张厂 / Zhang Chang (Shanyang governor)

Overview

张厂 / Zhang Chang enters the wiki through Hanji 430 as the Shanyang governor ordered by 汉宣帝 to secretly monitor 刘贺.

Current Profile

The source presents Zhang Chang as a surveillance and reporting official rather than as an independent policy-maker. He receives a confidential order, keeps it hidden, observes Liu He’s contacts and daily condition, probes him through conversation, and periodically reports the former emperor’s body, speech, family, and risk profile to Xuan.

Key Characteristics

• Shanyang governor trusted with a confidential imperial monitoring task.
• Turns local administration into intelligence gathering around a deposed emperor.
• Reports bodily details, conversation, family count, and behavioral judgment.
• Distinct from 张敞, the Jingzhao official in other Xuan-era pages.

Evidence

Confidential monitoring:

• Hanji 430 says Xuan orders Zhang Chang to guard against suspicious movement and keep the edict secret.
• Hanji 430 says Zhang Chang regularly reports Liu He’s conduct and household.
• Hanji 430 says he uses conversation about owl calls to observe Liu He’s inner state.

Qualifications

This page is source-scoped to Hanji 430. It does not reconstruct Zhang Chang’s full career or the complete wording of the confidential edict.

What Changed

• Created the page to separate the Shanyang governor 张厂 from the better-known 张敞.

Relationships

• Emperor Xuan of Han / 汉宣帝 / 刘询 / 刘病已 - ruler who gives Zhang Chang the confidential task.
• 刘贺 / Liu He / Marquis of Haihun - monitored former emperor.
• 海昏侯国 / Haihun Marquisate - later settlement for the monitored figure.