Zhang Xun (Chinese: 張勳; pinyin: Zhāng Xūn; Wade–Giles: Chang1 Hsün1; September 16, 1854 – September 11, 1923), courtesy name Shaoxuan (少軒), art name Songshou Laoren (松壽老人), nickname Bianshuai (辮帥, lit.

[4] Zhang served as a military escort for Empress Dowager Cixi during the Boxer Uprising.

Despite serving as a general in the new Republic, he refused to cut his queue, as a symbol of his loyalty to the Qing.

Despite allowing his troops to savagely loot the city, Zhang was named a field marshal by Yuan.

Other generals loyal to the Republic subsequently thwarted Zhang and forced Puyi to abdicate again.