Five Dynasties · Official and Scholar

Zhang Zhao 張昭

Zhāng Zhāo

Attested AD 956

Passages: 2
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Zhang Zhao was an official and Scholar.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 956 顯德三年八月
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 116, passage 218

Works and attributed material

Speech · Speaker · Direct quotation
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 116, passages 219-220

References in the histories

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 116Volume 116 Book of Later Zhou 18: Shizong Annals 3 · 2 passages

〈（《東都事略·張昭傳》云：世宗好拔奇取俊，有自布衣上書、下僚言事者，多不次進用。 (The Outline History of the Eastern Capital records that Shizong favored promoting unusual talent; commoners and junior officials who petitioned were often advanced out of turn.

昭諫曰：「昔唐初劉洎、馬周起徒步，太宗擢用為相，其後朱樸、柳璨在下僚，昭宗亦以大用，然則太宗用之於前而國興，昭宗用於後而國亡，士之難知也如此。 Zhao warned: "In early Tang, Liu Ji and Ma Zhou rose from obscurity and Taizong made them chancellors—the state prospered. Later Zhu Pu and Liu Can were promoted by Zhaozong—and the state fell. Talent is hard to judge.