Zhang Yujing, trans masculine folk hero, honored by the Yongle Emperor in 1405

The story of China’s only known AFAB “Imperial Martial Arts Examination Top Candidate”

In 2007, a monument to Zhang Yujing 张玉景, the only known assigned-female-at-birth individual given the title of “first place imperial martial arts candidate” 武状元in the history of China, was built in xyr[1] native Gangu County in Gansu Province.