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Zong Ze

Type Figure Region Northern Song Time 1059–1128 Also known as Zong Rulin、Zhongjian

Zong Ze (1059–1128), courtesy name Rulin, from Yiwu, Wuzhou, was a famous anti-Jin general of the late Northern Song and early Southern Song.

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  1. 1103–1106Jiaoshui County · Laizhou, Jingdong East CircuitIn the second year of Chongning he was transferred to be magistrate of Jiaoshui County, Laizhou, where he promoted education, governed the people, and rectified officialdom, praised by the populace and continuing his tradition of 'serving as an official for a term, benefiting a region.'
  2. 1109–1110Zhaocheng County · Jinzhou, Hedong CircuitIn the third year of Daguan he was transferred to be magistrate of Zhaocheng County, Jinzhou, continuing to promote moral education and rectify public order; though of low rank and never promoted by the central government, he accumulated over twenty years of local administrative achievement, laying the foundation for his later defense of the land against the Jin.
  3. 1101–1102Longyou County · Quzhou, Liangzhe CircuitPreviously he served successively as magistrate of Longyou, Quzhou, where the people did not know learning; Zong Ze founded schools, appointed teachers, and expounded the classics, transforming local customs, with successive examination successes; the histories say 'he was famed for good governance wherever he served,' and in the early Chongning era he was transferred to Jiaoshui.

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