Zhang Zhu (; 1287–1368), courtesy name Zhongju (仲舉), was a Yuan Dynasty poet. A native of (?), he brought himself into notice by his poetry, and was subsequently employed upon the histories of the Liao,

Later Jin Later Jin may refer to two states in imperial China: * Later Jin (Five Dynasties) (後晉; 936–947), one of the Five Dynasties * Later Jin (1616–1636) (後金; 1616–1636), precursor to the Qing dynasty See also * Jin (disambiguation) Jin ...

, and Song dynasties, rising to be a Doctor in the

Hanlin Academy The Hanlin Academy was an academic and administrative institution of higher learning founded in the 8th century Tang China by Emperor Xuanzong in Chang'an. Membership in the academy was confined to an elite group of scholars, who performed sec ...

and holding other high offices. He was the author of a collection of verses (titled 蛻巖詞). His phrase "cataclysm of the red Goat" (红羊劫), is still used in the sense of "great calamity." "In the hexagenary system of calendrical calculation, the years bingwu and dingwei in the cycle were believed to be years in which national disasters would occur. In the ten heavenly stems (tiangan) bing and ding, the first character in each combination, belong to the element fire, and their color is red; furthermore, of the zodiac animal signs for the twelve earthly branches (dizhi), the Goat stands for wei. Hence, the "calamity of the red Goat.""Passionate Women: female suicide in late imperial China by Paul S. Ropp, Paola Zamperini, Harriet Thelma Zurndorfer (pg. 127)

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Zhang, Zhu 1287 births 1368 deaths Yuan dynasty historians Yuan dynasty poets Politicians from Linfen Poets from Shanxi Yuan dynasty politicians Historians from Shanxi 14th-century Chinese historians