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.
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”
