Five Dynasties · Official and Historian

Zhang Zhaoyuan 張昭遠

Zhāng Zhāoyuǎn

Attested AD 936

Passages: 2
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Zhang Zhaoyuan was an official and Historian.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 936 清泰三年二月庚午
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 48, passages 11, 13

Career and standing

historiographer 史官
Held
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 48, passage 11
Secretariat Drafter 中書舍人
Held
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 48, passage 13
graded reward for co-compilation 頒賚
Received · Mode named-source-report Source Work Institutional Essentials of the Five Dynasties 五代會要
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 48, passage 13

Places and affiliations

Polity Later Tang 後唐 · Relation Served
Strongly inferred · Old History of the Five Dynasties 48, passage 11

Works and attributed material

Veritable Records of Emperor Mingzong 明宗實錄
Relation Compiler
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 48, passages 11, 13

Events and relationships

Presented Mingzong veritable records
AD 936 清泰三年二月庚午 · Scholarly · Co compiler
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 48, passage 11

References in the histories

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 48Volume 48 Book of Later Tang 24: Later Emperors Annals 3 · 2 passages

庚午，監修國史姚顗，史官張昭遠、李祥、吳承範等修撰《明宗實錄》三十卷上之。 On gengwu Yao Yan, overseer of the national history, together with historiographers Zhang Zhaoyuan, Li Xiang, Wu Chengfan, and others, presented thirty juan of the 《Veritable Records of Emperor Mingzong》.

〈（《五代會要》：同修撰官中書舍人張昭遠、李祥，直館左拾遺吳承範，右拾遺楊昭儉等各頒賚有差。）〉 (The 《Institutional Essentials of the Five Dynasties》 records that the co-compilers, Secretariat Drafters Zhang Zhaoyuan and Li Xiang, Left Reminder Wu Chengfan of the Historiography Office, Right Reminder Yang Zhaojian, and others each received graded rewards.)