Overview
The translated histories identify Zhangsun Jian as an administrator, aristocrat, general, and official. This record brings together 31 passages from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.
Names
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal | Zhangsun Jian | 長孫儉 | Zhangsun Jian |
| Title | Duke of Changning | 昌寧公 | Changning Gong |
| Title | Duke of Kuai | 鄶公 | Kuai Gong |
| Given | Jian | 儉 | Jian |
| Changed name | Jian | 儉 | Jian |
| Alternate name | Qingming | 慶明 | Qingming |
| Clan or house | Tuoba | 托拔 | Tuoba |
| Surname | Zhangsun | 長孫 | Zhangsun |
| Personal name | Zhangsun Jian | 長孫儉 | Zhangsun Jian |
Identity
- Historicity
- Historical
- Identification
- Named
- Sex
- Male
- Sex: maleExplicit · zhoushu:026:s0002, zhoushu:026:s0074
Roles
- Administrator
- Aristocrat
- General
- Official
- Statesman
Life and dates
Death
- Place: Unknown · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 遺啟世宗 · Western Interval: Start: AD 557 · End: AD 560Explicit · zhoushu:026:s0066
Attested activity
- Source Date: Text: 三年，以疾還京；遺啟世宗 · Western Interval: Start: AD 557 · End: AD 560Explicit event contextual date · zhoushu:026:s0065, zhoushu:026:s0066
- Source Date: Text: 太祖臨夏州 · Western Year: AD 534Explicit event contextual date · zhoushu:026:s0010
- Source Date: Text: 孝昌中 · Western Interval: Start: AD 525 · End: AD 527Explicit · zhoushu:026:s0009
- Source Date: Text: 平江陵 · Western Year: AD 554Explicit event contextual date · zhoushu:026:s0056, zhoushu:026:s0057
Family
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- Descendant of Zhangsun Song (嵩)Kinship Term: fifth-generation ancestor / 五世祖 · Generation Distance: 5 · Line: paternal
Kinship Term: fifth-generation ancestor / 五世祖 · Generation Distance: 5 · Line: paternal - Parent of Zhangsun Long (隆)Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: father
Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
- Kinship Role: dependents · Quantity: wife and children · Label: wife and children / 妻子Explicit · zhoushu:026:s0073
Origins and identity
- Label: Xianbei-associated Northern lineage / 鮮卑語Strongly inferred · zhoushu:026:s0004, zhoushu:026:s0038
- Label: cadet line of Wei, surname Tuoba then Zhangsun / 魏之枝族，姓托拔氏，改為長孫Explicit · zhoushu:026:s0004, zhoushu:026:s0005
Career and standing
- Label: Major of the grand chancellor's office / 相府司馬 · Action: appointed · Concurrent: trueExplicit · zhoushu:026:s0032
- Label: Supernumerary Attendant Cavalier in Ordinary / 員外散騎侍郎 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 孝昌中 · Western Interval: Start: AD 525 · End: AD 527Explicit · zhoushu:026:s0009
- Label: Chief Clerk of Qin Province / 秦州長史 · Action: appointedExplicit · zhoushu:026:s0012
- Label: Executive Office Vice Director and Governor of Jing Province / 行臺僕射、荊州刺史 · Action: appointedExplicit · zhoushu:026:s0035
- Label: garrison commander of Jiangling / 鎮江陵 · Action: appointed · Place: Jiangling / 江陵Explicit · zhoushu:026:s0061
- Label: Governor of Jing Province / 荊州刺史 · Action: appointedExplicit · zhoushu:026:s0015
- Label: Governor of Western Xia Province / 西夏州刺史 · Action: appointedExplicit · zhoushu:026:s0014
- Label: Grand General / 大將軍 · Action: appointedExplicit · zhoushu:026:s0062
- Label: Minister of the Grand Executive Office / 大行臺尚書 · Action: appointedExplicit · zhoushu:026:s0032
- Label: Overall Commander of Xia Province / 夏州總管 · Action: appointedExplicit · zhoushu:026:s0066
- Label: recorder-in-chief / 錄事 · Action: appointed · Place: Xia Province / 夏州Explicit · zhoushu:026:s0010
- Label: Vice Director of the Southeastern Circuit Executive Office / 東南道行臺僕射 · Action: appointedExplicit · zhoushu:026:s0015
- Label: overall administrator of fifty-two provinces / 總管五十二州 · Action: held · Place: Jing Province / 荊州Explicit · zhoushu:026:s0062
- Label: overall commander of the three Xia provinces / 總統三夏州 · Action: heldExplicit · zhoushu:026:s0014
- Title: Duke of Kuai / 鄶公 · Action: posthumously-enfeoffedExplicit · zhoushu:026:s0068
