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Zhang Nan
Zhang Nan (张楠) names two Chinese Olympic medalists: a gymnast born 1986, 2004 Athens all-around bronze, and a badminton player born 1990, two Olympic doubles golds (2012 mixed with Zhao Yunlei, 2016 men's with Fu Haifeng).
Zhang Ning (张宁)
Zhang Ning (张宁), Chinese badminton player born 1975 in Jinzhou, Liaoning; won women's singles gold at Athens 2004 and Beijing 2008, the only women's singles player to defend the Olympic title, with a perfect 10-0 Olympic record.
Zhang Peili
Zhang Peili (张培力), born 1957 in Hangzhou, is a Chinese contemporary artist regarded as China's first video artist, known for 30 x 30 (1988) and his 'X?' glove paintings.
Zhang Peilun
Zhang Peilun (张佩纶, 1848–1903) was a Qing dynasty official and the Pure Stream faction's most prominent impeacher, sent to defend Fujian and blamed for the naval disaster at Mawei in 1884.
Zhang Ping
Zhang Ping (张萍), Chinese women's volleyball middle blocker born 1982 in Tianjin; 2004 Athens Olympic gold medalist who scored 25 points in the 3-2 final comeback over Russia, won the 2003 World Cup, and later became a CUHK-Shenzhen physical education lecturer.
Zhang Pu
Zhang Pu (张溥), courtesy name Tianru, was a Ming dynasty scholar of Taicang who founded the Fushe society and helped decide who became chief grand secretary.
Zhang Qian
Zhang Qian (张骞) was a Han dynasty diplomat and explorer from Hanzhong sent by Emperor Wu as envoy to Central Asia, credited with opening the Silk Road.
Zhang Qian Stele
The Zhang Qian Stele (张迁碑) is a Chinese stone stele of 186 CE honoring the Eastern Han official Zhang Qian, famous for its square-brush clerical script calligraphy.
Zhang Qian's missions to the Western Regions
Zhang Qian's missions to the Western Regions (张骞出使西域) were two Han dynasty diplomatic expeditions into Central Asia that first opened contact with the northwest states.
Zhang Qiujian Suanjing
Zhang Qiujian Suanjing (张丘建算经) is a Chinese mathematical work of the Northern and Southern dynasties, probably of the Northern Wei, credited with opening the study of indeterminate equations.
Zhang Quanyi
Zhang Quanyi (张全义, 851–926) was a military governor and civil administrator of the late Tang and Five Dynasties who governed Luoyang for roughly forty years under three regimes.
Zhang Qun
Zhang Qun (張羣, courtesy name Yuejun) was a Chinese politician of the Republic of China who served as premier, foreign minister, and mayor of Shanghai under Chiang Kai-shek.
Zhang Rang
Zhang Rang (张让) was a eunuch of the late Eastern Han dynasty who rose under Emperor Ling and led the Ten Attendants, the eunuch faction controlling the court.
Zhang Rongfang
Zhang Rongfang (张蓉芳), born 1957 in Chengdu, Chinese volleyball main attacker and captain of the 1984 Olympic gold-medal team, later head coach of the 1986 world champion Chinese women's team.
Zhang Rou
Zhang Rou (张柔, courtesy name Degang, 1190–1268) was a Chinese military commander who surrendered to Genghis Khan, served the Mongol conquest, and supervised building the walls of Dadu.
Zhang Rou's Army
Zhang Rou's Army (张柔军) was the hereditary Han Chinese military force built by general Zhang Rou at Baozhou, fighting for the Mongols against the Jin and Southern Song.
Zhang Ruimin
Zhang Ruimin (张瑞敏), born 1949 in Shandong, is the founder of Haier, the Chinese appliance group, which he led from 1984 to 2021 and created the RenDanHeYi management model.
Zhang Ruitu
Zhang Ruitu (张瑞图, 1576–1641) was a Ming dynasty official and calligrapher from Jinjiang, Fujian, who reached the grand secretariat and was ranked among the four great late-Ming calligraphers.
Zhang Sanfeng
Zhang Sanfeng (张三丰) was a Daoist of the late Yuan and early Ming, recorded in the History of Ming and sought in vain by the Hongwu and Yongle emperors.
Zhang Sengyou
Zhang Sengyou (张僧繇) was a 6th-century court painter of China's Liang dynasty, one of the Six Dynasties masters, known for Indian-derived concave-convex shading and the dragon-painting idiom hua long dian jing.
Zhang Shan
Zhang Shan (张山), born 1968, Chinese skeet shooter; won gold in mixed open skeet at Barcelona 1992 with 223, first woman to win an open Olympic shooting event.
Zhang Shangying
Zhang Shangying (张商英, 1043–1121), courtesy name Tianjue, was a Song dynasty official who became grand councilor under Emperor Huizong in 1110, between the two tenures of Cai Jing.
Zhang Shi
Zhang Shi (张栻), courtesy name Jingfu and studio name Nanxuan, was a Southern Song Confucian scholar and official who led the Huxiang school of Neo-Confucianism and debated Zhu Xi in 1167.
Zhang Shicheng (Qing dynasty official)
Zhang Shicheng (张师诚) was a Qing dynasty official from Zhejiang, 1762 to 1830, who served three emperors and, as governor of Fujian, crushed the pirate Cai Qian.
Zhang Shicheng (Yuan-era King of Wu)
Zhang Shicheng (张士诚, 1321–1367) was a salt smuggler from Taizhou who rose during the Yuan collapse to rule the Yangtze delta as King of Wu, until destroyed by the Ming founder.
Zhang Shicheng's rising at Gaoyou
Zhang Shicheng's rising at Gaoyou was the 1353 rebellion launched by salt trader Zhang Shicheng at Taizhou, followed by the unsuccessful Yuan siege of Gaoyou in 1354.
Zhang Shijie
Zhang Shijie (张世杰) was a Song dynasty general who held Ezhou, enthroned two child emperors in exile, and drowned when his ship foundered after the defeat at Yashan.
Zhang Shishi
Zhang Shishi (张适时) is a Chinese internet-finance entrepreneur who co-founded the P2P lending platform Renrendai in Beijing in 2010 and led it as chief executive.
Zhang Shizhao
Zhang Shizhao (章士钊) was a Chinese scholar, jurist, and politician from Hunan, active from the late Qing through the early People's Republic, who edited the journal Tiger and served as Minister of Justice and Education.
Zhang Shuangnan
Zhang Shuangnan (张双南), born 1962, is a Chinese high-energy astrophysicist who directs the Center for Particle Astrophysics and is chief scientist of China's Insight-HXMT X-ray satellite.