The 77 K emission and excitation spectra, and 298 K infrared and absorption spectra of mer-[CrCl(en)(dpt)]ZnCl$_4$(en=1,2-diaminoethane; dpt=1,5,9-triazanonane) have been measured. Ligand field electronic transitions due to spin-allowed and spin-forbidden are assigned. The zero-phonon line in the excitation spectrum splits into two components by 151$cm^{-1}$ /, and large$^2$E$^{g}$ splitting can be reproduced by the modern ligand field theory. It is confirmed that nitrogen atoms of the en and dpt ligands have a strong $delta$-donor character, but chloride ligand has weak $delta$-and $pi$-donor properties toward chromium(III) ion.