Zhang Guangsi (died 1749), courtesy name Xiyu (希禹),[2] was a Qing dynasty official from the Han Chinese Bordered Red Banner.
He made suggestions to the emperor to pacify the aborigines that in 1732 he was awarded the hereditary rank "baitalabure hafan" (拜他喇布勒哈番, aka qiduwei 騎都尉).
[4] In 1747, the Slob Dpon, the chieftain of Greater Jinchuan, attacked his neighbor chiefdoms and defied a detachment of troops sent against him by the governor of Sichuan.
Because of his success in pacifying Miao people, Zhang was made the Viceroy of Chuan-Shaan to command the armies sent to subdue these rebels.
However, his men were halted by the unfamiliar topography, the precipitous mountain passes, and the native stone towers known as diaolou (碉樓).