Qin and Han · Named Individual

Zhang Zijiao 張子蟜

Attested BC 49 - BC 33

Passages: 3
Chapters: 2
Histories: 1

Overview

The translated histories identify Zhang Zijiao as an envoy, named individual, and official. This record brings together 3 passages from 2 chapters across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Zhang Zijiao	張子蟜	Zhang Zijiao
Title	Palace Grandee Zhang Zijiao	太中大夫張子蟜
Courtesy	Zijiao	子蟜	Zijiao

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Explicit · hanshu:091:s0103

Roles

Envoy
Named Individual
Official

Life and dates

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 元帝之世 · Western Interval: Start: BC 49 · End: BC 33
Explicit event contextual date · hanshu:091:s0103

Career and standing

Label: Palace Grandee / 太中大夫 · Action: held
Explicit · hanshu:091:s0103

Events and relationships

Kind: diplomatic · Role: envoy · Action: delivered-edict · Other Person Id: Liu Yu (劉宇)
Explicit · hanshu:091:s0103

References in the histories

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Book of Han, Chapter 89Volume 78: Xiao Wangzhi · 1 passage

龍者，宣帝時與張子蟜等待詔，以行汙濊不進，欲入堪等，堪等不納，故與朋相結。 Hua Long had once awaited summons with Zhang Zijiao and others under Emperor Xuan; his foul conduct blocked advancement, and when Zhou Kan's circle refused him he allied with Peng.

Book of Han, Chapter 91Volume 80: The Six Sons of Emperors Xuan and Yuan · 2 passages

上於是遣太中大夫張子蟜奉璽書敕諭之，曰：「皇帝問東平王。 The emperor then sent Palace Grandee Zhang Zijiao with a sealed edict: “The Son of Heaven addresses the king of Dongping.

朕惟王之春秋方剛，忽於道德，意有所移，忠言未納，故臨遣太中大夫子蟜諭王朕意。 You are in the prime of life yet careless of virtue; you brush aside good counsel. I send Grandee Zijiao ahead of me to make my mind plain.