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张杨 / Zhang Yang (late Han)

Hanji 956 supplies the first half of Zhang Yang’s attachment path: after He Jin’s death he holds troops around Shangdang and Henei, then attaches to 袁绍 while camping with 于扶罗 near the Zhang River.

Hanji 957 adds Zhang Yang’s earlier disorder-era attachment path before the later Lü Bu and court-return branches. During the anti-Dong-Zhuo period, Zhang Yang and a 南匈奴 chanyu attach to 袁绍 near the Zhang River, but conflict with Yuan Shao leads the chanyu to hold Zhang Yang as a hostage and carry him to 濮阳.

The source then says Zhang Yang is released after about a year and receives 董卓’s appointment as general who establishes righteousness and 河内郡 administrator. This backfills why later episodes can use Zhang Yang as a Henei gatekeeper and survival actor rather than introducing him only through Lü Bu’s refuge or Emperor Xian’s route.

Hanji 967 backfills Zhang Yang as 吕布’s refuge after the failed 袁术 attachment. The episode does not give Zhang Yang’s internal calculation; it uses him as the next safe attachment point until 李傕 puts a bounty on Lü Bu and makes Yuan Shao the next destination.

Hanji 968 adds Zhang Yang as the first Henei gatekeeper in 曹操’s attempt to contact the 汉献帝 court after adopting 毛玠’s “奉天子” strategy. Zhang Yang initially refuses the route and discards the paperwork, but 董昭 persuades him to let Cao Cao’s envoy pass and to recommend Cao Cao upward.

The source makes Zhang Yang’s importance positional. He does not design the legitimacy strategy, but he controls the passage through 河内郡 without which Cao Cao cannot turn a slogan into a court-facing channel.

Hanji 970 backfills Zhang Yang’s earlier role as the patron to whom 吕布 returns after surviving the 袁绍刺吕布未遂. The source does not develop Zhang Yang’s own decision process here; it uses him as the next safe attachment point after 袁绍’s escort-cover killing attempt fails.

Hanji 991 gives Zhang Yang an early supply role at the end of the river-crossing crisis. After 汉献帝 reaches Dayang from the night crossing, Zhang Yang sends several thousand people carrying grain to the court, showing that supply can briefly relieve the flight without ending the larger 护驾与挟持模糊性 around the emperor.

Hanji 992 first places Zhang Yang near 汉献帝’s 安邑 court. He comes from Yewang and wants to escort the emperor back to 洛阳, but the armed escort group blocks the plan, so he returns to Yewang. The episode therefore makes Zhang Yang an early restoration actor whose practical intention is constrained by the same protector politics that later sources develop.

Hanji 999 adds Zhang Yang’s earlier repair role. 董承 reaches out to him while the court is dominated by armed escorts, and Zhang Yang begins repairing the damaged 洛阳 palace so 汉献帝 can return to the old capital. This makes Zhang Yang part of the practical restoration effort before the later ruined-court limits become visible.

Hanji 1000 supplies Zhang Yang’s return-to-Luoyang role before the Cao Cao access branch. He transports grain, meets 汉献帝 on the road, helps the emperor reach 洛阳, then withdraws to Yewang after saying the emperor belongs to the realm and should be assisted by ministers while armed men defend outside.

张杨 / Zhang Yang (late Han) is further developed in Hanji 1003 as the Henei patron under whom 董昭 first helps 曹操. When Cao Cao wants to use Henei to contact the eastern Han court, Zhang Yang initially refuses, but Dong Zhao persuades him to permit the channel.

The source uses Zhang Yang mainly to show Dong Zhao’s early judgment. Dong Zhao is formally Zhang Yang’s adviser, yet the host reads his conduct as already oriented toward Cao Cao because he sees Cao Cao as the actor with better future potential.

Zhang Yang also appears in the episode’s later Luoyang turn as one of the figures Cao Cao complains about after entering the court. The page keeps that mixed role source-scoped: Zhang Yang can be both an earlier access gate and a later politically problematic actor inside a rapidly shifting late-Han field.

Hanji 1025 gives Zhang Yang’s endpoint in the Lü Bu branch. He wants to help 吕布 during 曹操’s 下邳 siege, but lacks enough force to do more than camp east of Yewang. His subordinate 杨丑 kills him and tries to attach to Cao Cao; then 眭固 kills Yang Chou and takes the troops north toward 袁绍. The source uses this as a “慈不带兵” case: Zhang Yang’s kindness and restraint do not preserve command authority when subordinates can redirect the force.

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