Definition of "Chang"

Former Chinese warlord Chang Hsueh-liang, who along with Chinese Communists kidnapped Nationalist leader Chiang Kai-shek and changed the course of Chinese history, died in Hawaii on Oct. 15, Taiwan and Chinese news agencies reported. He was 100. […] Chang was born June 3, 1901, in the northeastern province of Liaoning, the son of Manchurian military strongman Chang Tso-lin.

2001 October 16, Benjamin Kang Lim, “Chang Hsueh-liang, 100, Dies”, in The Washington Post‎, archived from the original on 22 October 2020‎

Zhang Xueliang, whose name was also rendered Chang Hsueh-liang, was born in 1901 in Manchuria. His father, Zhang Zuolin, a leading warlord known as "the Old Marshal," was assassinated in 1928 by the Japanese. "The Young Marshal" emerged in his place as one of the most powerful military figures in China.

2001 October 19, Nicholas Kristof, “Zhang Xueliang, 100, Dies; Warlord and Hero of China”, in The New York Times‎, archived from the original on 24 October 2009, World‎