Sui and Tang · Official

Zhang Xuan 張瑄

Attested AD 746 - AD 747

Passages: 2
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Zhang Xuan was an official.

Life and dates

Death

Execution
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 134, passage 163

Attested activity

AD 746 to AD 747 天寶
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 134, passage 157

References in the histories

New Book of Tang, Chapter 134Volume 134 Biographies 59: Yuwen, Wei, Yang, Wang · 2 passages

捕太府少卿張瑄致會昌傳舍，劾瑄與慎矜共解圖讖，搒掠不服。 They arrested Vice Minister of the Palace Storehouse Zhang Xuan and brought him to the Huichang post station, charging that he and Shenjin had together decoded prophetic charts. Under torture he refused to confess.

有詔杖敬忠，賜慎矜、瑄死，籍其家，子女悉置嶺南。 An edict ordered Jingzhong beaten, condemned Shenjin and Zhang Xuan to death, confiscated their families' property, and sent all their children to Lingnan.