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Throughout Chinese dynasties, there have been corrupt officials and even more honest officials. Now some of the top ten upright officials are listed here for everyone to admire.
1. Ximen Bao, a native of Wei during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. At that time, Ye was an important gateway to the capital of Wei and a strategic location. However, natural and man-made disasters continued, and the people were in dire straits. The King of Wei specially appointed Ximen Bao as the magistrate of Ye County to govern the Ye region. After Ximen Bao arrived in Ye, he paid a private visit incognito and inquired about the sufferings of the people. He used the incident of "He Bo to take a wife" to punish the three elders, court rafters and witches wisely, educate the people with facts and get rid of superstition. At the same time, the twelve canals of the Zhanghe River were built, the floods in the Zhanghe River were controlled, and agricultural production was developed, so that the people of Yedi gradually became rich. Ximen Bao served as an official all his life, he was honest and upright, and benefited the people. After his death, the people of Ye built an ancestral hall for him by the Zhang River to worship him all year round.
2. Zhao Guanghan, courtesy name Zidu, was a native of Liwu County, Zhuojun County during the Western Han Dynasty. He once served as the governor of Jing Zhaoyin, the prefect of Yingchuan County, and the governor of Jing Zhaoyin. The period when he served as the prefect of Yingchuan County was the best stage of Zhao Guanghan's early governance. He was not afraid of power and was shrewd and capable. In the first few months after taking office, he did two major things: First, he attacked the power of wealthy families and eased the social conflicts; the second is to strengthen local management and change local bad habits. His reputation spread from this, and in the biography of "Hanshu", it is said that he is good at handling government affairs as his nature. When Zhao Guanghan served as Jing Zhaoyin, he showed a high sense of responsibility and often stayed up all night to handle various official duties. And he is good at thinking and pays attention to efficiency. During his governance, the politics of the Jingzhao area was clear and clear, and officials and people alike praised him. However, Jing Zhaoyin's duty is to manage the capital. Because he is under the emperor's feet, daily handling of government affairs can easily offend the emperor's relatives and the dignitaries of the dynasty. Therefore, although Zhao Guanghan can be regarded as one of the best administrators in the capital, he still ends up being The fate of being cut in half. During Zhao Guanghan's tenure as Jing Zhaoyin, he was an upright, honest, and powerful official, and was highly praised by the people.
3. Huang Ba (? - 51 BC), courtesy name Cigong, was born in Yangxia, Huaiyang (now Taikang, Henan) during the Western Han Dynasty. Historian Ban Gu commented: "Since the founding of the Han Dynasty, Huang Ba was the first official to govern the people." When Huang Ba was still young, he set his ambition to be a good official. Since there was no imperial examination system in the Han Dynasty, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty issued an edict in order to alleviate financial difficulties. Anyone who contributed property to the country would be an official. Huang Ba exchanged grain for a soldier. After entering politics, he abides by the law and is based on integrity; he understands the sentiments of the people and focuses on encouraging farmers and mulberry farmers. In particular, Huang Ba advocated benevolent government and opposed torture; he insisted on lenient treatment of suspicious cases; he advocated leniency on the outside and transparency on the inside, education first, and focusing on prevention in the bud. Therefore, Huang Ba was an official and the people Support, the court is satisfied, and the subordinates are pleased. As a result, Huang Ba rose from a minor official with a salary of two hundred shi a year to the prime minister of the imperial court. Among them, his political achievements as the prefect of Yingchuan County, a large county at that time, were the most outstanding. Previously, Yingchuan County was a place where powerful landlords dominated one area and the people were displaced. After he took office, he took drastic measures, extended kindness, resettled the refugees, paid attention to farming and mulberry trees, and implemented education. After several years of careful management, peace and stability emerged in Yingchuan. In the Qingming Dynasty, officials governed during the Qingming Dynasty, production developed, and there was a peaceful scene of "people giving way to the fields and not picking up relics on the roads". Therefore, the emperor issued an edict praising Huang Ba as the best among good officials.
4. Xu Yougong (?-702), whose real name is Xu Hongmin, was a native of Chang'an in the Tang Dynasty. He was the most famous official in the Tang Dynasty who specialized in investigating cases. In ancient times, most official positions were mixed with administrative and judicial positions. Only in the imperial court were there dedicated trial officers, but their status in the bureaucracy was extremely low and it was difficult to achieve anything. Although Xu Yougong has served as a full-time trial officer for a long time, he is well-known in history for his courage to strictly abide by the law, speak out directly when guilty, enforce justice and redress hundreds of unjust cases, and save more than 10,000 lives. Xu Yougong successively held the posts of Puzhou Judicial Joining Army, Si Xing Cheng of Si Xing Temple (i.e. Dali Temple), Yuan Wai Lang of Qiuguan (i.e. Ministry of Punishment), and Si Xing Shao Qing of Lang Zhong Shi Yu Shi. When Xu Yougong became an official, it was during the Wu Zhou period. Empress Wu was causing chaos at the top and ruthless officials were snaring the officials below. It was not easy to enforce the law and maintain justice. Because Xu Yougong has prosecuted six to seven hundred major cases and saved tens of thousands of lives, he inevitably offended cruel officials and traitorous ministers, and was frequently impeached and put on trial. However, in the end, no evidence was found that he was embezzling or bending the law for personal gain. He was charged with capital crimes three times, pardoned three times, dismissed from office twice and came back twice. Despite this, he remained determined, never flattered, and was committed to enforcing the law and upholding justice. It is precisely because of this that Xu Youfeng became a rare full-time "judge" with a long-lasting name in history, and was praised by people at the time as a good official "unprecedented since ancient times".
