Empress Zhang (Hongzhi)
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Empress Xiaochengjing, of the Zhang clan, was a Chinese empress consort of the Ming dynasty, married to the Hongzhi Emperor and mother of the Zhengde Emperor.
孝康敬皇后张氏（明孝宗）
Zhengde Emperor
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The Zhengde Emperor, personal name Zhu Houzhao, was the 11th emperor of the Ming dynasty of China, reigning from 1505 to 1521. He succeeded his father, the Hongzhi Emperor.
Empress Zhang (Hongzhi)
…Xiaochengjing (1471– 28 August 1541), of the Zhang clan, was a Chinese empress consort of the Ming dynasty, married to the Hongzhi Emperor and mother of the Zhengde Emperor. Empress Zhang was the daughter of Zhang Luan (張巒). She was born in Xingji (nowadays Cang county, Hebei province). In 1487, she married then-Crown…
Palace portrait on a hanging scroll
Portrait of the Zhengde Emperor
Portrait of Li Dongyang, c. 1503
Porcelain plate from the Zhengde era; Nanjing Museum