About the author of Shu Duanzhou County Zhaibi

Bao Zheng (999-1062) was a native of Hefei, Luzhou (now part of Anhui) during the Song Dynasty. His courtesy name was Xiren. Jinshi of Tiansheng Dynasty. Lei Qian supervises the censor and recommends training troops, selecting generals, and replenishing border supplies. He was sent back to Khitan as an envoy, and served successively as the judge of the household department of the third division and the transshipment envoy of Jingdong, Shaanxi and Hebei roads. He entered the court and served as the deputy envoy of the Third Department of Household Affairs, requesting the court's permission to release salt and trade. He changed his knowledge to the Remonstrance Court and repeatedly discussed the impeachment of powerful ministers. He was awarded the direct bachelor degree of Longtuge and the transfer envoy of the capital of Hebei Province. He was transferred to Ying and Yangzhou states, and then summoned to the court. He had the power to know the Kaifeng Prefecture, the censor Zhongcheng, and the third division envoy. In the sixth year of Jiayu's reign (1061), he was appointed deputy envoy to the Privy Council. He later died in the throne and was given the posthumous title "Xiaosu". As an official, Bao Zheng was famous for his wisdom and uprightness in breaking prison sentences. When he knew Luzhou, he did not avoid being pro-party in enforcing the law.