The Legend of Bao Gong (Volume 1 and 2)

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Publish Date: 2005-10-01
Features: Bao Gong was a very famous official during the Northern Song Dynasty in China. He was intelligent and eager to learn from a young age and passed the imperial examination as a jinshi during the Tiansheng era. After becoming an official, he was not afraid of powerful figures, was incorruptible and upright, and enforced the law strictly. With his extraordinary wisdom, he solved many difficult cases and was highly appreciated by Emperor Renzong. After being promoted from county magistrate to Censor-in-Chief, Bao Gong often received imperial orders to inspect various regions, punishing many corrupt officials and handling countless complex cases. The common people called him "Bao Qingtian," while corrupt officials, local tyrants, and thieves feared him. Later, Emperor Renzong enfeoffed Bao Gong as a Direct Scholar of the Dragon Pool Pavilion and promoted him to Vice Director of the Military Secretariat. Stories of Bao Gong's legal judgments and cases have been widely circulated in China for thousands of years. Many novels and operas take his stories as themes, praising upright officials and punishing evil people, encouraging those in office to learn from Bao Gong and become humble, selfless, and renowned officials who are remembered through the ages.