 32

Works and attributed material

Letter · Speaker · Mode document Speaker Zhang Rong (張融) · Addressed to Prince of Yuzhang (豫章王) · Subject Person Id Zhu Qianzhi (朱謙之)
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 55, passages 142-151
Letter · Addressee · With Liu Huan (劉瓛) · Direct quotation
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 39, passages 32, 47
Speech · Speaker · Mode direct-speech Speaker Zhang Rong (張融) · Subject Person Id Du Qi (杜栖)
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 55, passages 221-222

Events and relationships

Relation Colleague of · Person Zhou Yan (周顒)
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 48, passage 216
Relation Friend of · Person Du Jingchan (杜京產)
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 55, passage 220
Relation Correspondent of · Person Liu Huan (劉瓛)
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 39, passage 32

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · Book of Liang 26, passage 213; Book of Southern Qi 39, passage 32

References in the histories

Book of Liang, Chapter 16Volume 16: Wang Liang; Zhang Ji; Wang Ying · 1 passage

性疏率，朗悟有才略，與族兄充、融、卷等俱知名，時稱之曰：「充融卷稷，是爲四張。」 By nature he was careless and open, bright with talent and stratagem; with his kinsmen Chong, Rong, and Juan he was all famed—the age called them, "Chong, Rong, Juan, and Ji—that is the Four Zhangs."

Book of Liang, Chapter 26Volume 26: Fan Xiu; Fu Zhao; Fu Ying; Xiao Chen; Lu Gao · 1 passage

杲少好學，工書畫，舅張融有高名，杲風韻舉動，頗類於融，時稱之曰：「無對日下，惟舅與甥。」 Gao loved learning from youth and was skilled at calligraphy and painting. His maternal uncle Zhang Rong had a great reputation, and Gao's style, bearing, and movements much resembled Rong, so people of the time said, "There are no equals under the sun, only uncle and nephew."

Book of Southern Qi, Chapter 39Volume 39 Biographies 20: Liu Huan, Di Jin, Lu Cheng · 1 passage

瓛與張融王思遠書曰：「奉教使恭召，會當停公事，但念生平素抱，有乖恩顧。 Huan wrote to Zhang Rong and Wang Siyuan: "I have received your instruction and a respectful summons; I ought to set aside official business, but when I reflect on the disposition I have cherished all my life, it runs counter to this gracious attention.

Book of Southern Qi, Chapter 48Volume 48 Biographies 29: Yuan Tuan, Kong Zhigui, Liu Hui · 2 passages

與外兄張融情趣相得，又與琅邪王思遠、廬江何點、點弟胤竝款交。 With his cousin by marriage Zhang Rong he matched in temperament and taste; he also had warm friendships with Wang Siyuan of Langye, He Dian of Lujiang, and Dian's younger brother Yin.

時張融、周顒竝有言工，融音旨緩韻，顒辭致綺捷，繪之言吐，又頓挫有風氣。 At the time Zhang Rong and Zhou Yong both excelled in speech: Rong's tones were leisurely in cadence, Yong's phrasing elegant and swift, while Hui's utterance was further marked by rhythmic pauses and spirited bearing.

Book of Southern Qi, Chapter 55Volume 55 Biographies 36: Filial Piety · 2 passages

縣令申靈勗表上，別駕孔稚珪、兼記室劉璡、司徒左西掾張融牋與刺史豫章王曰：「禮開報仇之典，以申孝義之情； Magistrate Shen Lingxu reported the case. Kong Zhigui, Liu Lin, and Zhang Rong wrote to the Prince of Yuzhang, governor of the region: "Ritual law permits vengeance to express filial duty;

同郡張融與京產相友，每相造言論，栖常在側。 Zhang Rong of the same commandery was a friend of Jingchan. Whenever they met to discuss learning, Qi was always present.