Zhang Tingfan (張廷範)

Overview

The translated histories identify Zhang Tingfan as a courtier, military officer, and official. This record brings together 3 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 Tingfan	張廷範	Zhang Tingfan
Given	Tingfan	廷範	Tingfan
Surname	Zhang	張	Zhang

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
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Roles

Courtier
Military Officer
Official

Life and dates

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 及昭宗遇弒 · Western Year: AD 904
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Source Date: Text: 唐天祐三年 · Western Year: AD 906
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Career and standing

Label: Grand Master of Splendid Happiness / 太常卿 · Action: sought
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Works and attributed material

Kind: memorial · Role: author · Quoted: true
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Events and relationships

Kind: political · Role: proposer · Action: proposed-posthumous-title-change · Other Person Id: Emperor Zhaozong (昭宗)
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References in the histories

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New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 35Volume 35 Biographies 15: Zhan Wenyu, Yang She, Zhang Ce, Zhao Guangfeng, Xue Yiju, Su Xun · 3 passages

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初，唐天祐三年，梁王欲以嬖吏張廷範為太常卿，唐宰相裴樞以謂太常卿唐常以清流為之，廷範乃梁客將，不可。 In Tang’s third Tianyou year the Prince of Liang wanted his favorite Zhang Tingfan as Grand Master of Splendid Happiness; Chief Minister Pei Shu said that post belonged to the pure stream, not a Liang guest-general.

及昭宗遇弒，唐政出於梁，楷為起居郎，與柳璨、張廷範等相結，因謂廷範曰：「夫謚者，所以易名而貴信也。 When Zhaozong was murdered and Liang held Tang’s government, Kai was Diarist and joined Liu Can and Zhang Tingfan; he told Tingfan, “A posthumous title should honor truth.

而廷範本梁客將，嘗求太常卿不得者，廷範亦以此怨唐，因下楷疏廷範，廷範議曰：「臣聞執事堅固之謂恭，亂而不損之謂靈，武而不遂之謂莊，在國逢難之謂閔，因事有功之謂襄，請改謚昭宗皇帝曰恭靈莊閔皇帝，廟號襄宗。」 Tingfan, a Liang guest-general who had failed to win that post, resented Tang; he received Kai’s memorial and proposed: “I have heard that steadfast conduct is Gong, undamaged in disorder Ling, martial yet incomplete Zhuang, meeting national hardship Min, merit through events Xiang—I beg the posthumous title of Emperor Zhaozong be changed to Emperor Gong-Ling-Zhuang-Min, temple name Xiangzong.”