Bao Zheng (包拯) | 24 Histories

Overview

The translated histories identify Bao Zheng as a judge, official, and statesman. This record brings together 2 passages from 2 chapters across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Bao Zheng	包拯	Bao Zheng
Personal name	Bao Zheng	包拯	Bao Zheng

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Explicit · qingshigao:445:s0209

Roles

Judge
Official
Statesman

Life and dates

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 宋仁宗朝 · Western Interval: Start: AD 1022 · End: AD 1063
Explicit event contextual date · qingshigao:286:s0048
Source Date: Text: 宋臣包拯 · Western Year: AD 1050
Explicit event contextual date · qingshigao:445:s0209

References in the histories

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Draft History of Qing, Chapter 286Volume 286 Biographies 73: Wang Shan, Lao Zhibian, Zhu Tianbao, Tao Yi · 1 passage

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掞就宮門階石上裂紙，以唾濡墨，奏言：「臣伏見宋仁宗為一代賢君，而晚年立儲猶豫，其時名臣如范鎮、包拯等，皆交章切諫，鬚髮為白。 On the palace steps Shan tore paper and wrote with saliva for ink. He said: "I observe that Song Renzong was a sage ruler, yet even he hesitated over the heir in his later years. Ministers such as Fan Zhen and Bao Zheng remonstrated in urgent memorial after memorial until their hair turned white.

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 445Volume 445 Biographies 232: Wu Kedu, Zhu Yixin, Tu Keshou, An Weijun, Wen Ti, Jiang Chunlin · 1 passage

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明年，又劾江西巡撫馮汝騤謾欺狀，效宋臣包拯七上彈章，末復言：「是非不明，請將前後章奏明詔宣示，敕部平議。」 The next year he again impeached Feng Rukui, governor of Jiangxi, for deceit, following the Song official Bao Zheng in seven successive impeachments; at the end he again said: "Right and wrong are unclear; I beg that the earlier and later memorials be proclaimed by clear edict and the ministry ordered to judge fairly."