Cài Jīng de zì xiě de hěn hǎo, kěshì míngshēng hěn huài.
Cai Jing's calligraphy was very fine, but his reputation was very bad.
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history
He headed the government four times under 宋徽宗. In 1125 students in the capital named him first among the 'Six Traitors' they blamed for the crisis before the fall of the Northern Song, and after the emperor gave up the throne he was banished and died on the way south in 1126.
culture
In 《水浒传》 he is a villain at court, and the birthday gifts the outlaws famously seize, the 生辰纲, were being sent to him by his son-in-law. One tradition says the 蔡 in 苏黄米蔡, the four great Song calligraphers, first meant him, before 蔡襄 took his place.
