[1]:153 She opposed foot binding at an early age, using the example of female bodhisattvas with unbound feet as a Buddhist rationale against the practice.

In "Colophon for My Own Painting A Beauty Inspecting a Sword while Leaning on a Horse," Zhang Mojun declares, "Today many men are lowly characters immersed in achieving their own fame and unconcerned with the national interest," unlike the woman in her painting, whose "pure courage in her heart" is an inspiration to the author-artist.

[1]:111 In 1917, a trip with Chen Hongbi, Lü Bicheng, and Tang Peilan, occasioned her to write a poem on the strength of women's friendship.

[2][10] Zhang Mojun founded the associated yet short-lived Shenzhou Women's Journal (1912–1913), which criticized the regime of Yuan Shikai.

[1]:42 The group's political views were reformist and it encouraged gradual change, while arguing that women's suffrage was inevitable in the twentieth century.

[2] During the 1930s and 1940s, Zhang Mojun held positions in the Legislative and Examination Yuans and was elected to the Kuomintang Central Committee.

"[11] Zhang Mojun founded the Shenzhou Girls' School in 1912, with funding received from Sun Yat-Sen.[1]:151,:[9] 78 She believed that women should be educated in scientific and business endeavors, including sericulture, photography, and banking.

[2] Upon her return to China, she served in various roles as an education specialist in the government, including as a member of the Kuomintang Higher Examination Standards Committee (1929).