Sui and Tang · Statesman

Zhang Yue 張說

Attested AD 705 - AD 741

Passages
6
Chapters
2
Histories
1

Overview

The translated histories identify Zhang Yue as an official, scholar, and statesman. This record brings together 6 passages from 2 chapters across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Zhang Yue 張說 Zhang Yue
Given name Yue Yue
Personal name Zhang Yue 張說 Zhang Yue
Personal Zhang Yue 張說 Zhāng Yuè

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Official
  • Scholar
  • Statesman

Life and dates

Attested activity

  • Source Date: Text: 張說 · Western Interval: Start: AD 705 · End: AD 730
  • Source Date: Text: 開元中 · Western Interval: Start: AD 713 · End: AD 741
    Explicit event contextual date · xintangshu:184:s0020

Works and attributed material

  • Kind: speech · Role: speaker · Summary: said academicians should take precedence according to virtue · Provenance: Mode: quoted-within-memorial · Speaker Person Id: Zhang Yue (張說)

References in the histories

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New Book of Tang, Chapter 121Volume 121 Biographies 46: Liu, Zhong, Cui, and the Two Kings · 5 passages
New Book of Tang, Chapter 184Volume 184 Biographies 109: Ma, Yang, Lu, Lu · 1 passage