Li Gang

Timeline

1. 1112–1115Kaifeng · KaifengLi Gang passed the jinshi examination in the second year of Zhenghe; within a few years he rose to censor and acting palace censor, famed for criticizing court failings. Later his outspokenness offended powerful men, and he was removed from the remonstrance post, reassigned as vice director of the Bureau of Review, then promoted to court attendant of the Historiography Academy.
2. 1119–1120Shaxian · ShaxianIn the first year of Xuanhe the capital suffered a great flood; Li Gang memorialized about banditry and foreign threats, setting out six proposals including halting the flower-and-stone transport, storing grain and wealth, and strengthening defense. Huizong deemed his arguments improper and in the sixth month demoted him to tax supervisor at Shaxian in Nanjian Prefecture, plunging his career into a low ebb.