Zhang Chujin

Zhang Chujin (died 922) was a Chinese officer who was briefly ruler of Zhao or Chengde in what is now Shijiazhuang, Hebei, during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Era of Chinese history. His father Zhang Wenli had been adopted by Wang Rong, a military governor (jiedushi) of Chengde who declared its independence of the Later Liang under the name Zhao in 910. In 921, Zhang Wenli prompted a mutiny that killed Wang, executed his natural children, and attempted to ally himself with neighboring Jin by nominally submitting to its authority and describing himself as its military governor for the area. Confronted with mounting evidence of Zhang Wenli's treachery, however, Li Cunxu of Jin ordered an invasion, which supposedly caused Zhang to die of shock. Zhang Chujin then attempted to hold out against Jin but was captured and killed in 922.