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Memorial Temple of Lord Bao-Bao Qingtian |
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Memorial Temple of Lord Bao-Bao Qingtian |
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　　 Bao Zheng (999¨C1062) was a much-praised judge from Song China. His job title was the Mayor of the capital city at the time. Because of his renowned fairness, he was popularly glorfied "Blue-Sky Bao" (Chinese: ; pinyin: Bao Qingtian) or "Lord Bao" (Chinese: ; pinyin: Bao Gong). He was also nicknamed "Darkie Bao" (Chinese: ; pinyin: Bao Heizi) by his enemies due to his very dark complexion. (This is more of a myth and glorification.) His courtesy name was Xiren .
He was born into a scholar family in Hefei, Anhui province, where the Memorial Temple of Lord Bao (°ü¹«ìô) is still located near the city centre. It was built in 1066 close to his tomb. At the age of 29, he passed the highest-level imperial exams and became qualified as a Jinshi. He was a magistrate in Bian (Kaifeng), the capital of the Song dynasty.
He is famous for his uncompromising stance against corruption among the government officials at the time. He upheld justice and refused to yield to higher powers including the "royal father-in-law" ( who was also appointed as the Grand Tutor (̫ʦ) and was known as Grand Tutor Pang (Chinese: ; pinyin: Pang taishi) he treated Bao as an enemy.
He had conflicts with other powerful members of the imperial court as well, including the Prime Minister, Song Yang. He had 30 high officials demoted or dismissed for corruption, bribery, or dereliction of duty. He also had Zhang Yaozhuo, uncle of the high-ranked imperial concubine impeached 6 times. In addition, as the imperial censor, he avoided punishment despite having many other contemporary imperial censors punished for minor statements.
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