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Zhang Shi was sent by Cao Wei’s Linghu Yu to Baima to convey greetings to King Chu Cao Biao.

History Records, vol. 28 · Not in the Romance

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  • History · vol. 28Records of the Three Kingdoms

    …嘉平元年九月,愚遣將張式至白馬,與彪相問往來。凌又遣舍人勞精詣洛陽,語子廣。…
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    是時,凌外甥令狐愚以才能為兗州刺史,屯平阿。舅甥並典兵,專淮南之重。凌就遷為司空。司馬宣王既誅曹爽,進凌為太尉,假節鉞。凌、愚密協計,謂齊王不任天位,楚王彪長而才,欲迎立彪都許昌。嘉平元年九月,愚遣將張式至白馬,與彪相問往來。凌又遣舍人勞精詣洛陽,語子廣。廣言:「廢立大事,勿為禍先。」〈《漢晉春秋》曰:凌、愚謀,以帝幼制於強臣,不堪為主,楚王彪長而才,欲迎立之,以興曹氏。凌使人告廣,廣曰:「凡舉大事,應本人情。今曹爽以驕奢失民,何平叔虛而不治,丁、畢、桓、鄧雖並有宿望,皆專競於世。加變易朝典,政令數改,所存雖高而事不下接,民習於舊,眾莫之從。故雖勢傾四海,聲震天下,同日斬戮,名士減半,而百姓安之,莫或之哀,失民故也。今懿情雖難量,事未有逆,而擢用賢能,廣樹勝己,修先朝之政令,副眾心之所求。爽之所以為惡者,彼莫不必改,夙夜匪解,以恤民為先。父子兄弟,並握兵要,未易亡也。」凌不從。臣松之以為如此言之類,皆前史所不載,而猶出習氏。且制言法體不似於昔,疑悉鑿齒所自造者也。〉其十一月,愚復遣式詣彪,未還,會愚病死。〈《魏書》曰:愚字公治,本名浚,黃初中,為和戎護軍。烏丸校尉田豫討胡有功,小違節度,愚以法繩之。帝怒,械系愚,免官治罪,詔曰「浚何愚」!遂以名之。正始中,為曹爽長史,後出為兗州刺史。《魏略》曰:愚聞楚王彪有智勇。初東郡有訛言云:「白馬河出妖馬,夜過官牧邊鳴呼,眾馬皆應,明日見其跡,大如斛,行數里,還入河中。」又有謠言:「白馬素羈西南馳,其誰乘者朱虎騎。」楚王小字朱虎,故愚與王凌陰謀立楚王。乃先使人通意於王,言「使君謝王,天下事不可知,原王自愛」!彪亦陰知其意,答言「謝使君,知厚意也。」〉

  • History · vol. 28Records of the Three Kingdoms

    …張式等皆自首,乃窮治其事。彪賜死,諸相連者悉夷三族。〈《魏略》載:山陽單固,字恭夏,為人有器實。…
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    宣王遂至壽春。張式等皆自首,乃窮治其事。彪賜死,諸相連者悉夷三族。〈《魏略》載:山陽單固,字恭夏,為人有器實。正始中,兗州刺史令狐愚與固父伯龍善,辟固,欲以為別駕。固不樂為州吏,辭以疾。愚禮意愈厚,固不欲應。固母夏侯氏謂固曰:「使君與汝父久善,故命汝不止,汝亦故當仕進,自可往耳。」固不獲已,遂往,與兼治中從事楊康並為愚腹心。後愚與王凌通謀,康、固皆知其計。會愚病,康應司徒召詣洛陽,固亦以疾解祿。康在京師露其事,太傅乃東取王凌。到壽春,固見太傅,太傅問曰:「卿知其事為邪?」固對不知。太傅曰:「且置近事。問卿,令狐反乎?」固又曰無。而楊康白,事事與固連。遂收捕固及家屬,皆係廷尉,考實數十,固故云無有。太傅錄楊康,與固對相詰。固辭窮,乃罵康曰:「老庸既負使君,又滅我族,顧汝當活邪!」辭定,事上,須報廷尉,以舊皆聽得與其母妻子相見。固見其母,不仰視,其母知其慚也,字謂之曰:「恭夏,汝本自不欲應州郡也,我強故耳。汝為人吏,自當爾耳。此自門戶衰,我無恨也。汝本意與我語。」固終不仰,又不語,以至於死。初,楊康自以白其事,冀得封拜,後以辭頗參錯,亦並斬。臨刑,俱出獄,固又罵康曰:「老奴,汝死自分耳。若令死者有知,汝何面目以行地下也。」〉朝議咸以為春秋之義,齊崔杼、鄭歸生皆加追戮,陳屍斫棺,載在方策。凌、愚罪宜如舊典。乃發凌、愚塚,剖棺,暴屍於所近市三日,燒其印綬、朝服,親土埋之。〈干寶《晉紀》曰:兗州武吏東平馬隆,託為愚家客,以私財更殯葬,行服三年,種植松柏。一州之士愧之。〉進弘、華爵為鄉侯。廣有志尚學行,死時年四十餘。〈《魏氏春秋》曰:廣字公淵。弟飛梟、金虎,並才武過人。太傅嘗從容問蔣濟,濟曰:「凌文武俱贍,當今無雙。廣等志力,有美於父耳。」退而悔之,告所親曰:「吾此言,滅人門宗矣。」《魏末傳》曰:凌少子字明山,最知名,善書,多技藝,人得其書,皆以為法。走向太原,追軍及之,時有飛鳥集桑樹,隨枝低卬,舉弓射之即倒,追人乃止不復進。明山投親家食,親家告吏,乃就執之。〉

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Zhang Shi was an envoy dispatched by Cao Wei on the orders of Linghu Yu. He appears in the relevant accounts in the Records of the Three Kingdoms; he is not mentioned in the Romance.

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In the ninth month of the first year of the Jiaoping era, Linghu Yu sent Zhang Shi to Baima to exchange messages with Cao Biao, the King of Chu (as recorded in the histories).
In the eleventh month of the same year, Linghu Yu again sent Zhang Shi to Cao Biao. Before Zhang Shi returned, Linghu Yu died of illness (as recorded in the histories).

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  • Served as an envoy on Linghu Yu’s orders.
  • Exchanged messages with Cao Biao, the King of Chu.

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History · vol. 28

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    a subordinate general of Linghu Yu, acted for him as a go-between in communications with Prince of Chu Cao Biao