Zhang Xu 張緒

Other names

Family

• Parent of Chong (充)
  son 子
  Strongly inferred · Book of Southern Qi 33, passage 269
• Parent of Ke (克)
  son 子
  Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 33, passage 267
• Parent of Yun (允)
  son 子
  Strongly inferred · Book of Southern Qi 33, passage 268
• Kin of Rong (融)
  younger paternal cousin 從弟 · paternal line
  Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 33, passage 264

Career and standing

• general who chastises the barbarians 征虜將軍
  AD 478 昇明二年 · Added
  Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 33, passage 249
• palace attendant 給事中
  AD 484 明年 · Added
  Directly stated · nanqishu:033:s0259c
• regular attendant 散騎常侍
  Added
  Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 33, passage 248
• valiant cavalry general 驍騎將軍
  Added
  Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 33, passage 250
• palace attendant 侍中
  AD 473 元徽初後 · Appointed
  Dated from the passage context · Book of Southern Qi 33, passage 245
• director of ceremonies 太常卿
  AD 482 四年 · Appointed
  Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 33, passage 256

Places and affiliations

• Polity Qi 齊 · Relation Served
  Directly stated · nanqishu:033:s0249a; nanqishu:033:s0249b
• Polity Id liu-song · Relation Served
  Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 33, passages 240, 244
• At native province 本州 · Relation Native to
  Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 33, passage 241; nanqishu:033:s0259k
• At Wu commandery 吳郡 · Relation Posted to
  Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 33, passage 247

Learning and skills

• Skill Book of Changes 周易 · Level master
  Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 33, passage 258
• Skill gifted speech 善言 · Level renowned
  Directly stated · nanqishu:033:s0249c

Works and attributed material

• Book of Changes 周易
  Relation Exegete
  Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 33, passages 258-259
• Speech · Speaker · Direct quotation
  Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 33, passages 246, 259; nanqishu:033:s0259k

Events and relationships

• Headed National Academy at founding
  AD 482 四年 · Institutional · Appointee
  Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 33, passage 256
• Ordered austere funeral without offerings
  Ritual · Decedent
  Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 33, passage 263
• Recommended secretariat aide
  AD 473 元徽初 · Personnel · Recommender · With Wang Jian (王儉)
  Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 33, passage 244
• Refused Wenren Yong
  Personnel · Selector · With Wenren Yong (聞人邕)
  Directly stated · nanqishu:033:s0259j; nanqishu:033:s0259k
• Sat in pure talk sometimes without food
  Personal · Subject
  Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 33, passage 261
• Sent out unawares as Wu administrator
  Personnel · Subject
  Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 33, passage 247

Assessments and attributes

• Assessment contemporaries called the secretariat succession a happy pick, likened to Jin use of Wang Zijing and Wang Jiyan · Mode public-opinion
  Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 33, passage 257
• Assessment long-standing reputation carried great weight · Mode historian-judgment
  Directly stated · nanqishu:033:s0249c
• Assessment set rank and stipend out of mind; court and countryside honored his bearing · Mode historian-judgment
  Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 33, passage 246
• Assessment speech subtle and principles deep; honored for a time · Mode historian-judgment
  Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 33, passage 258
• Item reed-lined funeral bier 蘆葭轜車 · Relation Ordered for burial
  Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 33, passage 263

Source notes

• Historicity historical
  Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 33, passage 240
• said he had never in his life learned to say yes
  Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 33, passage 246
• would not speak of gain; scattered wealth when it came to hand
  Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 33, passage 260