Zhang Hao

Timeline

1. 1120–1149Liaoyang, Shangjing · NortheastAfter Liaodong was pacified, he offered advice and defected to Jin, serving successively as Secretariat Compiler, Hanlin Academician, Military Commissioner of Zhangde Army, and Governor of Pingyang; late in Xizong's reign he took an outlying post to avoid danger, and was recalled to the capital after Hailing's accession.
2. 1151–1160Yanjing (Central Capital) · Central Capital CircuitIn the third year of Tiande he oversaw the expansion of Yanjing's walls and palaces; in the first year of Zhenyuan Hailing made Yanjing the capital, renaming it the Central Capital. He rose through Minister of Revenue, Vice Director of the Chancellery, Left Director of the Department of State Affairs, Chancellor of the Central Secretariat, and Left Chancellor Concurrently Serving in the Inner Court, becoming a key figure in the Jin capital's relocation and Sinicization.
3. 1162–1163Shangjing, Central Capital · Jin dynastyAfter Hailing was killed, he sent envoys to congratulate Shizong on his accession; in the second year of Dading he was appointed Grand Preceptor and President of the Department of State Affairs, and enfeoffed as Prince of Nanyang. He recommended notable ministers such as Heshilie Zhining, argued forcefully that the imperial examinations could not be abolished, and died in the third year of Dading, receiving the posthumous name Wenkang.