Zhang Wenqian (張文謙)

Overview

The translated histories identify Zhang Wenqian as an administrator and official. This record brings together 3 passages from 2 chapters across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Zhang Wenqian	張文謙	Zhang Wenqian
Title	Left Assistant	左丞
Given	Wenqian	文謙	Wenqian
Personal name	Zhang Wenqian	張文謙	Zhang Wenqian

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Strongly inferred · yuanshi:199:s0027

Roles

Administrator
Official

Life and dates

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 中統 · Western Interval: Start: AD 1260 · End: AD 1264
Explicit event contextual date · yuanshi:199:s0025, yuanshi:199:s0027
Source Date: Text: 中統元年 · Western Year: AD 1260
Explicit event contextual date · yuanshi:206:s0072

Career and standing

Label: Left Assistant and Pacification Commissioner of Hebei / 左丞…宣撫河北 · Action: held
Explicit · yuanshi:199:s0027
Label: Left Chancellor / 左丞 · Action: held
Explicit · yuanshi:206:s0072

Events and relationships

Kind: recommendation · Role: recommender · Action: nominated-Du-Ying-for-school-post · Other Person Id: Du Ying (杜瑛)
Explicit · yuanshi:199:s0027

References in the histories

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History of Yuan, Chapter 199Volume 199 Biographies 86: Recluses · 1 passage

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左丞張文謙宣撫河北，奏為懷孟、彰德、大名等路提舉學校官，又辭，遺執政書，其略曰：「先王之道不明，異端邪說害之也，橫流奔放，天理不絕如線。 Left Assistant Zhang Wenqian, pacification commissioner of Hebei, recommended him as supervisor of schools for the Huaimeng, Zhangde, Daming, and other circuits; Ying declined again and sent the chief ministers a letter that read in part: "The Way of the ancient kings is obscured, harmed by heterodox teachings; doctrines run wild, and the moral order hangs by a thread.

History of Yuan, Chapter 206Volume 206 Biographies 93: Contrary Ministers · 2 passages

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文統為人忌刻，初立中書時，張文謙為左丞。 Wentong was jealous by nature; when the Secretariat was first set up Zhang Wenqian was Left Chancellor.

文謙素以安國利民自負，故凡講論建明，輒相可否，文統積不能平，思有以陷之，文謙竟以本職行大名等路宣撫司事而去。 Wenqian prided himself on serving state and people and constantly disputed Wentong's proposals; Wentong brooded until he found a way to remove him, and Wenqian was sent off to handle Pacification affairs in Daming and other circuits.