张霸 / Zhang Ba (Western Han)

Overview

张霸 / Zhang Ba enters the wiki through Hanji 430 as a young descendant in 张贺’s benefactor-family reward branch.

Current Profile

The episode says Xuan rewards Zhang Ba despite his youth, appointing him Sanqi Zhonglangjiang and granting Guannei Hou status. His role is to show that Xuan’s repayment of old kindness can reach descendants who did not personally perform the original favor.

Key Characteristics

• Child descendant in Zhang He’s line.
• Rewarded because of Xuan’s gratitude to earlier benefactors.
• Illustrates intergenerational transfer of favor.

Evidence

Intergenerational reward:

• Hanji 430 says the seven-year-old Zhang Ba is appointed Sanqi Zhonglangjiang.
• Hanji 430 says he is also granted Guannei Hou status.

Qualifications

This page is source-scoped to Hanji 430 and does not reconstruct Zhang Ba’s later life.

What Changed

• Created the page as the descendant-reward example in Xuan’s gratitude branch.

Relationships

• Emperor Xuan of Han / 汉宣帝 / 刘询 / 刘病已 - ruler who rewards Zhang Ba.
• 张贺 / Zhang He (Western Han) - benefactor whose old kindness explains the family reward branch.
• 阴德福报因果 / Hidden Virtue Reward Causality - adjacent concept because the source treats virtue and favor as extending to descendants.