Five Dynasties · Official

Zhang Zhu 張鑄

Zhāng Zhù

Attested AD 956

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Zhang Zhu was an official.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 956 顯德三年十二月
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 116, passage 230

Family

Descendant of Grandfather of Zhang Zhu (張鑄之祖)
grandfather 祖 · 2 generations
grandfather 祖 · paternal line · 2 generations
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 116, passage 230

Career and standing

Director of Imperial Banquets 光祿卿
Appointed
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 116, passage 230
Secretariat Supervisor administering Imperial Banquets 秘書監判光祿寺事
Appointed
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 116, passage 230

References in the histories

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 116Volume 116 Book of Later Zhou 18: Shizong Annals 3 · 1 passage

十二月己未朔，以給事中張鑄為光祿卿，鑄訴以官名與祖諱同，尋改秘書監，判光祿寺事。 On the first day of the twelfth month Zhang Zhu was made Director of Imperial Banquets but pleaded that the title violated his ancestor's taboo; he was reassigned as Secretariat director overseeing the Banquets office.