Zhang Yun (張筠) | 24 Histories

Overview

The translated histories identify Zhang Yun as a general, military officer, official, and warlord. This record brings together 15 passages from 6 chapters across 2 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Zhang Yun	張筠	Zhang Yun
Given name	Yun	筠	Yun
Surname	Zhang	張	Zhang
Personal name	Zhang Jun	張筠	Zhang Jun
Personal name	Zhang Jun	張筠	Zhāng Jūn
Personal name	Zhang Yun	張筠	Zhang Yun
Personal name	Zhang Yun	张筠	Zhang Yun
Given		筠	Yun

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Strongly inferred · jiuwudaishi:057:s0165, xinwudaishi:003:s0093, xinwudaishi:044:s0042
Sex: male
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Roles

General
Military Officer
Official
Warlord

Life and dates

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 唐莊宗已下魏博 · Western Year: AD 923
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Source Date: Text: 大順二年十月 · Western Year: AD 891
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Source Date: Text: 張筠 · Western Year: AD 926
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Source Date: Text: 攻宿州 · Western Year: AD 890
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Source Date: Text: 梁貞明初 · Western Year: AD 915
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Source Date: Text: 貞明元年 · Western Year: AD 915
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Source Date: Text: 贞明二年秋七月 · Western Year: AD 916
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Source Date: Text: 贞明元年 · Western Year: AD 915
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Career and standing

Label: Military governor of Zhaode / 昭德軍節度使 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 貞明元年 · Western Year: AD 915
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Label: military governor of Zhaode / 昭德軍節度使 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 贞明元年 · Western Year: AD 915
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Label: Palace Commissioner / 宣徽使 · Action: held
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Label: Prefect of Suzhou / 宿州刺史 · Action: held
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Events and relationships

Kind: military · Role: fugitive · Action: fled-to-capital · Place: Xiangzhou / 相州 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 贞明二年秋七月 · Western Year: AD 916
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References in the histories

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Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 16Volume 16 Book of Later Liang 16: Biographies 6: Ge Congzhou, Xie Yanzhang, He Zhen, Zhang Guiba, Zhang Guihou, Zhang Guibian · 3 passages

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十月，佐丁會攻宿州，從周壅水灌其城，刺史張筠以郡降。 Month 10 he flooded Suzhou and Zhang Yun surrendered.

太祖至寨，亟命張筠、劉儒飛騎來迎，然謂已歿矣。 The Founder sent Zhang Yun and Liu Ru to find him, fearing him dead.

歸厚體被二十餘箭，尚復拒戰，筠等既至，賊解乃歸。 Wounded by twenty arrows he fought until Yun arrived and the enemy broke.

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 57Volume 57 Book of Later Tang 33: Biographies 9: Gao Chongtao · 1 passage

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時蜀土初平，山林多盜，孟知祥未至，崇韜令任圜、張筠分道招撫，慮師還後，部曲不寧，故歸期稍緩。 Shu had only just been pacified; bandits still roamed the hills, and Meng Zhixiang had not yet arrived. Guo Chongtao sent Ren Yuan and Zhang Jun along separate routes to win over and settle the countryside, fearing unrest among his followers once the army withdrew—hence the slight delay in their return.

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 130Volume 130 Book of Later Zhou 32: Biographies 10: Wang Jun, Murong Yanchao, Yan Honglu, Cui Zhoudu · 3 passages

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峻幼慧黠善歌，梁貞明初，張筠鎮相州，憐峻敏惠，遂畜之。 As a boy Jun was clever, quick-witted, and skilled at singing. In the early Zhenming reign of Liang, Zhang Yun was posted to Xiang Prefecture; taking pity on the boy's intelligence, he took him in and raised him.

及莊宗入魏州，筠棄鎮南渡，以峻自隨。 When Emperor Zhuangzong entered Weizhou, Yun abandoned his command and fled south, taking Jun with him.

時租庸使趙巖訪筠於其第，筠召峻聲歌以侑酒，巖悅，筠因以贈之，頗得親愛。 At that time Zhao Yan, commissioner for rent and corvée labor, called on Yun at his mansion. Yun had Jun sing to enliven the wine. Yan was delighted, and Yun presented Jun to him as a gift; he soon won Zhao's warm regard.

New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 3Volume 3 Later Liang Annals 3: Later Emperors · 2 passages

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分其相、澶、衞州為昭德軍，宣徽使張筠為節度使。 Xiang, Chan, and Wei prefectures were split off as the Zhaode circuit under Palace Commissioner Zhang Yun.

秋七月，晋人取相州，张筠奔于京师，安国军节度使阎宝叛附于晋。 In the seventh month of autumn the Jin took Xiangzhou. Zhang Yun fled to the capital, and Yan Bao, military governor of Anguo, defected to the Jin.

New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 44Volume 44 Miscellaneous Biographies 24: Liu Zhijun, Ding Hui, He Delun, Yan Bao, Kang Yanxiao · 2 passages

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梁軍攻時溥於徐州，遣會別攻宿州，刺史張筠閉城距守，會堰汴水浸其東，城壞，筠降。 Liang besieged Shi Pu at Xu and sent Hui against Su. Prefect Zhang Yun barred the gates. Hui dammed the Bian to flood the east wall; the wall gave way and Yun surrendered.

貞明元年，魏州楊師厚卒，末帝以魏兵素驕難制，乃分相、澶、衞三州建昭德軍，以張筠為節度使； Zhenming 1: Yang Shihou of Wei died. The Last Emperor, finding Wei troops proud and unruly, carved out Xiang, Chan, and Wei for a new Zhaode command under Zhang Yun;

New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 50Volume 50 Miscellaneous Biographies 30: Wang Jun, Wang Yin, Liu Ci, Wang Huan, Zhe Congruan · 4 passages

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峻少以善歌事梁節度使張筠。 As a youth Jun, famed for song, served Liang commissioner Zhang Jun.

唐莊宗已下魏博，筠棄相州，走歸京師。 When Zhuangzong took Wei-Bo, Zhang Jun abandoned Xiang and fled to the capital.

租庸使趙巖過筠家，筠命峻歌佐酒，巖見而悅之。 Grain commissioner Zhao Yan visited Zhang Jun’s house. Zhang Jun had Wang Jun sing for the wine, and Yan was pleased.

是時巖方用事，筠因以峻遺巖。 Yan was then in power, and Zhang Jun gave Jun to him.