Politicians' Personality and Reform——On Personal Factors of Zhang Juzheng's Unsuccessful Reform

Zhang Juzheng is a famous prime minister in the Ming Dynasty of China in the 16th century, and he has gone down in history. He did a reform on a grand and spectacular scale during his lifetime, and removed political and financial difficulties in the Ming Dynasty. As a result, the situation of ”Wan Li's resurgence” has arisen. Unfortunately, his property was confiscated and his family were exterminated less than two years after he died The author throws the objective causes away, and considers the reformer's personality, the subjective factor, as the main reason that cripples Zhang Juzheng's reform and his reputation after he died.