Ding Wei (丁謂) | |
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| grand councilor of the Song dynasty | |
| In office August 12, 1020 – July 26, 1022[1] | |
| Monarchs | Emperor Zhenzong, Emperor Renzong |
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| Born | 966 or January 967[2] Sū Prefecture, Wuyue |
| Died | June 1037 (aged 70–71)[3] Guāng Prefecture, Song dynasty |
| Spouse | Lady Dou (竇) |
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| Traditional Chinese | 丁謂 | ||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 丁谓 | ||||||||
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| Ding Gongyan | |||||||||
| Chinese | 丁公言 | ||||||||
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Ding Wei (c. 966 – June 1037), courtesy name Gongyan,[4] was a Song dynasty chancellor, who dominated the courts during Emperor Zhenzong's later reign and Emperor Renzong's early reign.
Ding Wei's opponent Wang Zeng (王曾) claimed that Ding was considered one of the "Five Devils", along with Wang Qinruo, Lin Te (林特), Chen Pengnian (陳彭年) and Liu Chenggui (劉承珪), a group of high-ranking ministers unpopular at the time. In the centuries to follow, Ding Wei has almost always been portrayed as a treacherous minister in popular fiction.