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Wang Zhen
Wang Zhen
(
Chinese
:
王
振
;
pinyin
:
Wang Zhen
) was the first
Ming dynasty
eunuch
with power in the court.
[1]
He served
Zhu Qizhen
[1]
who promoted him to become 'one of the most powerful eunuch "dictators" in
Ming
history'.
[2]
Career
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Rubbing of the Stele of
Yingzong
’s Edict to make sacrifices to Wang Zhen in Zhihua Temple, now in the Philadelphia Museum of Art
The
Zhihua Temple
in
Beijing
was built in 1443 at his order.
He was tutor to Zhu Qizhen.
[3]
He was killed in 1449 during the
Tumu Crisis
campaign against the
Northern Yuan
, during which the Ming emperor Zhu Qizhen was captured by
Oirat Mongols
.
[4]
[2]
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