* February 21 – Zhang Guohua, Chinese general and politician ( b. 1914 )

* Zhang Xun, general under the Tang Dynasty

* Zhang Jianfeng, Tang Dynasty statesman and general

* Zhang Yunshen, Tang Dynasty general

* Cao Zhang, Chinese general, son of Cao Cao ( d. 223 )

* Zhang Xun, general under Yuan Shu ( b. 156 )

* Zhang Fei, general of Shu Han ( d. 221 )

* Zhang Xiaozhong, a general of the Chinese Tang Dynasty

** Zhang Han, Chinese general of the Qin Dynasty

* Zhang Ni, general of Shu

* Zhang Cheng, general of Eastern Wu ( b. 178 )

* Pan Zhang, general of Kingdom of Wu ( b. 177 )

* Zhang Bu, general of Wu

* Zhang Yi, general of Shu

* Huche ' er, general under Zhang Xiu

* Zhang Cheng, general of Wu ( d. 244 )

* Yang Huai, general under the warlord Liu Zhang

* Zhang Lu, general of Han Dynasty

* Yang Ang, general under Zhang Lu

* Zhang Guan, general and regent of Former Liang

* Zhang Fei, general of Shu ( assassinated by two Shu generals )

* Cao Zhang, son of Cao Cao and general of Wei ( b. 189 )

* Zhang Ji, general of Wei ( b. 170 )

In the Battle of Yamen on the Pearl River Delta in 1279, the Yuan army, led by the general Zhang Hongfan, finally crushed the Song resistance.

After releasing Chiang and returning to Nanjing with him, Zhang was placed under house arrest and the generals who had assisted him were executed.

The strike did secure some concessions, but Mao and other student leaders felt that they were now under threat from the furious Zhang, and were sent as representatives to China's provincial centers ; thus, Mao once again traveled to Peking.

A number of martial arts traditions, particularly the ones falling under the category of Neijia ( like T ' ai Chi Ch ' uan, Bagua Zhang and Xing Yi Quan ) embody Taoist principles to a significant extent, and some practitioners consider their art to be a means of practicing Taoism.

Under Emperor An, Zhang also served as Prefect of the Majors for Official Carriages under the Ministry of Guards, in charge of the reception of memorials ( containing policy and administrative suggestions ) submitted to the throne as well as nominees for official appointments.

* Zhang Ju and Zhang Chun are defeated by Han forces under Liu Yu.

* Zhang He, military leader under Cao Cao ( b. 167 )

* Wang Lei, minister under Liu Zhang

Lin delivered the keynote address at the Congress: a document drafted by hardliner leftists Yao Wenyuan and Zhang Chunqiao under Mao's guidance.

* Zhang Hong, minister under Sun Quan

* 1935: June – July, troops under Zhou and Mao meet with Zhang Gutao's troops.

When the Fourth Red Army under Zhang Guotao was formed in the Sichuan-Shaanxi border area from several smaller units, no standard nomenclature of the armies of the Communist Party existed ; moreover, during the Chinese Civil War central control of separate Communist-controlled enclaves within China was limited.

In June – July 1935, the troops under Mao united with the Fourth Red Army, led by Zhang Guotao, which had retreated west from Henan.

Initially, Sun Quan mourned his brother's death so much that he could do nothing, but at Zhang Zhao's behest, he dressed himself in military uniform and set out to visit the commanderies under his brother's control.

The Imperial Government could not call in the support of most of China's armies, who were under the command of these pro western Governors like Zhang Zhidong and Li Hongzhang.

The party apparatus, under orders from Jiang Qing and Zhang Chunqiao, wrote a eulogy affirming Mao's achievements in order to justify their claims to power.

At noon Zhang Hongfan attacked from the front, hiding additional soldiers under large pieces of cloth.

Once Zhang Hongfan's boats neared the Song fleet, the Yuan sounded the horn of battle, revealing the soldiers under the fabric.

During the Warlord Era in the early twentieth century, Liaoning was under the Fengtian Clique, including Zhang Zuolin and his son Zhang Xueliang ; in 1931, Japan invaded and the area came under the rule of the Japanese-controlled puppet state of Manchukuo.