Song, Liao, and Jin · Official

Zhang Zhao 張昭

Attested AD 960 - AD 963

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Zhang Zhao was an official.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 960 to AD 963 請建四廟
Strongly inferred · History of Song 106, passage 173

Places and affiliations

Polity Song 宋 · Relation Served
Strongly inferred · History of Song 106, passage 173

Events and relationships

Requested four temples
Ritual policy · Proposer · With Ren Che (任徹)
Directly stated · History of Song 106, passage 173

References in the histories

History of Song, Chapter 106Volume 106 Treatises 59: Rites 9 · 1 passage

張昭、任徹之徒，不能遠推隆極之制，因緣近比，請建四廟，遂使天子之禮下同諸侯。 Zhang Zhao, Ren Che, and their kind could not extend the system of supreme elevation; drawing on recent comparison they requested four temples, reducing the Son of Heaven's ritual to that of feudal lords.