- Explicit · zhoushu:026:s0069
- Label: Pure Virtue Tower and stele / 清德樓 · Action: grantedExplicit · zhoushu:026:s0028
- Title: Duke of Changning / 昌寧公 · Action: advancedExplicit · zhoushu:026:s0062
- Status: illness · Action: returned to capital · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 三年 · Western Interval: Start: AD 556 · End: AD 560Explicit · zhoushu:026:s0065
Places and affiliations
- Label: Northern Wei / Western Wei / Northern Zhou / 魏周 · Relation: served
- Place: Luoyang / 洛陽 · Relation: native-ofExplicit · zhoushu:026:s0002
- Place: beside Grand Progenitor's tomb / 太祖陵側 · Relation: burial-requestedExplicit · zhoushu:026:s0066
- Place: Henan / 河南 · Relation: native-ofExplicit · zhoushu:026:s0002
Learning and skills
- Skill: Xianbei language / 鮮卑語 · Level: used in diplomacyExplicit · zhoushu:026:s0038
Works and attributed material
- Explicit · zhoushu:026:s0066
- Explicit · zhoushu:026:s0034
- Kind: speech · Role: speaker · Quoted: trueExplicit · zhoushu:026:s0017
Events and relationships
- Kind: military · Role: participant · Action: followed campaign in Longyou · Other Person Id: Erzhu Tianguang (尒朱天光) · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 孝昌中 · Western Interval: Start: AD 525 · End: AD 527Explicit · zhoushu:026:s0009
- Kind: military · Role: original-planner · Action: Jiangling campaign rewarded · Other Person Id: Yu Jin (于謹) · Place: Jiangling / 江陵 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 平江陵 · Western Year: AD 554Explicit · zhoushu:026:s0056, zhoushu:026:s0057
- Kind: political · Role: advisor · Action: participated in all major plans after Heba Yue's death · Other Person Id: Emperor Wen of Zhou (周文帝) · Place: Pingliang / 平涼Explicit · zhoushu:026:s0011
- Kind: diplomatic · Role: host · Action: received Liang envoys of Xiao Cha with military then civilian ceremony · Other Person Id: Xiao Cha (蕭詧)
- Kind: administrative · Role: governor · Action: reformed Jing tribal customs; promoted farming and military readiness
- Kind: military · Role: planner · Action: secretly proposed attack on Jiangling · Other Person Id: Emperor Yuan of Liang (梁元帝) · Place: Jiangling / 江陵Explicit · zhoushu:026:s0044, zhoushu:026:s0045
- Kind: legal · Role: judge · Action: self-punished and released Quan Can · Other Person Id: Quan Can (泉璨)
- Kind: diplomatic · Role: agent · Action: won submission of Western Xia Province · Other Person Id: Xu He (許和)Explicit · zhoushu:026:s0013
- Relation: trusted-by · Person Id: Emperor Wen of Zhou (周文帝)Explicit · zhoushu:026:s0010, zhoushu:026:s0033
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment: commended for self-punishment to instruct subordinates · Provenance: Mode: named-source-report · Source Person Id: Emperor Wen of Wei (魏文帝)Explicit · zhoushu:026:s0020
- Assessment: comparable to Shu Ao and Xiao He in refusing rich lands · Provenance: Mode: edict · Speaker Person Id: Emperor Shizong (世宗)Explicit · zhoushu:026:s0070
- Assessment: extreme diligence waiting in snow for court reply · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgmentExplicit · zhoushu:026:s0063, zhoushu:026:s0064
- Assessment: refined manner inspiring awe · Provenance: Mode: named-source-report · Source Person Id: Emperor Wen of Zhou (周文帝)Explicit · zhoushu:026:s0033
- Assessment: unprecedented self-discipline to train subordinates · Provenance: Mode: named-source-report · Source Person Id: Emperor Wen of Zhou (周文帝)
- Item: officially granted residence / 官所賜之宅 · Relation: returned-to-stateExplicit · zhoushu:026:s0066, zhoushu:026:s0067
- Item: three hundred male and female slaves / 奴婢三百口 · Relation: bestowedExplicit · zhoushu:026:s0057
Source notes
- Field: years-in-office · Statement: served in Jing either two or seven years · Witness: chapter variant marks
- From: Qingming / 慶明 · To: Jian / 儉 · Reason: name matching plain conductExplicit · zhoushu:026:s0003, zhoushu:026:s0034
References in the histories
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