Qin and Han · Writer and Official

Zhang Ziqiao 張子僑

Attested BC 74 - BC 49

Passages: 2
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Zhang Ziqiao was a Writer and Official.

Life and dates

Attested activity

BC 74 to BC 49 宣帝之世
Dated from the passage context · Book of Han 75, passage 190
BC 74 to BC 49 宣帝時...待詔金馬門
Dated from the passage context · Book of Han 75, passage 133

Career and standing

awaiting edict 待詔
BC 74 to BC 49 並待詔 · Held
Directly stated · Book of Han 75, passage 190
awaiting edict at the Golden Horse Gate 待詔金馬門
Awaiting edict
Directly stated · Book of Han 75, passage 133

Places and affiliations

Polity Han 漢 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Book of Han 75, passage 133
Polity Western Han 漢 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Book of Han 75, passage 190
At Golden Horse Gate 金馬門 · Relation Posted to
Directly stated · Book of Han 75, passage 133

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · Book of Han 75, passage 190

References in the histories

Book of Han, Chapter 75Volume 64b: Yan, Zhu, Wuqiu, Zhufu, Xu, Yan, Zhong, Wang, and Jia 2 · 2 passages

宣帝時修武帝故事，講論六藝群書，博盡奇異之好，徵能為楚辭九江被公，召見誦讀，益召高材劉向、張子僑、華龍、柳褒等待詔金馬門。 Under Emperor Xuan the court revived Emperor Wu's cultural program: debate on the Six Classics and the wider corpus, a restless taste for the rare and marvelous. It summoned Bei Gong of Jiujiang, famed for his Chu-style verse, heard him recite, and then added brilliant men such as Liu Xiang, Zhang Ziqiao, Hua Long, and Liu Bao to the roster of scholars awaiting summons at the Golden Horse Gate.

上令褒與張子僑等並待詔，數從褒等放獵，所幸宮館，輒為歌頌，第其高下，以差賜帛。 The emperor kept Wang Bao and Zhang Ziqiao on the waiting roster and often took them along on the hunt. Wherever the royal party lodged, Wang Bao would compose a celebratory piece; the emperor ranked the poems and handed out silk according to merit.