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POLITICIAN

Zhang Juzheng

1525 - 1582

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Zhang Juzheng (Chinese: 張居正; pinyin: Zhāng Jūzhèng; 26 May 1525 – 9 July 1582), courtesy name Shuda (Chinese: 叔大; pinyin: Shūdà), pseudonym Taiyue (Chinese: 太岳; pinyin: Tàiyuè), was a Chinese politician who served as Senior Grand Secretary (Chinese: 首輔; pinyin: Shǒufǔ) in the late Ming dynasty during the reigns of the Longqing and Wanli emperors. He represented what might be termed the "new Legalism". Aiming to ensure that the gentry worked for the state, one of his chief goals was to reform and rationalize the bureaucracy together with his political rival Gao Gong, who was concerned that offices were providing income with little responsibility. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Zhang Juzheng has received more than 103,970 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Zhang Juzheng is the 6,994th most popular politician (down from 5,929th in 2019), the 503rd most popular biography from China (down from 445th in 2019) and the 299th most popular Chinese Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Zhang Juzheng ranks 6,994 out of 15,577Before him are Orso Ipato, Conrad I, Count of Auxerre, Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany, Charles Eugene, Duke of Württemberg, Goharshad Begum, and Adam Kazimierz Czartoryski. After him are Henry of Flanders, Sancho of Majorca, François Georges-Picot, Tomás Estrada Palma, Edmund Veesenmayer, and Tai Wu.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1525, Zhang Juzheng ranks 8Before him are Nurbanu Sultan, Şehzade Bayezid, Carolus Clusius, John George, Elector of Brandenburg, Hans Staden, and Giovanni Battista Moroni. After him are Germain Pilon, John Albert I, Duke of Mecklenburg, Patriarch Job of Moscow, Caspar Peucer, Tadeáš Hájek, and Juraj Drašković. Among people deceased in 1582, Zhang Juzheng ranks 12Before him are Altan Khan, Mori Ranmaru, Takeda Katsuyori, Diego, Prince of Asturias, Charlotte of Bourbon, and Oda Nobutada. After him are Louis, Duke of Montpensier, Francisco de Toledo, George Buchanan, and Elisabeth of Hesse, Electress Palatine.

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In China

Among people born in China, Zhang Juzheng ranks 503 out of 1,392Before him are Drogön Chögyal Phagpa (1235), Rinchinbal Khan (1326), Zhang Xun (1854), Chen Kaige (1952), Shen Yue (441), and Emperor Xiaowu of Jin (362). After him are Lo Wei (1918), Bai Chongxi (1893), Dong Qichang (1555), Liu Penzi (11), Guo Shoujing (1231), and Ruan Ji (210).

Among POLITICIANS In China

Among politicians born in China, Zhang Juzheng ranks 299Before him are Li Cunxu (885), Deng Yingchao (1904), Drogön Chögyal Phagpa (1235), Rinchinbal Khan (1326), Zhang Xun (1854), and Emperor Xiaowu of Jin (362). After him are Bai Chongxi (1893), Liu Penzi (11), Song Jiaoren (1882), Man Chong (209), Zhou Yongkang (1942), and Shangguan Wan'er (664).