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Portrait of Bao Zheng (998-1061)
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包拯

Bāo Zhěng
proper noun

Meanings

  1. 1 Bao Zheng, Northern Song official famed for his honesty and fair judgments

About Bao Zheng

999–1062 · 政治家 politician

Northern Song official who governed the capital 开封 and became the model of the honest, fearless judge. In opera and on TV he is 包青天, with a black face and a crescent moon on his forehead.

Also called  包公、 包青天、 孝肃、 希仁、 包龙图

Examples

HSK 6
包拯是北宋有名的清官。
Bāo Zhěng shì Běisòng yǒumíng de qīngguān.
Bao Zheng was a famous honest official of the Northern Song.
HSK 7-9
老百姓尊称包拯为“包青天”。
Lǎobǎixìng zūnchēng Bāo Zhěng wéi " Bāo Qīngtiān ".
Ordinary people honored Bao Zheng with the name 'Bao Qingtian', Bao of the clear sky.

Tips

culture
In the opera 《铡美案》, also called 《铡驸马》, he has the emperor's son-in-law 陈世美 executed, and 陈世美 is still the byword for a heartless, faithless man.
history
The real Bao Zheng came from Hefei. A folk saying ran 关节不到，有阎罗包老: 'no strings to pull here, Old Bao is the King of Hell'. An honorary title at the Longtu Pavilion gave him the nickname 包龙图.

Stroke Order

包 bāo
拯 zhěng