Zhang Cong (Ming dynasty)
Zhang Cong | |||||||
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| 張璁 | |||||||
| Senior Grand Secretary | |||||||
| In office 1529–1531 | |||||||
| Monarch | Jiajing | ||||||
| Preceded by | Yang Yiqing | ||||||
| Succeeded by | Zhai Luan | ||||||
| In office 1531–1532 | |||||||
| Monarch | Jiajing | ||||||
| Preceded by | Zhai Luan | ||||||
| Succeeded by | Fang Xianfu | ||||||
| In office 1533–1535 | |||||||
| Monarch | Jiajing | ||||||
| Preceded by | Fang Xianfu | ||||||
| Succeeded by | Li Shi | ||||||
| Grand Secretary | |||||||
| In office 1527–1531, 1531–1532, 1533–1535 | |||||||
| Monarch | Jiajing | ||||||
| Chancellor of the Hanlin Academy | |||||||
| In office 1524–1527 | |||||||
| Monarch | Jiajing | ||||||
| Personal details | |||||||
| Born | 1475 Zhejiang | ||||||
| Died | 1539 (aged 63–64) | ||||||
| Education | jinshi degree (1521) | ||||||
| Courtesy name | Bingyong, later Maogong | ||||||
| Art name | Luofeng | ||||||
| Posthumous name | Wenzhong | ||||||
| Chinese name | |||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 張璁 | ||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 张璁 | ||||||
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Zhang Cong (1475–1539), courtesy name Bingyong, art name Luofeng, was a Chinese scholar-official during the Ming dynasty. In the early years of the Jiajing Emperor's reign, he supported him in the Great Rites Controversy, which led to a highly successful career. From 1527 to 1535, with some interruptions, he served as grand secretary, and in 1529 he became the head of the Grand Secretariat.
In 1531, he requested the Jiajing Emperor to change his name to Zhang Fujing, as it coincided with the emperor's personal name, Houcong. He also changed his courtesy name to Maogong.