Chen Dong (Song Dynasty)

Chen Dong (simplified Chinese: 陈东; traditional Chinese: 陳東; pinyin: Chén Dōng; 1086–1127) was a student at 17 year old (1103) on the Imperial University in the capital city of Kaifeng[1] during the Song Dynasty. Ten years later he got a job as scholar on the Imperial academy. Chen Dong stood up against the Song policy and was a leader in 1125 during the rebellion against six corrupt officials. He got a historical stature and has been called the voice of public opinion[2] because the voice of the teachers and students[3] were in agree with the voice of the people and soldiers. Chen Dong got executed[4] in 1127, this was in the time the city fell to the Jurchen people as the Northern Song Dynasty last to 1127. Despite the execution of Chen Dong he got a place in the History of Song (book) (Song shi)[5] A year later he got rehabilitated and in 1134 he got a posthumous honor of minister, given by the Emperor Gaozong of Song.

Chen Dong as depicted in the Wu Shuang Pu (無雙譜, Table of Peerless Heroes) by Jin Guliang

Chen Dong is depicted in the Wu Shuang Pu (無雙譜, Table of Peerless Heroes)[6] by Jin Guliang. The images and poems for this book were widely spread and reused, including on porcelain works.[7]

References
  1. Chu, Ming-Kin (2020). The Politics of Higher Education, The Imperial University in Northern Song China. Hong Kong University Press. pp. 182–217. ISBN 978-988-8528-19-6.
  2. Hartman, Charles (2015). "The Rehabilitation of Chen Dong". Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies. 75: 77–159. doi:10.1353/jas.2015.0013. S2CID 146403785. Published by Harvard–Yenching Institute Hartman, Charles; Li, Cho-Ying (2015). "Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies". 75 (1): 77–159. doi:10.1353/jas.2015.0013. S2CID 146403785. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  3. Weerdt, Hilde (2014). "Reinventing Chinese political history": 10. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help) Leiden University
  4. Buckley, Patricia (2016). State Power in China, 900-1325. University of Washington Press. p. 71.
  5. Weerdt, Hilde (2018). "Politics, c.1000-1500, Meditation and Communication". Past & Present. 238: 261–296. doi:10.1093/pastj/gty034.
  6. "Wushuang Pu". St John's College, Cambridge. Archived from the original on 2021-06-04. Retrieved June 7, 2021.
  7. Wu, Yi-Li (2008-01-01). "The Gendered Medical Iconography of the Golden Mirror (Yuzuan yizong jinjian , 1742)". Asian Medicine. 4 (2): 452–491. doi:10.1163/157342009X12526658783736. ISSN 1573-420X.
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