Zhang Yunshen (張允伸)

Overview

Zhang Yunshen was a general and Statesman.

Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Courtesy name	Fengchang	逢昌	Fengchang
Posthumous name	Zhonglie	忠烈	Zhonglie

Life and dates

Death

AD 872 十三年正月二十五日
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 180, passage 145

Age

88
AD 872 年八十八 · Reckoning Sui
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 180, passage 145

Attested activity

AD 869 十年
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 180, passage 138
AD 871 十二年
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 180, passage 142
AD 872 十三年正月二十五日
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 180, passages 144-145
AD 850 大中四年
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 180, passage 135
AD 868 咸通九年
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 180, passage 137

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Descendant of Yan (巖)
grandfather 祖 · paternal line · 2 generations
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 180, passage 132
Descendant of Xiu (秀)
great-grandfather 曾祖 · paternal line · 3 generations
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 180, passage 131
Child of Chaoye (朝掖)
father 父 · paternal line
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 180, passage 133
Parent of Jianshou (簡壽)
son 子
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 180, passage 152
Parent of Jianhui (簡會)
son 子
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 180, passage 143
Parent of Jianzhen (簡真)
son 子
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 180, passage 151
Sibling of Yungao (允臯)
younger brother 弟 · Full siblings
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 180, passage 138

remaining sons entered court service or served as prefects and local officials
Kinship Role other-sons · Count 11
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 180, passage 153
Kinship Role sons · Count 14
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 180, passage 150

Career and standing

Right Regular Attendant 右散騎常侍
AD 850 大中四年 · Added
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 180, passage 135
acting administrator 留後
AD 850 大中四年 · Appointed
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 180, passage 135
acting Minister of Works 檢校工部尚書
AD 850 其年冬 · Appointed
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 180, passage 136
Palace Attendant 侍中
AD 869 冬 · Appointed
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 180, passage 141
acting Situ (Minister of Education) 檢校司徒
AD 868 咸通九年 · Held
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 180, passage 137
concurrent Grand Mentor 兼太傅
AD 868 咸通九年 · Held
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 180, passage 137

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Grand Counselor 同中書門下平章事
AD 868 咸通九年 · Held
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 180, passage 137
Grand Master for Splendid Happiness 光祿大夫
AD 868 咸通九年 · Held
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 180, passage 137
commandant of the guard 押衙
Held
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 180, passage 134
overall commander of cavalry and infantry 馬步都知兵馬使
Held
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 180, passage 134
specially advanced 特進
AD 869 冬 · Granted
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 180, passage 141
Grand Marshal 太尉
Posthumously granted
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 180, passage 146
Zhonglie 忠烈
Posthumously granted
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 180, passage 146
Duke of Yan 燕國公
AD 868 咸通九年 · Held
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 180, passage 137

Places and affiliations

Tang 唐
Relation Served
Strongly inferred · Old Book of Tang 180, passage 135
At Fanyang 范陽
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 180, passage 130
At Youzhou 幽州 · Relation Posted to
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 180, passages 134, 147
Organization Youzhou army 幽州軍門 · Relation Member of
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 180, passage 134

Events and relationships

Contributed grain and salt
AD 869 十年 · Logistical · Donor
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 180, passage 139
Held command twenty three years
Administrative · Military governor
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 180, passage 147
Requested brother lead troops against Xu
AD 869 十年 · Military · Petitioner · With Yungao (允臯)
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 180, passage 138
Requested medical leave
AD 871 十二年 · Personal · Petitioner
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 180, passage 142
Returned banners and credentials
AD 872 十三年 · Political · Subject
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 180, passage 144
Relation Recommended by · Person Zhou Lin (周綝)
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 180, passage 135

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Relation Refused by · Person Emperor Yizong (懿宗)
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 180, passage 138

Assessments and attributes

Assessment diligent, frugal; frontier secure; still praised · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 180, passages 147-149
wind ailment (風恙)
Illness
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 180, passage 142
Item banners and credentials 旌節 · Relation Bestowed
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 180, passage 136
Item brocade, jade belt, gold and silver vessels 錦彩、玉帶、金銀器 · Relation Bestowed
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 180, passage 140

References in the histories

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History

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Old Book of Tang, Chapter 180Volume 176 Biographies 126: Li Zongmin, Yang Sifu, Yang Yuqing, Ma Zhi, Li Rangyi, Weipi, Zhou Chi, Cui Guicong, Zhengsu, Lu Shang · 8 passages

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張允伸，字逢昌，范陽人也。 Zhang Yunshen, styled Fengchang, was a native of Fanyang.

允申世仕幽州軍門，累職至押衙，兼馬步都知兵馬使。 For generations Yunshen's family served in the Youzhou army, and he rose through the ranks to commandant of the guard and overall commander of cavalry and infantry.

大中四年，戎帥周綝寢疾，表允伸為留後，朝廷可其奏，加右散騎常侍。 In the fourth year of Dazhong the military commander Zhou Lin fell gravely ill and recommended Yunshen as acting administrator. The court approved and appointed Yunshen Right Regular Attendant.

咸通九年，累加至光祿大夫、檢校司徒、兼太傅、同中書門下平章事、燕國公。 In the ninth year of Xiantong, he was further promoted to Grand Master for Splendid Happiness, acting Situ (Minister of Education), concurrent Grand Mentor, Concurrent Grand Counselor, and Duke of Yan.

十年，徐人作亂，請以弟允臯領兵伐叛，懿宗不允。 In the tenth year, when the people of Xu rebelled, Yunshen asked to send his younger brother Yungao to lead troops against them, but Emperor Yizong refused.

十三年，允伸再上表進納所賜旌節。 In the thirteenth year Yunshen again memorialized the throne, formally returning the banners and credentials he had been granted.

允伸領鎮凡二十三年，克勤克儉，比歲豐登。 Yunshen held command for twenty-three years, ruling with diligence and frugality, and harvests were abundant year after year.

簡真，幽府左司馬，先允伸卒。 Jianzhen served as Left Assistant Governor of Youzhou and died before his father.