Supreme Commander of the Southern Metropolitan Region, Zhejiang, and Fujian
In office April 1556 – 1563
Preceded by
Wang Gao
Succeeded by
Post abolished
Grand coordinator of Zhejiang
In office July 1555 – April 1556
Preceded by
Li Tianchong
Succeeded by
Ruan E
In office February 1557 – 1563
Succeeded by
Zhao Bingran
Magistrate of Yuyao
In office July 1547 – 1548
Magistrate of Yidu
In office 1540 – May 1542
Personal details
Born
November 4, 1512 Jixi County, China
Died
November 25, 1565(1565-11-25) (aged 53) Beijing, China
Occupation
censor, military general, politician
Courtesy name
Ruzhen (汝貞)
Art name
Meilin (梅林)
Posthumous name
Xiangmao (襄懋)
Military service
Battles/wars
Jiajing wokou raids
Hu Zongxian (Chinese: 胡宗憲; November 4, 1512[1] – November 25, 1565[2]), courtesy name Ruzhen (汝貞) and art name Meilin (梅林), was a Chinese general and politician of the Ming dynasty who presided over the government's response to the wokou pirate raids during the reign of the Jiajing Emperor. As supreme commander, he was able to defeat Xu Hai's (徐海) substantial raid in 1556 and capture the pirate lord Wang Zhi the next year through ruses. Despite his accomplishments, Hu Zongxian's reputation had been tarnished by his association with the clique of Yan Song and Zhao Wenhua, traditionally reviled figures in Ming historiography. He was rehabilitated decades after his death and was given the posthumous name Xiangmao (襄懋) by the emperor in 1595.
He is a direct ancestor of Hu Jintao, General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party from 2002 to 2012.[3][better source needed]
^Lim 2010, p. 116.
^Dardess 2013, p. 144.
^Liu, Melinda (May 5, 2002). "The Man In Jiang's Shadow". Newsweek. Retrieved April 8, 2023.
HuZongxian (Chinese: 胡宗憲; November 4, 1512 – November 25, 1565), courtesy name Ruzhen (汝貞) and art name Meilin (梅林), was a Chinese general and politician...
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to serve under a supreme commander stable in his position, HuZongxian. Under HuZongxian, Lu Tang participated in the suppression of the raid of 1556...
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