Ming · Military Officer and Aristocrat

Zhang Ni 張輗

Attested AD 1457 - AD 1457

Passages
2
Chapters
1
Histories
1

Overview

The translated histories identify Zhang Ni as an aristocrat and military officer. This record brings together 2 passages from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

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Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Zhang Ni 張輗 Zhang Ni
Personal name Zhang Ni 張輗 Zhang Ni

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Aristocrat
  • Military Officer

Life and dates

Attested activity

Career and standing

  • Label: Regional Commander / 都督 · Action: held · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 天順元年春正月壬午 · Western Year: AD 1457
    Explicit · mingshi:012:s0002
  • Title: Baron of Wen'an / 文安伯 · Action: enfeoffed · Reason: merit in the Gate-Seizing restoration · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 天順元年春正月丙戌 · Western Year: AD 1457
    Explicit · mingshi:012:s0008

Places and affiliations

Events and relationships

  • Kind: political · Event: Gate-Seizing restoration / 奪門迎復 · Role: leader · Action: led troops that brought the Emperor out of the Southern Palace · Other Person Id: Yingzong (英宗) · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 天順元年春正月壬午 · Western Year: AD 1457
    Explicit · mingshi:012:s0002, mingshi:012:s0008

References in the histories

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History of Ming, Chapter 12Volume 12 Annals 12: Yingzong Later Records · 2 passages
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天順元年春正月壬午，昧爽，武清侯石亨，都督張輗、張軏，左都御史楊善，副 都御史徐有貞，太監曹吉祥以兵迎帝於南宮，御奉天門，朝百官。 In the first month of spring in Tianshun one, at first light on renwu, Shi Heng, Marquis of Wuqing, Zhang Ni and Zhang Yue, regional commanders, Yang Shan, left censor-in-chief, Xu Youzhen, vice censor-in-chief, and the eunuch Cao Jixiang led troops to bring the Emperor out of the Southern Palace; he took the throne at Fengtian Gate and received the whole bureaucracy in audience.