Zhang Xuanjing

Zhang Xuanjing (350–363), courtesy name Yuan'an, formally Duke Jingdao of Xiping,posthumous name given by Jin Dynasty (265-420)) or Duke Chong of Xiping, posthumous name used internally in Former Liang, is a ruler of the Chinese state Former Liang.

He becomes the titular ruler at the young age of five after his violent uncle Zhang Zuo, who had seized the title from his older brother Zhang Yaoling and subsequently killed him, was himself killed in a coup.

Zhang Xuanjing is addressed as Prince Chong of (Former) Liang.

The years of his rule are characterized by political instability, as he goes through a progression of regents who overthrow each other -- Zhang Guan, Song Hun), Song Cheng, Zhang Yong, and finally his uncle Zhang Tianxi, who eventually has him killed and takes over the title in 363.

During Zhang Guan's regency, he temporarily uses the title Prince of Liang, but after Song Hun overthrows Zhang Guan, he again used the Jin-created title of Duke of Xiping.

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