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Qingli New Policies

Type Event Region China Time 1043–1045

A political reform led by Fan Zhongyan, Fu Bi, and others during the Qingli era (1043–1045) of Northern Song Emperor Renzong, halted after about a ye…

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  1. 1043Bianjing (Kaifeng Prefecture) · Kaifeng PrefectureIn 1043 Fan Zhongyan was appointed chancellor and submitted the Memorial on Ten Matters in Response to the Imperial Edict, proposing ten reforms: clarifying promotions and demotions, curbing favoritism, refining the examinations, selecting capable officials, equalizing public fields, enriching agriculture and sericulture, repairing military preparedness, reducing corvée labor, extending benevolence, and enforcing commands. Emperor Renzong adopted them and began implementation.
  2. 1043–1044Bianjing (Kaifeng Prefecture) · Kaifeng PrefectureBetween 1043 and 1044, Fu Bi, Han Qi, Ouyang Xiu, Yin Zhu, and others participated in the New Policies, rectifying the censorate, reforming the examinations, adjusting official posts, and strengthening frontier defense. The reforms touched vested interests, and conservative forces at court gradually resisted.
  3. 1045Bianjing (Kaifeng Prefecture) · Kaifeng PrefectureIn 1045, due to conservative attacks alleging 'factionalism,' frontier defense pressures, and Emperor Renzong's wavering, Fan Zhongyan and Fu Bi were successively dismissed as chancellors and sent to provincial posts; the Qingli New Policies were declared a failure and most measures were repealed.

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