Overview
Zhang Xu was an official, Statesman, and Scholar.
IdentityHistorical · Male
Found inBook of Southern Qi
Other names
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Courtesy name | Siman | 思曼 | Siman |
Life and dates
Attested activity
- AD 479 to AD 489 名臣Strongly inferred · Book of Southern Qi 33, passages 277-278
Places and affiliations
- Polity Southern Qi 南齊 · Relation ServedStrongly inferred · Book of Southern Qi 33, passages 277-278
Learning and skills
- Subject the Commentary on the Judgments and Images (Yao and Xici) 爻繫 · Relation StudiedDirectly stated · Book of Southern Qi 33, passage 282
Works and attributed material
- Judgments and Images / Appended Phrases 爻繫Relation Student ofDirectly stated · Book of Southern Qi 33, passage 282
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment a man of elegance who deserves to be called a famed minister · Mode historian-judgmentDirectly stated · Book of Southern Qi 33, passage 278
- Assessment concentrated purity, unadorned air, and natural nobility; as a belted official in formal dress he was the court's hope and the people's gaze · Mode historian-judgmentDirectly stated · Book of Southern Qi 33, passage 277
- Assessment Siman lived in clean quiet, cut himself off from worldly dust; his mind ranged through the Yao and Xici and men allowed he was bright talent · Mode historian-judgmentDirectly stated · Book of Southern Qi 33, passages 281-282
Source notes
- Historicity historicalDirectly stated · Book of Southern Qi 33, passage 277
References in the histories
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