Name: Bao Zheng

Word: Xiren

Nickname: Bao Qingtian; Bao family; Huangheqing

Birthplace: Hefei, Anhui

Birth year: the second year of Xianping, Zhenzong of the Song Dynasty (999)

Bao Qingtian’s zodiac sign: pig

Birthday: March 23 of the lunar calendar (April A.D. 11th)

Constellation: Aries

Year of death: Jiayou seventh year (1062)

Age: 64 years old

Posthumous title : Xiaosu

Father: Bao Lingyi, posthumously gifted to the Minister of Justice

Mother: Zhang

Spouse: Zhang (original wife, died young); Dong (Continued to marry); Sun (嵵)

Children:

·Bao Shou (eldest son), Cui (eldest daughter-in-law)

·Bao Jiao ( Youngest son), Wenshi (youngest daughter-in-law)

·Bao Wenfu (eldest grandson, died in infancy), Bao Yongnian

Win the examination: 29 years old in the fifth year of Tiansheng (1027)

Obtained official position: 39 years old in the fourth year of Jingyou (1037)

First official position: Magistrate of Tianchang County

Official appointment: Third Secretary Envoy; Deputy Privy Envoy;

Famous sayings: Those who are honest are the representatives of the people; those who are greedy are the thieves of the people

Family motto: The descendants of future generations of officials who commit stolen goods will not be allowed to be released back to their own family, and they will not be buried in a big tomb. middle. Those who do not follow my will are not my sons or grandsons.

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Bao Zheng (999 AD - 1062 AD), courtesy name Xiren, was born in Hefei, Luzhou (now Hefei, Anhui), Han nationality. Born into a bureaucratic family. He was born in the second year of Xianping in the Northern Song Dynasty (999). Jinshi of Tiansheng Dynasty. Lei Qian supervises the censor and recommends training troops, selecting generals, and replenishing border supplies. He was sent back to Khitan as an envoy, and served successively as the judge of the household department of the third division and the transshipment envoy of Jingdong, Shaanxi and Hebei roads. He entered the court and served as the deputy envoy of the Third Department of Household Affairs, requesting the court's permission to release salt and trade. He changed his knowledge to the Remonstrance Court and repeatedly discussed the impeachment of powerful ministers. He was awarded the direct bachelor degree of Longtuge and the transfer envoy of the capital of Hebei Province. He was transferred to Ying and Yangzhou states, and then summoned to the court. He had the power to know the Kaifeng Prefecture, the censor Zhongcheng, and the third division envoy. In the sixth year of Jiayou's reign (1061), he was appointed deputy envoy to the Privy Council. He later died in the throne and was given the posthumous title "Xiaosu". As an official, Bao Zheng was famous for his wisdom and uprightness in breaking prison sentences. When he knew Luzhou, he did not avoid being pro-party in enforcing the law. When in Kaifeng, the main entrance of the government was opened, so that litigants could go to the front of the hall to sue themselves and put an end to treacherous officials. The dynasty was resolute, and the nobles and eunuchs held back their hands for it. There is a saying in the capital that "if the joints are not connected, there will be an old man named Yama". Later generations regarded him as the embodiment of an upright official - Bao Qingtian.