POLITICIAN

Zhang Juzheng

1525 - 1582

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Zhang Juzheng (26 May 1525 – 9 July 1582), courtesy name Shuda, art name Taiyue, also known as Zhang Jiangling, was a prominent Grand Secretary during the reigns of Ming emperors Longqing and Wanli. In 1547, he passed the highest level of official examinations and was granted the rank of jinshi. He then served at the Hanlin Academy. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Zhang Juzheng has received more than 113,767 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Zhang Juzheng is the 7,146th most popular politician (down from 6,975th in 2019), the 534th most popular biography from China (down from 502nd in 2019) and the 310th most popular Chinese Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Zhang Juzheng ranks 7,146 out of 19,576Before him are Armand Călinescu, Ilghazi, James Louis Sobieski, Michael I Apafi, Ramón Serrano Suñer, and Conrad I, Count of Auxerre. After him are Marie of Saxe-Altenburg, Pierre d'Aubusson, Archduke Alexander Leopold of Austria, Baghdadi Mahmudi, Prince Wilhelm of Prussia, and Prince Adalbert of Bavaria.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1525, Zhang Juzheng ranks 7Before him are Pieter Bruegel the Elder, Nurbanu Sultan, Şehzade Bayezid, John George, Elector of Brandenburg, Hans Staden, and Giovanni Battista Moroni. After him are Germain Pilon, John Albert I, Duke of Mecklenburg, Abbakka Chowta, Patriarch Job of Moscow, Caspar Peucer, and Juraj Drašković. Among people deceased in 1582, Zhang Juzheng ranks 11Before him are Wu Cheng'en, Altan Khan, Takeda Katsuyori, Diego, Prince of Asturias, Mori Ranmaru, and Oda Nobutada. After him are Charlotte of Bourbon, Louis, Duke of Montpensier, Francisco de Toledo, Elisabeth of Hesse, Electress Palatine, and George Buchanan.

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In China

Among people born in China, Zhang Juzheng ranks 534 out of 1,610Before him are Sheng Shicai (1895), Bian Que (-401), Xu Shen (58), Wu Daozi (680), Zhou Yongkang (1942), and Yi Xing (683). After him are Feng Menglong (1574), Liu Xin (-50), He Yingqin (1890), Yang Xiong (-53), Guo Zongxun (953), and Song Jiaoren (1882).

Among POLITICIANS In China

Among politicians born in China, Zhang Juzheng ranks 310Before him are Li Cunxu (885), Zheng Zhilong (1604), Shangguan Wan'er (664), Emperor Shizong of Jin (1123), Sheng Shicai (1895), and Zhou Yongkang (1942). After him are He Yingqin (1890), Guo Zongxun (953), Song Jiaoren (1882), Li Yu (937), Jia Chong (217), and Wu Yi (1938).