5. Di Renjie (AD 607-700), courtesy name Huaiying, was born in Taiyuan, Bingzhou (now southwest of Taiyuan City, Shanxi Province) in the Tang Dynasty. He took the Ming Jing Ke examination (one of the subjects in the imperial examination system of the Tang Dynasty), and thus Entering official career. After entering politics, he experienced two eras: Tang Gaozong and Wu Zetian. He was first appointed as the Facao of the Governor's Office of Bingzhou, then as the Dali Cheng, and then as the Shiyushi. He successively served as the governor of Ningzhou and Yuzhou, and the local official and minister. As an official, Di Renjie, as Lao Tzu said, "The saint has an impermanent heart and takes the people's heart as his heart." In order to save the innocent, he dared to go against the will of the monarch. He always maintained his true nature of caring for the people and not fearing the power. He always stayed at the top of the court and acted with dignity. The people were worried, and later generations called him "the mainstay of the Tang Dynasty".
He was appointed as Dali Cheng in charge of criminal law. Within one year of taking office, he handled more than 17,000 cases left by his predecessor. No one of them appealed for justice. This is evident in his fairness. Later generations compiled many wonderful legends based on this. , even someone in the Netherlands compiled a book "The Legend of Di Renjie's Judgment of the Case of the Tang Dynasty" based on this theme.
6. Chen Xiliang, courtesy name Gongbi, was a native of Qingshen, Meizhou (now part of Sichuan) during the Northern Song Dynasty, and was originally from Jingzhao (now Xi'an City, Shaanxi Province). He has been an official for more than 30 years since he was a Jinshi. He has served as a county magistrate, a prefecture magistrate, a magistrate, a transfer history official, and other local officials. He also served in the capital Kaifeng Prefecture and the imperial court. Whether he was an official in the local area or in the capital, Chen Xiliang hated evil as much as his enemies. He advances and retreats based on his personal fortunes, praises the common people, and makes the princes and nobles afraid. He later died of overwork at the age of 64. The famous writer Su Shi claimed that he would never write a tombstone for anyone in his life, but he admired Chen Xiliang's character very much and was worried that Chen Xiliang's deeds would be lost to future generations, so he made an exception and wrote "The Biography of Chen Gongbi".
7. Bao Zheng (AD 999-1062), courtesy name Xiren, was born in Hefei, Luzhou (now Hefei, Anhui). He was the most famous upright official in history. Since he was a teenager, he has been determined to contribute to the country and be "loyal to the death and righteous". Bao Zheng started his official career as a county magistrate, and later served as magistrate, transfer envoy and other local chief executives; he served as supervisory censor and other supervisory ministers, deputy secretary of the Ministry of Household and other senior officials in charge of national finance, capital deployment and other important military positions; he also served as a diplomatic envoy He was sent as an envoy to Liao State; the most famous one was that he served as the direct bachelor of Tianzhang Pavilion and Longtuge, so later generations called him Bao Daizhi, Bao Longtu and Bao Xueshi. Although he served as the prefect of Kaifeng for only more than a year, after his death, the people of Kaifeng built a Bao Gong Temple next to the Kaifeng Prefecture to commemorate and worship him. Bao Zheng was honest and simple throughout his life, never paying attention to ostentation. Even when he became a high official, he still dressed in the same clothes as when he was a commoner. He hated corruption deeply. In his memorial to Renzong, "Begging for Officials Without Stolen Money," he said, "Integrity is the model of the people; Those who are greedy are thieves of the people." He was strict with himself throughout his life and practiced it. He served as magistrate of Duanzhou, rectified government affairs, and combated corruption. He was very popular among the people. When he left office, he politely declined a fine inkstone made by the local government. , "Return without holding an inkstone"; he was selfless throughout his life, did not avoid the powerful, and enforced the law like a mountain. We will always strongly advocate for justice to be brought to justice for the illegal acts committed by the emperor's relatives, eunuchs and dignitaries. Vigorously redressing injustice is the main content that Bao Zheng was deeply praised and praised by the people during his lifetime and after his death.
Bao Zheng enjoyed a high reputation at that time and in later generations. Especially after his death, as a typical image of an upright official, he was exaggerated by literary and artistic works of different genres, giving him a magical color. With the progress of international cultural exchanges, Bao Zheng, a historical figure and artistic image, has also won world reputation. Although there is a huge difference between the image of Bao Zheng in historical materials and the image in artistic works, Bao Zheng's life was not only appreciated by the highest feudal rulers, but also supported and loved by the lower class people who were in dire straits. As an upright official, he was indeed very typical. of.
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