Overview
The translated histories identify Zhang Wenwei as an official, scholar, and statesman. This record brings together 16 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 Wenwei | 張文蔚 | Zhang Wenwei |
| Given | Wenwei | 文蔚 | Wenwei |
| Courtesy | Youhua | 右華 | Youhua |
| Surname | Zhang | 張 | Zhang |
Identity
- Historicity
- Historical
- Identification
- Named
- Sex
- Male
- Sex: maleExplicit · xinwudaishi:002:s0002, xinwudaishi:035:s0007
Roles
- Official
- Scholar
- Statesman
Life and dates
Death
- Cause: sudden acute illness / 暴疾 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 開平二年 · Western Year: AD 908Explicit · xinwudaishi:035:s0028
- Date Context: Source Date: Text: 开平二年 · Western Year: AD 908Explicit · xinwudaishi:002:s0038
Attested activity
- Source Date: Text: 唐昭宗時 · Western Interval: Start: AD 888 · End: AD 904Explicit event contextual date · xinwudaishi:035:s0022
- Source Date: Text: 开平二年 · Western Year: AD 908Explicit event contextual date · xinwudaishi:002:s0038, xinwudaishi:002:s0037
- Source Date: Text: 开平元年 · Western Year: AD 907Explicit event contextual date · xinwudaishi:002:s0002, xinwudaishi:002:s0158
- Source Date: Text: 明年三月 · Western Year: AD 907Explicit event contextual date · xinwudaishi:035:s0007
- Source Date: Text: 開平二年 · Western Year: AD 908Explicit event contextual date · xinwudaishi:035:s0028
Career and standing
- Label: co-equal grand councilor / 同中書門下平章事 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 开平元年五月丁丑朔 · Western Year: AD 907Explicit · xinwudaishi:002:s0158
- Label: Vice Director of the Menxia / Menxia shilang / 門下侍郎 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 开平元年五月丁丑朔 · Western Year: AD 907Explicit · xinwudaishi:002:s0158
- Label: Vice Director of the Secretariat and Concurrent Palace Attendant / 中書侍郎、同中書門下平章事 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 昭宗遷洛 · Western Interval: Start: AD 904 · End: AD 904Explicit · xinwudaishi:035:s0024
- Label: Chief Councillor / Tang chancellor / 宰相 · Action: heldExplicit · xinwudaishi:002:s0002, xinwudaishi:002:s0158
- Label: chief minister / 相 · Action: heldExplicit · xinwudaishi:035:s0026
- Label: Hanlin Academician in charge / 翰林學士承旨 · Action: heldExplicit · xinwudaishi:035:s0022
- Label: Right Vice Director / 右僕射 · Action: posthumously-granted · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 開平二年 · Western Year: AD 908Explicit · xinwudaishi:035:s0028
Places and affiliations
- Polity: Later Liang / 梁 · Relation: servedExplicit · xinwudaishi:035:s0026
- Polity: Tang / 唐 · Relation: servedExplicit · xinwudaishi:035:s0022
- Place: Hejian / 河間Explicit · xinwudaishi:035:s0020
- Place: western capital / 西都 · Relation: posted-to · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 開平二年 · Western Year: AD 908Explicit · xinwudaishi:035:s0028
Learning and skills
- Credential: Presented Scholar / 進士 · Action: earnedExplicit · xinwudaishi:035:s0021
- Skill: drafting edicts / 制詔 · Level: renownedExplicit · xinwudaishi:035:s0023
Events and relationships
- Kind: ritual · Role: investiture-commissioner · Action: presented-register · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 四月甲子 · Western Year: AD 907
- Explicit · xinwudaishi:002:s0002
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment: filial and brotherly at home · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgmentExplicit · xinwudaishi:035:s0027
References in the histories
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