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Cai Bian

Type Figure Region China Time 1047–1117 Also known as Yuandu、Wenzheng

Cai Bian, courtesy name Yuandu, of Xianyou, Fujian, was a Northern Song chancellor and calligrapher, brother of Cai Jing and son-in-law of Wang Anshi…

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  1. 1111–1117Kaifeng · KaifengDuring Huizong's Zhenghe era, Cai Bian held honorary titles such as Grand Preceptor and military commissioner of Zhendong Army, but often disagreed with the reigning chancellor Cai Jing and was sidelined for opposing the eunuch Tong Guan. In the seventh year of Zhenghe he took leave to return home to sacrifice at his ancestors' graves and died en route at the age of seventy, with the posthumous name Wenzheng.

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