Overview
Song Jing was an official and Statesman.
Life and dates
Attested activity
- AD 710 to AD 713 依太平時Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 123, passages 139-140
- AD 685 to AD 700 垂拱以來Directly stated · New Book of Tang 56, passage 173
- AD 713 to AD 720 宋璟Directly stated · New Book of Tang 121, passage 196
- AD 705 to AD 710 武三思封戶在貝州，屬大水，刺史宋璟議免其租，巨源以為蠶桑可輸，繇是河朔人多流徙者。Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 123, passage 211
- AD 713 to AD 716 開元初Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 54, passages 140-142
- AD 710 韋氏敗後Directly stated · New Book of Tang 45, passage 139
Key source chapters
- New Book of Tang, Chapter 123 Volume 123 Biographies 48: Li, Xiao, Lu, Wei, Zhao, He 3 passages
- New Book of Tang, Chapter 45 Volume 45 Treatises 40: Selecting and Appointing Officials 2 2 passages
- New Book of Tang, Chapter 54 Volume 54 Treatises 50: Finance and Economics 3 2 passages
- New Book of Tang, Chapter 56 Volume 56 Treatises 52: Punishment and Law 1 passage
- New Book of Tang, Chapter 121 Volume 121 Biographies 46: Liu, Zhong, Cui, and the Two Kings 1 passage
Career and standing
- Chancellor 宰相AD 713 to AD 716 開元初 · HeldDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 54, passage 140
- Minister of Personnel 吏部尚書HeldDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 45, passage 139
- Prefect 刺史Held · At Bei Prefecture 貝州Directly stated · New Book of Tang 123, passage 211
- DismissedDismissalDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 45, passage 142
Places and affiliations
- Tang 唐Relation ServedStrongly inferred · New Book of Tang 45, passage 139
- Polity Tang 唐 · Relation ServedDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 54, passage 140; New Book of Tang 123, passage 211
Works and attributed material
- Requested ban on debased coinMemorial · AuthorDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 54, passage 140
- Requested grain purchase of debased coinMemorial · AuthorDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 54, passage 142
- Speech · Speaker · Speaker Song Jing (宋璟) · With Xiao Zhizhong (蕭至忠)Directly stated · New Book of Tang 123, passage 140
Events and relationships
- Abolished slanted seal officialsAdministrative · ReformerDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 45, passage 139
- Petitioned against debased coinAD 713 to AD 716 開元初 · Fiscal · ChancellorDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 54, passages 140, 142
- Proposed rent remission after floodDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 123, passage 211
Source notes
- Historicity historicalDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 45, passage 139; New Book of Tang 56, passage 173
References in the histories
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