Ethnic group: Han nationality
Place of Birth: Yingchuan County, Yuzhou City
Date of birth: about a.d. 135.
Date of death: A.D. 189.
Occupation: eunuch
Knight status: Marquis
Official position: Xiao Huangmen, Zhong Changshi
Zhang rang (? -189), eunuch of the Eastern Han Dynasty, from Yingchuan (now Yuxian, Henan). When he was Emperor Huan and Emperor Ling, he served as Xiao Huangmen and Zhong Changshi, and served as Hou. When he was in office, he was known for greed, arrogance and greed. The spiritual emperor was very much loved, and he often said that "Zhang Changshi was my father". In the sixth year of Zhong Ping (189), blades murdered eunuchs, and it was exposed. He and several other followers designed an ambush and killed He Jin. When Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu and others heard that blades had been killed, they went to the palace and killed all the eunuchs. Zhang rang was cornered and jumped into the water.
With Cao Jie, Wang Fu and others. After Cao Jie's death, Zhong Zhao served as Da Changqiu. Zhang Rang has a prison slave who is in charge of housework, colluding with powerful people and taking bribes, and has a great reputation. Meng Tuo, the man who helped the wind, is rich. He made friends with Zhang Rang's prison slaves and gave them everything he had, leaving nothing he loved. The prison slave thanked him and asked Meng Tuo, "What do you want? I can do it for you. " Meng Tuo said, "I only ask you to worship for me." At that time, guests who asked to see Zhang Rang often parked hundreds of cars at the door. Meng tuo also went to see Zhang rang at that time. He couldn't get in because he arrived late. The prison slave led the domestic slave to meet Meng Tuo on the road, and * * * carried his car into the door. The guests were surprised and thought that Monto and Zhang Rang were very close, and they all wanted to bribe him with treasure. Meng Tuo gave some to Zhang Rang. He was overjoyed and appointed Meng Tuo as the secretariat of Liangzhou. At this time, Zhang Rang, Zhong Zhao, Xia Yun, Guo Sheng, Sun Zhang, Bilan, Song Li, Duan Gui, Gao Wang, Zhang Gong, Han Mao and Song Dian are all twelve people, all of whom are constant attendants, and their father and son are distributed in counties and counties, so they are corrupt and cruel, which is the scourge of the people.
In the sixth year of Zhong Ping (189), Emperor Han Ling died, and Yuan Shao, a captain of Zhong Jun, suggested that the general blades should be ordered to kill eunuchs in order to win the hearts of the people. Plotting to leak, Zhang Rang, Zhong Zhao and others took Blades into the palace and killed Blades with * * *. Yuan Shao led his troops to kill Zhong Zhao, look for eunuchs and kill all of them, old and young. Zhang Rang and other dozens of people held the son of heaven hostage and fled to the edge of the Yellow River. They are in hot pursuit. Zhang Rang and others cried and said goodbye to the son of heaven, "We are going extinct, and the world is in chaos! I hope your majesty will cherish yourself! " Say that finish, all committed suicide by throwing themselves into the river.