▁af oul ▁of ▁the ▁dom ine ering ▁cli que ▁of ▁Yan ▁Song ▁and ▁Z ha o ▁W en h ua , ▁and ▁was ▁executed ▁by ▁the ▁J ia j ing ▁Emperor ▁later ▁in ▁the ▁same ▁year . ▁ ▁Early ▁career ▁A ▁native ▁of ▁H oug uan ▁county ▁( <0xE4> <0xBE> <0xAF> 官 <0xE7> <0xB8> <0xA3> ; ▁present - day ▁F uz hou ) ▁of ▁F uj ian ▁province , ▁Z hang ▁J ing ▁was ▁noted ▁as ▁a ▁man ▁of ▁tall ▁stat ure . ▁He ▁took ▁the ▁imperial ▁exam in ations ▁and ▁received ▁the ▁j in sh i ▁degree ▁in ▁ 1 5 1 7 ▁under ▁the ▁name ▁C ai ▁J ing , ▁a ▁name ▁which ▁he ▁retained ▁for ▁close ▁to ▁twenty ▁years ▁since . ▁He ▁first ▁served ▁in ▁the ▁government ▁b ureau c racy ▁as ▁a ▁magistr ate ▁in ▁the ▁city ▁of ▁J ia x ing ▁in ▁Z he ji ang ▁province , ▁a ▁position ▁he ▁held ▁from ▁ 1 5 2 1 ▁to ▁ 1 5 2 5 , ▁and ▁from ▁there ▁went ▁into ▁the ▁capital ▁Be ij ing ▁as ▁a ▁super vis ing ▁secretary ▁( <0xE7> <0xB5> <0xA6> 事 中 ). ▁There ▁he ▁found ▁favour ▁from ▁the ▁J ia j ing ▁Emperor , ▁and ▁success ively ▁rose ▁to ▁the ▁positions ▁of ▁vice ▁minister ▁of ▁the ▁Court ▁of ▁the ▁Imperial ▁Stud ▁( 太 <0xE5> <0x83> <0x95> 寺 少 <0xE5> <0x8D> <0xBF> ), ▁right ▁vice ▁minister ▁of ▁the ▁Court ▁of ▁Jud icial ▁Review ▁( 大 理 寺 右 少 <0xE5> <0x8D> <0xBF> ),