Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Official

Zhang Yi 張裔

Zhāng Yì

Attested AD 227 - AD 228

Passages: 11
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Zhang Yi was an official.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 227 to AD 228 欲用張裔…裔與岑述
Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 41, passages 157, 166

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Parent of Zhang Yu (張郁)
son 子
Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 41, passage 161

Events and relationships

Relation Rival of · Person Cen Shu (岑述)
Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 41, passage 166
Relation Friend of · Person Yang Hong (楊洪)
Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 41, passage 160

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History

11 passages

Records of the Three Kingdoms, Chapter 41Volume 41: Book of Shu 11: Biographies of Huo, Wang, Xiang, Zhang, Yang, and Fei · 11 passages

五年，丞相亮北住漢中，欲用張裔為留府長史，問洪何如？ In 227, with Zhuge Liang in Hanzhong, he considered making Zhang Yi chief clerk of the rear headquarters and asked Yang Hong’s opinion.

洪對曰：「裔天姿明察，長於治劇，才誠堪之，然性不公平，恐不可專任，不如留向朗。 Yang Hong replied, "Zhang Yi is naturally clear-sighted and perceptive, and he excels at handling difficult administration. His talent is indeed equal to the task, but his temperament is not impartial or even; I fear he cannot be entrusted with it alone. It would be better to keep Xiang Lang.

朗情偽差少，裔隨從目下，效其器能，於事兩善。」 Lang's feelings of falsehood are somewhat less; Yi following under the eye, displaying his tools and ability—on affairs both good."

初，裔少與洪親善。 Zhang Yi and Yang Hong had been close since youth.

裔流放在吳，洪臨裔郡，裔子郁給郡吏，微過受罰，不特原假。 While Zhang Yi was a hostage in Wu, Yang Hong governed his old commandery; Zhang Yi’s son Yu served there and was punished for a minor fault without special leniency.

裔後還聞之，深以為恨，與洪情好有損。 When Zhang Yi returned and learned of it, he nursed a deep grudge and their friendship cooled.

及洪見亮出，至裔許，具說所言。 After Yang Hong’s interview with Zhuge Liang he went to Zhang Yi and repeated every word.

裔答洪曰：「公留我了矣，明府不能止。」 Yi answered Hong saying, "The Duke has kept me indeed; the enlightened prefect could not stop it."

時人或疑洪意自欲作長史，或疑洪知裔自嫌，不願裔處要職，典後事也。 Some thought Yang Hong wanted the chief clerk’s post for himself; others thought he knew Zhang Yi would refuse the rear post and spoke accordingly.

後裔與司鹽校尉岑述不和，至於忿恨。 Later Zhang Yi quarreled bitterly with Cen Shu, the colonel director of salt.

亮與裔書曰：「君昔在[陌]下，營壞，吾之用心，食不知味； Liang wrote Yi a letter saying, "Sir, formerly below the roads [at Deyang], the camp was ruined—my heart's use, eating did not know flavor;