Zhang Youxin (張又新)

Overview

The translated histories identify Zhang Youxin as a named individual, official, and writer. This record brings together 7 passages from 2 chapters across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Zhang Youxin	張又新	Zhang Youxin
Courtesy	Kongzhao	孔昭	Kongzhao
Personal name	Youxin	又新
Surname	Zhang	張

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Strongly inferred · xintangshu:161:s0066, xintangshu:175:s0076

Roles

Named Individual
Official
Writer

Life and dates

Death

Note: ended as Left Department Director
Explicit · xintangshu:175:s0090

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 元和中 · Western Interval: Start: AD 806 · End: AD 820
Explicit event contextual date · xintangshu:175:s0077
Source Date: Text: 子又新 · Western Interval: Start: AD 785 · End: AD 805
Explicit event contextual date · xintangshu:161:s0066
Source Date: Text: 敬宗立 · Western Year: AD 824
Explicit event contextual date · xintangshu:175:s0081

Family

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Child of Zhang Jian (張薦)
Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological
Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological
Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
Parent of Zhang Du (張讀)
Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological

Places and affiliations

Organization: Eight Passes and Sixteen Sons / 八關十六子 · Relation: member-of
Explicit · xintangshu:175:s0080

Learning and skills

Credential: jinshi / 進士 · Action: earned · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 元和中 · Western Interval: Start: AD 806 · End: AD 820
Explicit · xintangshu:175:s0077

Assessments and attributes

Assessment: devious; twice ruined family reputation by fawning · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
Explicit · xintangshu:175:s0078, xintangshu:175:s0091

References in the histories

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New Book of Tang, Chapter 161Volume 161 Biographies 86: Zhang, Zhao, Li, Zheng, Xu, Wang, Feng, Yu · 1 passage

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子又新，別有傳。 His son Youxin has a separate biography.

New Book of Tang, Chapter 175Volume 175 Biographies 100: Dou, Liu, Two Zhangs, Yang, Xiong, Bai · 6 passages

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張又新，字孔昭，工部侍郎薦之子。 Zhang Youxin, style name Kongzhao, was the son of Vice Minister of Works Zhang Jian.

又新與拾遺李續、劉棲楚等為逢吉搏吠所憎，故有「八關十六子」之目。 Youxin, with Li Xu and Liu Qichu, were detested as Fengji's attack dogs, earning the name "Eight Passes and Sixteen Sons."

及又新出，流汗揖百官曰：「端溪之事，竊不敢讓。」 When Youxin emerged, drenched in sweat, he bowed to the officials: "The Duanxi affair—I dare not deny my part."

及逢吉罷，領山南東道節度，表又新為行軍司馬。 When Fengji lost office and went to the Shannan East Circuit, he took Youxin as campaign Sima.

李訓有寵，又新復見用，遷刑部郎中，為申州刺史。 When Li Xun rose, Youxin was restored, made Director of Justice, and sent to Shen as prefect.

又新善文辭，再以諂附敗，喪其家聲雲。 Youxin wrote well yet twice destroyed his house's reputation by fawning on power.