Zhang Xi (張禧) | 24 Histories

Overview

The translated histories identify Zhang Xi as an official. This record brings together 2 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 Xi	張禧	Zhang Xi

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Strongly inferred · mingshi:140:s0076

Roles

Official

Life and dates

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 洪武初 · Western Year: AD 1368
Explicit · mingshi:140:s0076
Source Date: Text: 洪武十五年 · Western Year: AD 1382
Explicit event contextual date · mingshi:140:s0084, mingshi:140:s0077

Career and standing

Label: assistant magistrate of Anfu / 安福丞 · Action: held
Explicit · mingshi:140:s0076
Label: assistant magistrate of Qiongshan / 丞瓊山 · Action: transferred
Explicit · mingshi:140:s0084

References in the histories

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History of Ming, Chapter 140Volume 140 Biographies 28: Wei Guan, Tao Houzhong, Liu Shihuan, Wang Zongxian, Lu Wensui, Wang Guan, Dao Tong, Lu Xi, Qing Wensheng · 2 passages

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洪武初，以供役為安福丞張禧所辱，仕貆憤，益力學。 Early in the Hongwu reign, while performing corvée labor he was humiliated by Zhang Xi, assistant magistrate of Anfu; stung by the insult, Shihuan threw himself even harder into his studies.

辱仕貆者張禧，適調丞瓊山，以屬吏謁，大慚怖。 Zhang Xi, who had once humiliated him, happened to be transferred to assistant magistrate of Qiongshan and came to pay his respects as a subordinate; he was overcome with shame and fear.