Yuan · Official and Scholar

Song Ben 宋本

Sòng Běn

Born c. AD 1282

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Song Ben was an official and Scholar.

PeriodYuan
IdentityHistorical · Male

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Courtesy name Chengfu 誠夫 Chéngfū

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History of Yuan, Chapter 182Volume 182 Biographies 69: Zhang Qiyan, ŌUyang Xuan, Xu Youren, Song Ben, Xie Duan · 11 passages
國製,範黃金為太廟神主,仁宗室盜竟竊去,本言:「在法,民間失盜,捕之違期不獲猶治罪,太常失典守,及在京應捕官,皆當罷去。」 By national institution, spirit tablets for the ancestral temple were cast in pure gold, yet the tablet from Renzong's chamber was actually stolen. Ben said: "By law, when common people lose goods to theft, failure to capture the thief within the deadline still incurs punishment. The Court of Imperial Sacrifices failed in custodial duty, and the Beijing arrest officers all ought to be dismissed."
本適與議,本復抗言:「鐵失餘黨未誅,仁廟神主盜未得,桓州盜未治,硃甲冤未伸,刑政失度,民憤天怨,災異之見,職此之由。」 Ben happened to be present at the deliberation and again spoke out forcefully: "Tieshi's remaining clique has not been executed, the thief of Renzong's spirit tablet has not been captured, the Huanzhou bandits have not been punished, Zhu's grievance has not been redressed, criminal administration has lost its measure, the people are angry and Heaven is resentful—the appearance of portents and disasters arises from this."
三年冬,烏伯都剌自禁中出,至政事堂,集宰執僚佐,命左司員外郎胡彝以詔稿示本,乃以星孛地震赦天下,仍命中書酬累朝所獻諸物之直,擢用自英廟至今為憲台奪官者。 In winter of the third year Ubaidullah came out from the inner palace to the Hall of Administration, gathered the chancellors and their staff, and ordered left department vice director Hu Yi to show Ben the draft edict. It was to pardon the realm on account of a comet and earthquake, still order the Secretariat to pay the prices of objects presented by successive reigns, and promote those stripped of office by the censorate from Emperor Yingzong's reign to the present.