Zhang Dang

張當
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Book mentions
4
Roles:
general
Factions:
Cao Wei (primary)
Appears in 2 chapters:
  • Chapter 106 — Suffering Defeat, Gongsun Yuan Meets His Death; Pretending Illness, Sima Yi Deceives Cao Shuang.
    Minister of the Inner Bureau, and what he does is procure: he 'toadied to Cao Shuang so far as to select eighteen of the late Emperor's handmaids and send them to the now powerful minister'.
  • Chapter 107 — The Ruler of Wei Hands Over The Power To Sima Yi; Jiang Wei Is Defeated At Ox Head Hills.
    The case against everyone else runs through him. Named in Sima Yi's memorial as 'Administrator of the City' appointed by Cao Shuang 'to control the court and spy upon Your Majesty'. Arrested first and 'put to the question', and he gives up the other five in one sentence, which is what turns a coup into a purge.