Zhang Tang's father | 24 Histories

Overview

The translated histories identify Zhang Tang's father as an official. This record brings together 4 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 Tang's father
Title	Zhang Tang's father

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Title only
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Explicit · hanshu:069:s0002

Roles

Official

Life and dates

Death

Date Text: before Zhang Tang became a clerk of Chang'an
Explicit event contextual date · hanshu:069:s0006

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 父為長安丞 · Western Year: BC 130
Explicit · hanshu:069:s0002

Family

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Parent of Zhang Tang (張湯)
Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: father

Career and standing

Office: assistant magistrate of Chang'an / 長安丞
Explicit · hanshu:069:s0002

References in the histories

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Book of Han, Chapter 69Volume 59: Zhang Tang · 4 passages

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父為長安丞，出，湯為兒守舍。 His father served as assistant magistrate of Chang'an. Whenever the father left on business, the boy Tang stayed behind to watch the house.

還，鼠盜肉，父怨，笞湯。 When he came home, he found a rat had stolen the meat. Angry, he beat Tang with a stick.

父見之，視文辭如老獄吏，大驚，遂使書獄。 When his father read the document, the wording read like that of a veteran prison clerk. He was astonished and thereafter set the boy to drafting legal briefs.

父死後，湯為長安吏。 After his father died, Tang took a minor post as a clerk in Chang'an.