Sui and Tang · Military Officer

Zhang Tingfan 張廷範

Attested AD 904

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Zhang Tingfan was a Military Officer.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 904 哀帝嗣位
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 140, passage 158

Career and standing

military officer 牙將
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 140, passage 158
director of the Court of Imperial Sacrifices 太常卿
Nominated · Negated true
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 140, passage 158

Places and affiliations

Polity Tang 唐 · Relation Served
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 140, passage 158

Events and relationships

Relation Subordinate of · Person Zhu Quanzhong (朱全忠)
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 140, passage 158

Assessments and attributes

Assessment meritorious minister who ought to hold a frontier command, not a court director · Mode named-source-report Speaker Shu (樞)
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 140, passage 158

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 140, passage 158

References in the histories

New Book of Tang, Chapter 140Volume 140 Biographies 65: Cui Miao, Two Pei's, Lu · 1 passage

哀帝嗣位，柳璨方用事，全忠以牙將張廷範為太常卿，樞以為廷範勛臣，自宜任方鎮，何用為卿，恐非王意，持不下。 When Emperor Aidi succeeded, Liu Can was in power; Quanzhong wished to make his military officer Zhang Tingfan director of the Court of Imperial Sacrifices; Shu held that as a meritorious minister Tingfan ought to hold a frontier command—what use was there in making him court director? He feared this was not the king's intent and withheld the appointment.