Swift rise and fall Zhang Xueliang (also spelt Chang Hsueh- liang) is the eldest son of Manchurian warlord Marshal Zhang Zuolin (Chang Tso-lin). In June 1928, after Zhang Zuolin was assassinated in a bomb attack, at the age of only 28 Zhang Xueliang inherited his father's political and military dominance of northeastern China.
張學良是奉系軍閥張作霖的長子，民國十七年（一九二八）六月，張作霖被炸身亡後，在「子承父業」的觀念下，接掌了東北的軍政大權書評張學良，當時他只有二十八歲。