Zhang Qian (164- 1 14), a native of Chenggu County, Hanzhong (now Chenggu County, Shaanxi Province), was an outstanding diplomat, traveler and explorer in the Han Dynasty in China. My hometown is Wang Bo Village on the bank of the Han River, 2 kilometers south of Chenggu County, Hanzhong.
In the first year of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty (BC 140), Emperor Wu wanted to attack the Huns in conjunction with the Dayue family, and Zhang Qian was recruited as the envoy. Jianyuan went out of Longxi in three years, was captured by Xiongnu, and then escaped. I went west to Dawan, passed Kangju, arrived at Dayue's home, and then went to Daxia, and stayed for more than a year before coming back. On his way home, Zhang Qian changed from South Road to Nanshan in an attempt to avoid being discovered by Xiongnu, but he got it from Xiongnu and was detained for more than a year. In the third year of Yuan Shuo (BC 126), the Huns were in civil strife, and Zhang Qian took the opportunity to escape into the Han Dynasty. He gave a detailed report on the Western Regions to Emperor Wu of Han Dynasty, who made him a doctor. Because of Zhang Qian's prestige in the Western Regions, the envoys of the Han Dynasty later called him Bo Wanghou to win the trust of other countries. Zhang Qian has made outstanding contributions to the opening of the Silk Road from China to the Western Regions, which is praised by the world.
The Influence of Zhang Qian's Missions to the Western Regions on Later Generations;
1. Zhang Qian is a pioneer of the Silk Road and is known as "the first China person who opened his eyes to see the world". He spread the civilization of the Central Plains to the Western Regions, introduced the species of blood horse, grape, alfalfa, pomegranate and flax from the western regions to the Central Plains, and promoted the exchanges between eastern and western civilizations.
Second, Zhang Qian went to the Western Regions to get in touch with the customs of the countries in the Western Regions. It was the Han dynasty that began to understand the countries in the western regions and established friendly relations between the Han dynasty and the western regions, which laid the foundation for the later Western Han government to set up the western regions' capital protection government and formally put the western regions under the jurisdiction of the Western Han government.