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Ding Wei

Type Figure Region China Time 966–1037 Also known as Ding Gongyan、Ding Weizhi、Duke of Jin

Ding Wei (966–1037), courtesy name Weizhi, later changed to Gongyan, of Changzhou, Suzhou, was a chancellor and man of letters of the Northern Song.…

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  1. 1012–1016Suzhou · Suzhou CityIn the fifth year of the Dazhong Xiangfu era Ding Wei was promoted to vice commissioner, concurrently serving as commissioner for building the Yuqing Zhaoying Palace, supervising seven years of construction until completion; in September 1016 he was granted a military commissionership in his home town of Suzhou, with Emperor Zhenzong bestowing a poem in his honor, a great distinction at the time.
  2. 1019–1020Eastern Capital, Kaifeng · Kaifeng CityIn the third year of the Tianxi era, as Minister of Personnel, he was restored as vice chancellor, soon appointed commissioner of the Bureau of Military Affairs and chief councilor, concurrently supervising the national histories and the Yuqing Zhaoying Palace; in the fourth year of Tianxi he used the Zhou Huaizheng affair to oust Kou Zhun, prompting court comment that 'to bring peace to the realm, one must remove the Ding before one's eyes.'
  3. 1020–1022Eastern Capital, Kaifeng · Kaifeng CityIn the fourth year of Tianxi he was created Duke of Jin and dominated court politics; in the first year of Qianxing he served as commissioner for the imperial mausoleum, implicated in Lei Yungong's unauthorized alteration of the imperial tomb. After Emperor Zhenzong's death he briefly altered the edict to blame Kou Zhun, but was ultimately dismissed by Empress Dowager Liu.

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