| Zhang Zhiwan | |
| Office: | Grand Councilor |
| Term Start: | 1884 |
| Term End: | 1894 |
| Office1: | Grand Secretary of the Eastern Library |
| Term Start1: | 1892 |
| Term End1: | 1896 |
| Office2: | Grand Secretary of the Tiren Library |
| Term Start2: | 1889 |
| Term End2: | 1892 |
| Office3: | Assistant Grand Secretary |
| Term Start3: | 1885 |
| Term End3: | 1889 |
| Office4: | Minister of Justice |
| Term Start4: | 1883 |
| Term End4: | 1889 |
| Alongside4: | Wenyu (until 1884), Encheng (1884), Xizhen (1884–1886), Linshu (since 1886) |
| Predecessor4: | Pan Zuyin |
| Successor4: | Sun Yuwen |
| Office5: | Minister of War |
| Term Start5: | 1882 |
| Term End5: | 1883 |
| Alongside5: | Zhihe |
| Predecessor5: | Mao Changxi |
| Successor5: | Peng Yulin |
| Office6: | Viceroy of Min-Zhe |
| Term Start6: | 1871 |
| Term End6: | 1871 |
| Predecessor6: | Yinggui |
| Successor6: | Li Henian |
| Office7: | Governor of Jiangsu |
| Term Start7: | 1870 |
| Term End7: | 1871 |
| Predecessor7: | Zhang Zhaodong |
| Successor7: | He Jing |
| Office8: | Viceroy of Rivers and Waterways |
| Term Start8: | 1866 |
| Term End8: | 1870 |
| Predecessor8: | Wu Tang |
| Successor8: | Zhang Zhaodong |
| Office9: | Viceroy of Eastern Rivers |
| Term Start9: | 1865 |
| Term End9: | 1866 |
| Predecessor9: | Zheng Dunjin |
| Successor9: | Su Tingkui |
| Office10: | Governor of Henan |
| Term Start10: | 1862 |
| Term End10: | 1866 |
| Predecessor10: | Zheng Yuanshan |
| Successor10: | Wu Changshou |
| Blank1: | Courtesy name |
| Data1: | Ziqing (子青) |
| Blank2: | Art name |
| Data2: | Luanpo (鑾坡) |
| Blank3: | Posthumous name |
| Data3: | Wenda (文達) |
| Education: | Jinshi degree in the Imperial Examination |
| Birth Date: | 1811 |
| Birth Place: | Nanpi County, Henan, Qing Empire |
| Death Place: | Nanpi County, Henan, Qing Empire |
| Occupation: | Politician |
| Relations: | Zhang Zhidong (cousin) |
Zhang Zhiwan (1811–1897), courtesy name Ziqing (Chinese: 子青), art name Luanpo (Chinese: 鑾坡),[1] was a Qing dynasty statesman and painter.[2] He was the cousin of another prominent late Qing politician Zhang Zhidong.
Zhang Zhiwan was born into a prestigious local gentry family in Nanpi. His father Zhang Yuce served as a low rank official in Zhili.[3]
Zhang's career as an official started after he passed the imperial examination as one of the three highest rank Jinshi. His first post, in the Hanlin Academy, was the compiler of chronicles. During the Taiping Rebellion, he worked as an advisor for the Qing court. Around the year of 1863, he defeated the peasants of Nian rebellion in Nanyang and Runan, at the time, he was under the military command of Sengge Rinchen. He was then moved to northern Jiangsu and was in charge of the defensives against Nian peasants until the end of the Nian rebellion.[4]
Zhang Zhiwan held the post of viceroy of water transport between 1866 and 1870. In 1871, he served shortly as the viceroy of Minzhe before being promoted to the position of the minister of war.
In 1882, he was conferred the title of Secretary of Grand Secretariat. In 1884, he gained the access to the Grand Council and worked there for ten years. His colleague and superior in the council was Shiduo, Prince Li. Upon the touching off of the First Sino-Japanese War, he retired himself due to his old age. He died in the year of 1897, aged 87. The imperial court bestowed the posthumous name Wenda (文達) on him. The title he held before his death was the grand secretary of the Eastern Library (Chinese: 東閣大學士).
Zhiwan had two sons
and four grandchildren.
Great Grandson