Pang Ji (Song dynasty)

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Pang Ji
Born988
Family name: Páng ()
Given name: Jí ()
Courtesy name: Chúnzhī ()
Posthumous name: Zhuāngmǐn (
)
OccupationPolitician

Pang Ji (

chancellor from 1051 to 1053 during Emperor Renzong
's reign.

Biography

After passing the

chancellor
in 1051.

In 1053, a minor official Huangfu Yuan (皇甫淵) from Qizhou (in today's

chancellor position and sent to posts away from the capital. In 1060 Emperor Renzong summoned him back to Kaifeng
but at the age of 72, he was too old to take any position.

Legends

In

Guifei (龐貴妃), whom he depends on for power. His son Pang Yu (龐昱), the Marquis of Anle (安樂侯), was executed by Bao Zheng in Chenzhou (in today's Zhoukou) for kidnapping and embezzlement
.

These deeds were historically tied with another contemporary official,

Zhang Yaozuo (張堯佐), who was a corrupt consort kin with his fraternal niece Consort Zhang being Renzong's
concubine.

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