Zhang Chu
Zhang Chu, a Gentleman Attendant in the Eastern Wu, was executed for false accusations, brutality, extravagance, and exposed crimes.
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History · vol. 48Records of the Three Kingdoms
…初，騶子張俶多所譖白，累遷爲司直中郎將，封侯，甚見寵愛，是歲姦情發聞，伏誅。…
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天紀元年夏，夏口督孫慎出江夏、汝南，燒略居民。初，騶子張俶多所譖白，累遷爲司直中郎將，封侯，甚見寵愛，是歲姦情發聞，伏誅。〈《江表傳》曰：俶父，會稽山陰縣卒也，知俶不良，上表云：「若用俶爲司直，有罪乞不從坐。」皓許之。俶表正彈曲二十人，專糾司不法，於是愛惡相攻，互相謗告。彈曲承言，收繫囹圄，聽訟失理，獄以賄成。人民窮困，無所措手足。俶奢淫無厭，取小妻三十餘人，擅殺無辜，衆姦並發，父子俱見車裂。〉
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Zhang Chu was a Director of Justice and General of the Gentlemen of the Household of the state of Wu during the Three Kingdoms period. He is mentioned in Records of the Three Kingdoms, Volume 48; the Romance of the Three Kingdoms does not mention him.
Deeds
- Zhang Chu repeatedly slandered and denounced others, gradually rising to Director of Justice and General of the Gentlemen of the Household and receiving a marquisate. He was favored by Sun Hao. (Recorded in the histories)
- Zhang Chu impeached and investigated twenty people, devoting himself to exposing wrongdoing. Later, they slandered and denounced one another; lawsuits were judged unjustly, and cases were decided through bribery. (Recorded in the histories)
- Zhang Chu was extravagantly debauched, taking more than thirty concubines and arbitrarily killing innocent people. In the first year of Tianji, his crimes were exposed, and he was executed; he and his father were both torn apart by chariots. (Recorded in the histories)
Relationships
- His father was a constable in Shanyin County, Kuaiji. He once submitted a memorial asking that, if Zhang Chu were found guilty, he himself not be implicated; later, he was torn apart by chariots alongside Zhang Chu.
- Lord & vassal
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Duels, kills and executions as the texts tell them, counted separately for the Records and the Romance.
- RecordsJuan 48ExecutionLost「是歲姦情發聞，伏誅」
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History · vol. 48
- Sun Hao§43
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孙皓宠臣，任司直中郎将；后被孙皓诛杀