Song, Liao, and Jin · Former Chief Minister

Zeng Gongliang 曾公亮

Attested AD 1059 - AD 1118

Passages: 11
Chapters: 4
Histories: 1

Overview

Zeng Gongliang was a Former Chief Minister.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 1069 冬十月丙申
Dated from the passage context · History of Song 14, passages 230-231
AD 1059 嘉祐四年十月
Dated from the passage context · History of Song 107, passage 17
AD 1111 to AD 1118 政和
Dated from the passage context · History of Song 120, passages 153-154
AD 1067 治平四年正月戊辰
Directly stated · History of Song 14, passage 27
AD 1069 熙寧二年
Dated from the passage context · History of Song 14, passage 189
AD 1069 熙寧二年
Directly stated · History of Song 110, passage 123

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AD 1068 熙寧元年
Dated from the passage context · History of Song 14, passage 104
AD 1068 熙寧元年
Directly stated · History of Song 110, passage 35

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Career and standing

Co-Director of the Secretariat-Chancellery 同中書門下平章事
AD 1069 冬十月 · Appointed
Directly stated · History of Song 14, passage 231
left vice director 尚書左僕射
Appointed
Directly stated · History of Song 14, passage 277
Master of Bridge Roads and Relay Arrangements 橋道頓遞使
Appointed
Directly stated · History of Song 107, passage 17
Acting Grand Commandant 攝太尉
Held
Directly stated · History of Song 110, passage 123
Chief Minister 宰臣
Held
Directly stated · History of Song 110, passage 35
Commissioner of the Jixi Abbey 集禧觀使
Held
Directly stated · History of Song 120, passage 154

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Minister of Works 司空
Held
Directly stated · History of Song 120, passage 154
Vice Grand Councilor 參知政事
Held
Directly stated · History of Song 107, passage 17
Duke of Ying 英國公
Advanced
Directly stated · History of Song 14, passage 27
Held
Former chief minister
Directly stated · History of Song 120, passage 154

Places and affiliations

Polity Song 宋 · Relation Served
Directly stated · History of Song 14, passage 231
Polity Song 宋 · Relation Served
Strongly inferred · History of Song 120, passage 154

Works and attributed material

Veritable Records of Yingzong 英宗實錄
Relation Compiler
Directly stated · History of Song 14, passage 212

Events and relationships

Requested honorific title
AD 1068 熙寧元年 · Political · Petitioner · With Emperor Shenzong of Song (神宗)
Directly stated · History of Song 110, passage 35
Submitted guilt memorial over drought; refused
Political · Petitioner
Directly stated · History of Song 14, passage 189
Relation Colleague of · Person Chen Shengzhi (陳升之)
Directly stated · History of Song 14, passage 231

References in the histories

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History

11 passages

History of Song, Chapter 14Volume 14 Annals 14: Shenzong 1 · 7 passages

戊辰，以韓琦守司空兼侍中，曾公亮行門下侍郎兼吏部尚書、進封英國公，文彥博行尚書左僕射、檢校司徒兼中書令，富弼改武甯軍節度使、進封鄭國公，曹佾改昭慶軍節度使、檢校太傅，張昪改河陽三城節度使，宗諤同中書門下平章事，改集慶軍節度使、檢校尚書左僕射，歐陽修、趙槩並加尚書左丞，仍參知政事，陳升之爲戶部侍郎，呂公弼爲刑部侍郎，允弼、允良並加守太保，弟東陽郡王顥進封昌王，鄠國公頵進封樂安郡王。 On wuchen the cabinet was reshaped: Han Qi, Zeng Gongliang, Wen Yanbo, Fu Bi, Cao Yi, Zhang Sheng, Zongnu, Ouyang Xiu, Zhao Gai, Chen Shengzhi, Lü Gongbi, and the princes received new ranks and posts.

壬寅，以曾公亮爲尚書左僕射，文彥博爲司空。 On renyin, Zeng Gongliang became left vice director and Wen Yanbo minister of works.

丁亥，命宰臣曾公亮等極言闕失。 On dinghai, Zeng Gongliang's cabinet was commanded to name every fault.

戊申，宰臣富弼、曾公亮以旱上表待罪，詔不允。 On wushen, Fu Bi and Zeng Gongliang offered resignations over drought; refused.

癸丑，命曾公亮爲西京奏安仁宗、英宗御容禮儀使。 On guichou, Zeng Gongliang oversaw Western Capital portrait rites.

己丑，韓琦上《仁宗實錄》，曾公亮上《英宗實錄》。 On jichou, Renzong's and Yingzong's Veritable Records were submitted.

曾公亮、陳升之並同中書門下平章事。 Zeng Gongliang and Chen Shengzhi became co-chancellors.

History of Song, Chapter 107Volume 107 Treatises 60: Rites 10 · 1 passage

嘉祐四年十月，仁宗親詣太廟行祫享禮，以宰臣富弼為祫享大禮使，韓琦為禮儀使，樞密使宋庠為儀仗使，參知政事曾公亮為橋道頓遞使，樞密副使程戡為鹵簿使。 In the tenth month of the fourth year of Jiayou, Emperor Renzong went in person to the Imperial Ancestral Temple to perform the xiá merging sacrifice. Chief Councilor Fu Bi served as Grandee of the Xiá Rite; Han Qi as Master of Ceremonies; Privy Council Commissioner Song Xiang as Master of Insignia; Vice Grand Councilor Zeng Gongliang as Master of Bridge Roads and Relay Arrangements; and Vice Privy Council Commissioner Cheng Kan as Master of the Imperial Guard.

History of Song, Chapter 110Volume 110 Treatises 63: Rites 13 · 2 passages

熙寧元年，宰臣曾公亮等上表請加尊號，詔不允。 In Xining 1, 1068, Chief Minister Zeng Gongliang and others submitted a memorial requesting an additional honorific title; an edict refused.

熙寧二年，神宗尊皇太后曹氏為太皇太后，詣文德殿跪奉玉冊授攝太尉曾公亮、金寶授攝司徒韓絳，又跪奉皇太后高氏玉冊授攝太尉文彥博、金寶授攝司徒趙抃，禮畢，百官稱賀。 In Xining 2, 1069, Shenzong honored Empress Dowager Cao as grand empress dowager. At Wende Hall he knelt and presented the jade patent to Acting Grand Commandant Zeng Gongliang and the gold seal to Acting Minister over the Masses Han Jiang. He knelt again and presented the jade patent of Empress Dowager Gao to Acting Grand Commandant Wen Yanbo and the gold seal to Acting Minister over the Masses Zhao Bian. When the rites were complete, all officials offered congratulations.

History of Song, Chapter 120Volume 120 Treatises 73: Rites 23 · 1 passage

其宰相罷政，韓琦以司徒、節度判相州，曾公亮以司空、節度為集禧觀使，王安石以觀文殿大學士、吏部尚書知江甯府。 When chief ministers left office: Han Qi served as Situ and military commissioner judging Xiangzhou; Zeng Gongliang as Minister of Works and military commissioner serving as commissioner of the Jixi Abbey; Wang Anshi as Grand Academician of the Hall for Observing Culture, Director of Personnel, and Jiangning prefect.