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.
Empress Zhang (Hongzhi)
The Hongzhi Emperor, also known by his temple name as the Emperor Xiaozong of Ming (明孝宗), personal name Zhu Youcheng (朱祐樘), was the tenth emperor of the Ming dynasty, reigned from 1487 to 1505. He succeeded his father, the Chenghua Emperor. The Hongzhi Emperor was a wise and peaceful ruler. "Hongzhi", the era name of his reign, means "great governance".
Palace portrait on a hanging scroll, kept in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, Taiwan
A stele with the Hongzhi Emperor's inscription regarding the repair of the Temple of Confucius, Qufu. 1504 (17th year of the Hongzhi era)
Detail of the painting Poet on a Mountaintop by Shen Zhou (1427–1509), ink on paper. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri
The Tailing (泰陵) mausoleum where the Hongzhi emperor was buried.