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Bao Zheng (May 28, 999 - July 3, 1062), the word Xiren, Luzhou Hefei (present-day Feidong, Hefei, Anhui), a Northern Song Dynasty official, known for his cleanliness and justice. In the fifth year of Emperor Renzong's Tian Sheng (1027), he received a bachelor's degree. He was promoted to supervise the imperial censor, and suggested to train and select generals, and enrich the border reserve. He served as a magistrate in the Household Department of the Three Departments, and as a forwarding agent for the eastern part of Beijing, Shaanxi, and Hebei Roads. He joined the court as a deputy envoy of the Household Department of the Three Departments and requested the court to authorize the release of salt for commercial trading. He changed to the court of admonition and impeached the ministers of power and honor for many times. Authorized Longtuge straight Bachelor, Hebei transit ambassador, moved to know Ying, Yang states, and then called to the court, successive right to know the Kaifeng Prefecture, the right to the Imperial Historian, the three Secretaries of Departments, and other positions. In 1061, he was appointed as the Deputy Secretary of the Central Intelligence Bureau. He was appointed as the Deputy Secretary of the Central Intelligence Bureau, known as "Bao to be made", and later became the direct bachelor of Longtu Pavilion, so later also known as "Bao Longtu", and was awarded the title of Secretary of the Ministry of Rites, posthumous title of Xiaosu. He died as a minister of the Ministry of Rites, posthumous name Xiaosu.

Bao Zheng is honest and just, standing firm, not attaching to the power and nobility, iron face and unselfish, and wise and decisive, dare to apply for the people, so there is "Bao Qingtian" and "Bao Gong" of the name, the capital city has a "joints are not, there is the Yama Bao Lao". Yama Bao Lao". Later generations will worship him as a god, that he is the reincarnation of Wenqu Xing, due to the folk image of its black face, also known as "Bao Qingtian", "Bao black charcoal".