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Zhang Sheng was an official and Envoy.
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Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 93Biographies of Han Xin (King of Han) and Lu Wan · 7 passages
燕王綰亦使其臣張勝於匈奴，言豨等軍破。
The King of Yan also sent his minister Zhang Sheng to the Xiongnu to report that Chen Xi's army had been defeated.
張勝至胡，故燕王臧茶子衍出亡在胡，見張勝曰：「公所以重於燕者，以習胡事也。
When Zhang Sheng reached the Xiongnu lands, Yan, the son of the former King of Yan Zang Tu, who had fled and was living among the Xiongnu, met him and said: 'The reason you are valued in Yan is that you understand the affairs of the northern peoples.
張勝以為然，豨私令匈奴助豨等擊燕。
Zhang Sheng found this reasoning persuasive. Chen Xi secretly ordered the Xiongnu to assist his forces in raiding Yan.
燕王綰疑張勝與胡反，上書請族張勝。
The King of Yan suspected Zhang Sheng of conspiring with the Xiongnu to rebel and submitted a memorial requesting that Zhang Sheng's entire clan be executed.
勝還，具道所以為者。
When Zhang Sheng returned, he explained the full reasoning behind his actions.
燕王寤，乃詐論它人，脫勝家屬，使得為匈奴閒，而陰使范齊之陳豨所，欲令久亡，連兵勿決。
The King of Yan came to understand and so framed another man in Zhang Sheng's place, freed Sheng's family, and had Sheng serve as a liaison with the Xiongnu. Meanwhile, he secretly sent Fan Qi to Chen Xi's camp, intending to prolong the conflict and keep the armies locked in an unresolved stalemate.
又得匈奴降者，降者言張勝亡在匈奴，為燕使。
Furthermore, a Xiongnu defector was captured, and the defector reported that Zhang Sheng had fled to the Xiongnu, where he was serving as an envoy of Yan.