张宁 / Zhang Ning (late Han)

Hanji 930 mentions Zhang Ning as the inspector who had reported 孙坚’s earlier merit to the court, after which Sun Jian received only a county-assistant appointment. The source uses this as background for why 朱儁’s later decision to recruit Sun Jian matters.

This page is deliberately source-scoped. The short transcript does not provide enough office, locality, or variant-name evidence to merge Zhang Ning with another late-Han official. It is kept distinct from the unrelated modern Zhang Ning (Pony.ai) page.

Connections

• 孙坚 - official merit-recognition recipient in the source.
• 朱儁 - later commander who turns Sun Jian’s capacity into a campaign role.
• 可交换能力 - source frame for ability needing recognition and a usable stage.