Zhang Ji (Derong)

For other people named Zhang Ji, see Zhang Ji (disambiguation).

• Zhang Ji (Jingzhong)
• Zhang Wenggui

Zhang Ji
張既
Inspector of Liang Province (涼州刺史)
In office ?–223 (223)
Occupation	Official
Courtesy name	Derong (德容)
Posthumous name	Marquis Su (肅侯)
Peerage	Marquis of Xi District (西鄉侯)

In this Chinese name, the family name is Zhang .

Zhang Ji (died 223), courtesy name Derong, was an official who lived during the late Eastern Han dynasty and early Three Kingdoms period of China. During the Battle of Tong Pass, Zhang Ji, Xiahou Yuan and others defended the city of Chang'an from attacks by the warlord Ma Chao and his allies. From 213 to 220, Zhang Ji served as the Inspector of Yong Province. In 220, after the Han dynasty ended and the Three Kingdoms period started, Zhang Ji served under the state of Cao Wei as the Inspector of Liang Province. In 221, he quelled a Lushuihu rebellion in the Hexi Corridor.

He earned some merit for his administration during this time. His son, Zhang Ji (张缉, courtesy name Jingzhong (敬仲)), also served as an official in the Cao Wei state, and was the father of Cao Fang's Empress Zhang.

See also

• Lists of people of the Three Kingdoms

Notes

1. The chronology of Zhang Ji's biography in the Sanguozhi implied that he was older than 16 (by East Asian reckoning) when Cao Cao, as Minister of Works (196-208), tried to recruit Zhang without success. ^[1] The next event recorded in Zhang's biography which can be dated was Yuan Shang defending against Cao Cao at Liyang in 202-203 (袁尚拒太祖于黎阳,...). Thus, Zhang's birth year should be 181 or before.
2. Zhang Ji's biography in the Sanguozhi recorded that he died in the 4th year of the Huangchu era (220-226) in Cao Pi's reign. ^[2]

References

1. (太祖为司空，辟，未至...) Sanguozhi, vol.15.
2. (黃初四年薨。) Sanguozhi, vol. 15.

General references

• Chen, Shou (3rd century). Records of the Three Kingdoms (Sanguozhi).
• Pei, Songzhi (5th century). Annotated Records of the Three Kingdoms (Sanguozhi zhu).