Zhang Jing | |
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| 張經 | |
| Supreme Commander of the Southern Metropolitan Region, Zhejiang, Shandong, Guangdong, Guangxi, and Fujian | |
| In office 17 June 1554 – 4 June 1555 | |
| Monarch | Jiajing Emperor |
| Preceded by | Post created |
| Succeeded by | Zhou Chong (as Supreme Commander of the Southern Metropolitan Region, Zhejiang, and Fujian) |
| Minister of War in the Southern Capital | |
| In office 1553 – 8 November 1554 | |
| Supreme Commander of Guangdong and Guangxi | |
| In office 1537–1544 | |
| Preceded by | Wang Yangming |
| Succeeded by | Tao Xie |
| Grand coordinator of Shandong | |
| In office 1535–1537 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Houguan county (present-day Fuzhou, Fujian), China |
| Died | 12 November 1555 |
| Courtesy name | Yanyi (延彝) |
| Art name | Banzhou (半洲) |
| Posthumous name | Xiangmin (襄敏) |
| Other name | Cai Jing (蔡經) |
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Zhang Jing (張經; died 12 November 1555),[1] going by the name Cai Jing (蔡經) for much of his life, was a Chinese official who served the Ming dynasty. As he climbed the ladder of Chinese bureaucracy, he became in charge of several provinces as supreme commander, and was involved in conflicts such as the suppression of the Yao rebellions in the southwestern frontier and the defence of China from wokou pirates. At the height of his power, he was in charge of the military in six provinces, an unprecedented number in the Ming dynasty. Despite winning a great victory against the pirates in 1555, he quickly fell from power by running afoul of the domineering clique of Yan Song and Zhao Wenhua, and was executed by the Jiajing Emperor later in the same year.