Song Jing

In this Chinese name, the family name is Song.

Song Jing (Chinese: 宋璟; 663 – November 21, 737), posthumous name Duke Wenzhen of Guangping (廣平文貞公), was a Chinese politician of the Tang dynasty and Wu Zhou dynasty, serving as the chancellor during the reigns of Emperor Ruizong and Emperor Xuanzong. He was praised by historians for his insistence on being morally upright, and for being a just administrator of the law during his time as Emperor Xuanzong's senior chancellor.

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