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Grand chancellor (China)

The highest-ranking official in the Imperial Government in ancient China

21 dated entries naming Grand chancellor (China), drawn from 21 separate years between 381 BCE and 1581 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

Also written as Chancellor of China, Grand Chancellor of China in the source articles; Wikipedia redirects those to the same subject, so their entries are on this page.

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4th century BC

  • 381 BCEWu Qi, Chinese military general, Prime Minister of the State of Chu, also a servant of the State of Lu (born in Wei, 440 BC)source

3rd century BC

  • 291 BCELü Buwei, Chinese politician and chancellor of the Qin State (died 235 BC)source

2nd century BC

  • 178 BCEChen Ping, Chinese official and chancellor of the Western Han dynastysource

10th century

  • 925May 23 – At Luoyang, Zhao Guangyin, the Grand Chancellor (equivalent to a Prime Minister) of the Emperor Li Cunxu of Later Tang dynasty China, dies. Zhao's duties are assumed by Li Cunxu's son, Prince Li Siyuan.source
  • 957Wang Dan, Chinese politician and Grand Chancellor (died 1017)source
  • 961Kou Zhun, Chinese Grand chancellor (approximate date)source
  • 978Wang Zeng, Chinese grand chancellor (approximate date)source

11th century

  • 1006October 23 – Wen Yanbo, grand chancellor (died 1097)source
  • 1017October 6 – Wang Dan, Chinese Grand Chancellorsource
  • 1019Wang Gui, Chinese official and chancellor (died 1085)source
  • 1021December 8 – Wang Anshi, Chinese chancellor (died 1086)source
  • 1023October 24 – Kou Zhun, Chinese grand chancellorsource
  • 1025December 22 – Wang Qinruo, Chinese chancellorsource
  • 1063Pang Ji, Chinese official and chancellor (born 988)source
  • 1069Emperor Shenzong of Song China appoints Wang Anshi as his chief chancellor. He implements the New Policies, which include financial and trade reforms, defense and order, institution of the baojia system, etc.source
  • 1083Li Gang, Chinese politician and Grand Chancellor (died 1140)source
  • 1086May 21 – Wang Anshi, Chinese chancellor (born 1021)source
  • 1097Zhang Jun, Chinese general and grand chancellor (died 1164)source

12th century

  • 1140Li Gang, Chinese Grand Chancellor (born 1083)source

14th century

  • 1380February 12 – Hu Weiyong, the Grand Chancellor of Ming dynasty China, is accused of treason and executed as the Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang (Emperor Hongwu) begins a purge of over 30,000 people perceived as opponents of the Imperial government.source

16th century

  • 1581The Ming Dynasty Chancellor of China, Chief Grand Secretary Zhang Juzheng, imposes the Single Whip Reform, by which taxes are assessed on properties recorded in the land census, and paid in silver, as the accepted medium of exchange.source

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