Qin and Han · Aristocrat and Official

Zhang Xiangru 張相如

Zhāng Xiàngrú

Attested BC 180 - BC 157

Passages
7
Chapters
5
Histories
2

Overview

The translated histories identify Zhang Xiangru as an aristocrat, general, and official. This record brings together 7 passages from 5 chapters across 2 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Zhang Xiangru 張相如 Zhāng Xiàngrú
Title Marquis Dongyang 東陽侯 Dōngyáng hóu
Title Marquis of Dongyang 東陽侯 Dōngyáng Hóu
Title Marquis of Dongyang 東陽侯
Given name Xiangru 相如 Xiāngrú
Personal Xiangru 相如
Given Xiangru 相如 Xiangru
Given name Xiangru 相如 Xiàngrú
Personal name Zhang Xiangru 張相如 Zhāng Xiāngrú
Personal Zhang Xiangru 張相如
Personal Zhang Xiangru 張相如 Zhang Xiangru
Personal name Zhang Xiangru 張相如 Zhāng Xiàngrú

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Aristocrat
  • General
  • Official

Life and dates

Attested activity

  • Source Date: Text: 孝文時 · Western Interval: Start: BC 180 · End: BC 157
    Explicit event contextual date · hanshu:055:s0015, hanshu:055:s0017
  • Source Date: Text: 文帝 · Western Interval: Start: BC 180 · End: BC 157
    Explicit event contextual date · hanshu:059:s0019
  • Source Date: Text: 文帝時 · Western Year: BC 180
    Explicit event contextual date · shiji:103:s0013
  • Source Date: Text: 文帝時論張相如 · Western Interval: Start: BC 180 · End: BC 157
    Explicit event contextual date · shiji:102:s0019

Career and standing

Assessments and attributes

References in the histories

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Book of Han, Chapter 5Volume 4: Annals of Emperor Wen · 1 passage
Book of Han, Chapter 55Volume 46: The Lords of Wan, Wei, Zhi, Zhou and Zhang · 1 passage
Book of Han, Chapter 59Volume 50: Zhang, Feng, Ji and Zheng · 2 passages
Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 102Biographies of Zhang Shizhi and Feng Tang · 2 passages
Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 103Biographies of Wan Shi and Zhang Shu · 1 passage