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Zhang Xin was Zhang Fan’s grandfather and a Han official who served as Situ.

History Records, vol. 11 · Not in the Romance

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  • History · vol. 11Records of the Three Kingdoms

    …祖父歆,為漢司徒。父延,為太尉。太傅袁隗欲以女妻範,範辭不受。…
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    張範,字公儀,河內脩武人也。祖父歆,為漢司徒。父延,為太尉。太傅袁隗欲以女妻範,範辭不受。性恬靜樂道,忽於榮利,徵命無所就。弟承,字公先,亦知名,以方正徵,拜議郎,遷伊闕都尉。董卓作亂,承欲合徒衆與天下共誅卓。承弟昭時為議郎,適從長安來,謂承曰:「今欲誅卓,衆寡不敵,且起一朝之謀,戰阡陌之民,士不素撫,兵不練習,難以成功。卓阻兵而無義,固不能久;不若擇所歸附,待時而動,然後可以如志。」承然之,乃解印綬間行歸家,與範避地揚州。袁術備禮招請,範稱疾不往,術不彊屈也。遣承與相見,術問曰:「昔周室陵遲,則有桓、文之霸;秦失其政,漢接而用之。今孤以土地之廣,士民之衆,欲徼福齊桓,擬迹高祖,何如?」承對曰:「在德不在彊。夫能用德以同天下之欲,雖由匹夫之資,而興霸王之功,不足為難。若苟僭擬,干時而動,衆之所棄,誰能興之?」術不恱。是時,太祖將征冀州,術復問曰:「今曹公欲以弊兵數千,敵十萬之衆,可謂不量力矣!子以為何如?」承乃曰:「漢德雖衰,天命未改,今曹公挾天子以令天下,雖敵百萬之衆可也。」術作色不懌,承去之。

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Zhang Xin was Zhang Fan’s grandfather and once served as Situ of the Han dynasty; he does not appear in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms.

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Historical records state that Zhang Xin once served as Situ of the Han dynasty.

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    father and son (Yan was Xin’s son)