Zhang Juyong (張居詠), formally Duke Yi of Qinghe (清河懿公), was a

chancellor Chancellor ( la, cancellarius) is a title of various official positions in the governments of many nations. The original chancellors were the of Roman courts of justice—ushers, who sat at the or lattice work screens of a basilica or law cou ...

of the

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Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Period The Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period (), from 907 to 979, was an era of political upheaval and division in 10th-century Imperial China. Five dynastic states quickly succeeded one another in the Central Plain, and more than a dozen conc ...

state

Southern Tang Southern Tang () was a state in Southern China that existed during Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, which proclaimed itself to be the successor of the former Tang dynasty. The capital was located at Nanjing in present-day Jiangsu Province ...

and possibly its predecessor state Wu.

During Wu

Zhang Juyong's birth date and geographic origin have been lost to history, as has his early career. It is known that he served as a Wu official, and eventually reached the high position of ''Menxia Shilang'' (門下侍郎, deputy head of the examination bureau of government (門下省, ''Menxia Sheng'')) — typically a position for a

, although it is not clear whether he received the typical chancellor designation of ''Tong Zhongshu Menxia Pingzhangshi'' ().''

Spring and Autumn Annals of the Ten Kingdoms The ''Spring and Autumn Annals of the Ten Kingdoms'', also known by its Chinese title ''Shiguo Chunqiu'' (), is a history of the Ten Kingdoms that existed in southern China after the fall of the Tang Dynasty and before the reunification of China ...

'', vol. 21.

During Southern Tang

In 937, the Wu regent Xu Zhigao had Wu's emperor

Yang Pu Yang Pu ( zh, 楊溥; 900 – January 21, 939), formally Emperor Rui of Wu (), was the last ruler of Wu, and the only one that claimed the title of emperor. During his reign, the state was in effective control of the regents Xu Wen and Xu Wen' ...

yield the throne to him, ending Wu and starting a new state of

as its emperor. Xu, upon assuming the throne, commissioned Zhang Juyong, as well as

Zhang Yanhan Zhang Yanhan (張延翰) (884''Spring and Autumn Annals of the Ten Kingdoms'', vol. 21.-January 6, 941''Zizhi Tongjian'', vol. 282.Academia Sinicabr>Chinese-Western Calendar Converter), courtesy name Dehua (德華), was an official of the Chinese ...

and

Li Jianxun Li Jianxun (; died 952), courtesy name Zhiyao (), known late in life as the Duke of Zhongshan (), was an official of the Chinese Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Period state Wu and its successor state Southern Tang, serving as a chancellor during ...

, chancellors, with the designation ''Tong Zhongshu Menxia Pingzhangshi''.''

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'', vol. 281. In 939, Zhang Juyong was apparently among a group of officials who formally proposed that Xu Zhigao assume his birth family name of Li. (Xu Zhigao had used the family name of Xu because he was adopted by

Xu Wen Xu Wen () (862''New History of the Five Dynasties'', vol. 61. – November 20, 927''Zizhi Tongjian'', vol. 276.Academia Sinicabr>Chinese-Western Calendar Converter), courtesy name Dunmei (), formally Prince Zhongwu of Qi (), later further ...

, who was his predecessor as regent, as a child.) Xu Zhigao accepted the proposal and took the new name of Li Bian.''Zizhi Tongjian'', vol. 282. Zhang Juyong was thereafter given the addition title of ''Zuo Pushe'' (左僕射, one of the heads of the executive bureau (尚書省, ''Shangshu Sheng''), while continuing to retain the titles of ''Menxia Shilang'' and chancellor. It was said that Zhang Juyong was graceful, silent, and moderate, and that, as chancellor, he expressed few of his opinions. Li Bian died in 943 and was succeeded by his son Li Jing. In 944, Li Jing removed Zhang from his chancellor position and made him the military governor (''

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'') of Zhenhai Circuit (鎮海, headquartered in modern

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).''Zizhi Tongjian'', vol. 283. Zhang died not long after, and was given posthumous honors, including the title of Duke of Qinghe and the

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of ''Yi'' (懿, "benevolent").

Notes and references

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'', vol. 21. * ''

'', vols. 281,

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