张贺 / Zhang He (Western Han)

Overview

张贺 / Zhang He enters the wiki through Hanji 430 as a deceased Ye Tingling remembered by 汉宣帝 for recognizing, praising, and helping him before accession.

Current Profile

Zhang He matters in the source because his kindness is repaid posthumously. Xuan says Zhang He had shown him educational and personal favor, then rewards Zhang He’s adopted line through 张彭祖 and grants posthumous honor. The episode uses him as the clearest case of Xuan’s gratitude crossing death and family boundaries.

Key Characteristics

• Deceased Western Han official remembered as a pre-accession benefactor of Xuan.
• Associated with education, recognition, and praise of the future emperor.
• Receives posthumous honor through his adopted heir.
• Central example for Xuan’s repayment of old kindness.

Evidence

Posthumous reward:

• Hanji 430 says Xuan tells 张安世 that Zhang He often praised and helped him.
• Hanji 430 says Xuan wants to honor Zhang He and provide tomb guards.
• Hanji 430 says Zhang Pengzu is made Yangdu Hou as Zhang He’s adopted son.

Qualifications

This page is source-scoped to Hanji 430 and does not reconstruct Zhang He’s full office career, family history, or complete role in Xuan’s youth.

What Changed

• Created the page as Xuan’s deceased benefactor in the Hanji 430 reward branch.

Relationships

• Emperor Xuan of Han / 汉宣帝 / 刘询 / 刘病已 - ruler who repays Zhang He’s old kindness.
• 张安世 / Zhang Anshi (Western Han) - relative who tries to reduce the scale of reward.
• 张彭祖 / Zhang Pengzu (Western Han) - adopted heir through whom Zhang He receives posthumous reward.
• 阴德福报因果 / Hidden Virtue Reward Causality - adjacent concept because the source treats hidden or past kindness as eventually answered.