Overview
The translated histories identify Zhang Su as a courtier, envoy, and official. This record brings together 7 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 Su | 張宿 | Zhang Su |
Identity
- Historicity
- Historical
- Identification
- Named
- Sex
- Male
- Sex: maleStrongly inferred · xintangshu:175:s0178
Roles
- Courtier
- Envoy
- Official
Life and dates
Death
- Manner: died suddenly on the road / 暴卒於道Explicit · xintangshu:175:s0193
Attested activity
- Source Date: Text: 元和末 · Western Interval: Start: AD 818 · End: AD 820Explicit event contextual date · xintangshu:175:s0192
- Source Date: Text: 憲宗為廣陵王時 · Western Interval: Start: AD 805 · End: AD 820Explicit event contextual date · xintangshu:175:s0179
Career and standing
- Label: Left Reminder / 左拾遺 · Action: appointedExplicit · xintangshu:175:s0180
- Title: Secretariat Director / 秘書監 · Action: posthumousExplicit · xintangshu:175:s0193
- Status: humble-origin · Label: born poor / 寒人Explicit · xintangshu:175:s0178
- Status: demoted · Action: suffered · Reason: leaking inner-court wordsExplicit · xintangshu:175:s0181
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment: crafty, outspoken, slanderous · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgmentExplicit · xintangshu:175:s0179, xintangshu:175:s0191
References in the histories
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