Zhang Zi 張咨

When Emperor Ling died and Dong Zhuo seized power, Zhou Bi of Hanyang became Master of Writing for Personnel and, together with Xu Jing, promoted and dismissed the scholars of the realm. They appointed the Master of Writing Han Fu Governor of Ji Province, the Palace Attendant Liu Dai Inspector of Yan Province, Zhang Zi of Yingchuan Administrator of Nanyang, Kong Zhou of Chenliu Inspector of Yu Province, and Zhang Miao of Dong Commandery Administrator of Chenliu. When Han Fu and the others reached their posts, each raised troops and turned back toward the capital, intending to kill Dong Zhuo. Records, Shu 8 §2–3

The Biography of Dong Zhuo also records that Dong Zhuo trusted the Master of Writing Zhou Bi, the Colonel of the City Gates Wu Qiong and others, and employed the men they recommended, Han Fu, Liu Dai, Kong Zhou, Zhang Zi, Zhang Miao and others, sending them out to govern provinces and commanderies. Chen Shou wrote that when Han Fu and the others reached their posts, they all joined forces intending to attack Dong Zhuo, and that Dong Zhuo, believing that Zhou Bi, Wu Qiong and the others had been in collusion with them and had betrayed him, had them all beheaded. Records, Wei 6 §10

After Emperor Ling died and Dong Zhuo took arbitrary control of the court's affairs, the provinces and commanderies raised righteous armies, and Sun Jian, Administrator of Changsha, also raised troops. On his way Sun Jian killed Wang Rui, Inspector of Jing Province, who had always treated him with discourtesy, and by the time he reached Nanyang his following numbered tens of thousands. Zhang Zi, Administrator of Nanyang, heard that the army had arrived but remained perfectly composed. Records, Wu 1 §13

When Sun Jian treated Zhang Zi with courtesy, presenting oxen and wine, Zhang Zi in turn called on Sun Jian the next day to return the courtesy. When the drinking was at its height, the Registrar of Changsha came in and reported to Sun Jian that a dispatch had earlier been sent to Nanyang, yet the roads had not been repaired and military supplies had not been prepared, and asked that the registrar be arrested and questioned as to the reason. Records, Wu 1 §13

Zhang Zi, greatly frightened, wanted to leave, but soldiers were deployed on all sides and he could not get out. After a while the Registrar came in again and reported that the Administrator of Nanyang had held up the righteous army so that the rebels could not be attacked in time, and asked that he be seized, taken out and dealt with according to military law; Zhang Zi was then dragged to the gate of the camp and beheaded. The whole commandery trembled with fear, and there was nothing Sun Jian asked for that he did not obtain. Records, Wu 1 §14

Yuan Shu, fearing that he would suffer harm at Dong Zhuo's hands, had fled to Nanyang, and as it happened Sun Jian, Administrator of Changsha, killed Zhang Zi, Administrator of Nanyang, so Yuan Shu was able to take over that commandery. Chen Shou's main text does not record Zhang Zi's courtesy name, his age or the year of his death. Records, Wei 6 §72Records, Wu 1 §13–14