Bao Zheng

Bao Zheng

Bao Zheng (包拯; Bāo Zhěng; 5 March 999 – 3 July 1062), commonly known as Bao Gong (包公; Bāo Gōng; 'Lord Bao'), was a Chinese politician during the reign of Emperor Renzong in China's Song Dynasty. During his twenty-five years in civil service, Bao consistently demonstrated extreme honesty and uprightness, with actions such as sentencing his own uncle, impeaching an uncle of Emperor Renzong's favourite concubine and punishing powerful families. His appointment from 1057 to 1058 as the prefect of Song's capital Kaifeng, where he initiated a number of changes to better hear the grievances of the people, made him a legendary figure. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bao Zheng has received more than 525,901 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Bao Zheng is the 1,632nd most popular politician (up from 1,663rd in 2019), the 118th most popular biography from China (up from 125th in 2019) and the 76th most popular Chinese Politician.

Bao zheng is most famous for being a type of Chinese medicine that is used to treat headaches.