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Cai Jing

Type Figure Region China Time 1047–1126 Also known as Yuanchang、Cai Yuanchang

Cai Jing (1047–1126), courtesy name Yuanchang, of Xianyou, Fujian, was a powerful Northern Song official who served as chancellor four times, formed …

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  1. 1094–1100Kaifeng · Kaifeng PrefectureAfter Zhezong began personal rule, Cai Jing and Zhang Dun advocated posthumous demotion of Sima Guang, Su Shi, and other Yuanyou partisans, and took part in engraving the Veritable Records of Shenzong to settle disputes; their power grew during the Shaosheng and Yuanfu eras.
  2. 1102–1125Kaifeng · Kaifeng PrefectureAppointed chancellor in the first year of Chongning under Huizong; erected steles of partisans, proscribed the old Yuanyou faction, reformed the salt, tea, and square-field laws, and formed a clique with Tong Guan and Wang Fu, repeatedly dismissed and recalled during Daguan and Zhenghe.

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