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Zhang Yi

Type Figure Region China Time c. 1209–1282 Also known as Zhang Qiyuan、Zhang Zhongchou、Zhang Zhongyi

Zhang Yi (c. 1209–1282), courtesy name Zhongchou, also known as Qiyuan, was a Yuan politician from Jiaocheng, Taiyuan.…

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  1. c. 1240–1260Jiaocheng · Taiyuan CircuitA native of Jiaocheng, Taiyuan, he entered Kublai's princely household in his youth. Along with Wang Wentong and Zhang Wenqian, he was part of the early Yuan cohort of Han Chinese officials and helped draft the institutions of the Central Secretariat.
  2. 1260–1275Dadu · Dadu CircuitAt the start of the Zhongtong era he served as Vice Chancellor of the Yenching Provincial Secretariat, then moved to Right Chancellor of the Central Secretariat, and was later promoted to Vice Commissioner of the Bureau of Military Affairs, concurrently overseeing the Directorate of Astronomy and the Astronomical Bureau, participating in central military-administrative affairs and calendrical and astronomical matters.
  3. 1282Dadu · Dadu CircuitIn the third month of the nineteenth year of Zhiyuan, Wang Zhu and Gao Heshang forged an imperial decree; Zhang Yi, on orders, dispatched troops to assist in killing the dictatorial chancellor Ahmad. After the plot was discovered, he was arrested and executed by public display that same year—a tragic outcome in Yuan political struggles.

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