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Zhang Dun

Type Figure Region Fujian Time 1035–1105 Also known as Zihou

Northern Song politician and chancellor, a core member of Wang Anshi's New Policies faction.…

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  1. 1057–1077Kaifeng Prefecture · HenanPassed the jinshi examination in the second year of Jiayou, entered the Privy Council during the Xining years, worked with Wang Anshi, and oversaw government affairs related to the Compilation of Regulations of the Three Offices, serving as a key agent in implementing the New Policies.
  2. 1077–1084Huzhou · ZhejiangDue to policy disagreements with Wang Anshi and factional defeat, he was repeatedly demoted during the Yuanfeng and Yuanyou years, exiled to Huzhou, Yongzhou, Shuzhou and other places, far from the central government.
  3. 1085–1093Kaifeng Prefecture · HenanRecalled after Emperor Zhezong began personal rule, he was appointed chancellor in the first year of Shaoshing, oversaw the restoration of the New Policies and the era name change to Shaoshing, posthumously demoted Sima Guang, Su Shi and other old Yuanyou faction members, opening the intensification of late Northern Song factional strife. He actually held court power from 1081–1090.
  4. 1094–1105Dingzhou · HunanAfter Emperor Huizong acceded, he was sidelined by Cai Jing and others, demoted and exiled to Lingnan, dying in a foreign land in his later years at the age of seventy-one.

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