Zhang Yuan (張元) | 24 Histories

Overview

The translated histories identify Zhang Yuan as a named individual, scholar, and servant. This record brings together 21 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 Yuan	張元	Zhang Yuan
Courtesy	Xiaoshi	孝始	Xiaoshi
Given	Yuan	元	Yuan
Given name	Yuan	元	Yuan
Surname	Zhang	張	Zhang
Personal name	Zhang Yuan	張元	Zhang Yuan

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Explicit · zhoushu:026:s0173, zhoushu:046:s0211
Sex: male
Strongly inferred · zhoushu:046:s0257

Roles

Named Individual
Scholar
Servant

Life and dates

Age

Age: 16 · Reckoning: sui
Explicit · zhoushu:046:s0236
Age: 6 · Reckoning: sui
Explicit · zhoushu:046:s0217

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 年六歲 · Western Interval: Start: AD 550 · End: AD 580
Explicit · zhoushu:046:s0217
Source Date: Text: 年十六 · Western Interval: Start: AD 550 · End: AD 580
Explicit · zhoushu:046:s0236
Source Date: Text: 有周 · Western Interval: Start: AD 557 · End: AD 581
Strongly inferred · zhoushu:046:s0252, zhoushu:046:s0257
Source Date: Text: 獄卒張元 · Western Interval: Start: AD 578 · End: AD 579
Explicit event contextual date · zhoushu:026:s0172, zhoushu:026:s0173

Family

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Descendant of Zhang Cheng (張成)
Kinship Term: grandfather / 祖 · Parentage: biological · Generation Distance: 2 · Line: paternal
Child of Zhang Yanjuan (張延雋)
Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Line: paternal
Kin of Uncle of Zhang Yuan (張元之叔父)
Kinship Term: paternal uncle / 叔父 · Subject Role: uncle · Object Role: nephew · Line: paternal

Career and standing

Label: jailer / 獄卒
Explicit · zhoushu:026:s0173
Status: torture · Action: interrogated under torture · Outcome: said nothing
Explicit · zhoushu:026:s0174

Places and affiliations

Place: Ruicheng in Hebei / 河北芮城 · Relation: native-of
Explicit · zhoushu:046:s0211

Learning and skills

Belief: Buddhism / 釋典 · Relation: adherent-of
Explicit · zhoushu:046:s0216

Works and attributed material

Kind: speech · Role: speaker · Addressee Person Id: Zhang Cheng (張成)
Explicit · zhoushu:046:s0220, zhoushu:046:s0221
Kind: speech · Role: speaker · Addressee Person Id: Uncle of Zhang Yuan (張元之叔父)
Explicit · zhoushu:046:s0229, zhoushu:046:s0230, zhoushu:046:s0231, zhoushu:046:s0232, zhoushu:046:s0233
Kind: historian-appraisal · Role: subject · Quoted: false
Explicit · zhoushu:046:s0257
Kind: prayer · Role: speaker
Explicit · zhoushu:046:s0238, zhoushu:046:s0239, zhoushu:046:s0240

Events and relationships

Kind: legal · Role: rescuer · Action: broke prison wall to free Hu Sizheng · Other Person Id: Hu Sizheng (斛斯徵)
Explicit · zhoushu:026:s0173
Kind: ritual · Role: devotee · Action: Medicine-Master-Sutra-rite-for-grandfather-sight
Explicit · zhoushu:046:s0237, zhoushu:046:s0238, zhoushu:046:s0239, zhoushu:046:s0240, zhoushu:046:s0241
Kind: moral · Role: actor · Action: rescued-abandoned-pup
Explicit · zhoushu:046:s0226, zhoushu:046:s0233
Kind: moral · Role: actor · Action: returned-fallen-apricots-to-owner
Explicit · zhoushu:046:s0225
Kind: filial-conduct · Role: exemplar · Action: sincerity-and-filial-piety-moved-heaven-and-spirits
Explicit · zhoushu:046:s0257

Assessments and attributes

Assessment: marveled at by lanes and alleys · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
Explicit · zhoushu:046:s0249
Assessment: modest, cautious, filial · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
Explicit · zhoushu:046:s0215
Assessment: sincerity that moves Heaven and Earth and filial piety that reaches the spirits · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
Explicit · zhoushu:046:s0257