Zhang Song (張松) | 24 Histories

Overview

The translated histories identify Zhang Song as a diplomat and official. This record brings together 5 passages from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Zhang Song	張松	Zhang Song
Given	Song	松
Personal name	Zhang Song	張松

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Strongly inferred · sanguozhi:031:s0078

Roles

Diplomat
Official

Life and dates

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 赤壁 · Western Year: AD 208
Explicit event contextual date · sanguozhi:031:s0078

Works and attributed material

Kind: speech · Role: speaker · Interlocutor Person Id: Liu Zhang (劉璋)
Explicit · sanguozhi:031:s0089, sanguozhi:031:s0091

References in the histories

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Records of the Three Kingdoms, Chapter 31Volume 31: Book of Shu 1: Biographies of the Two Governor Lius · 5 passages

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璋復遣別駕張松詣曹公，曹公時已定荊州，走先主，不復存錄松，松以此怨。 He then sent chief clerk Zhang Song. By then Cao Cao had overrun Jingzhou and routed Liu Bei; he treated Zhang Song with cold neglect, and Song nursed a grudge.

松還，疵毀曹公，勸璋自絕， Zhang Song returned to paint Cao Cao in the worst colors and urge Liu Zhang to break with the north,

〈《漢書春秋》曰：張松見曹公，曹公方自矜伐，不存錄松。〈The Springs and Autumns of the Han Book records: Zhang Song found Cao Cao swollen with pride over his victories and dismissive of him.

松歸，乃勸璋自絕。 On his return he pressed Liu Zhang to cut ties with Cao Cao.

後松復說璋曰：「今州中諸將龐羲、李異等皆恃功驕豪，欲有外意，不得豫州，則敵攻其外，民攻其內，必敗之道也。」 Later Zhang Song warned him again: “Pang Xi, Li Yi, and the other generals swagger on old laurels and eye independence. Without Liu Bei to stiffen your front, enemies will strike from without and your own people from within—that is the road to ruin.”