Ministers › Chief Ministers
Liu Bingzhong
Founding chancellor of the Yuan Dynasty who designed the imperial capitals (Daidu and Shangdu) and shaped the provincial administrative system.
Mural of the event “Establishment of Dadu”, which this person took part in.
After Kublai won the great khan throne, he deeply knew that to firmly rule the vast Central Plains Han lands, he must throw off the opposition of the steppe old aristocracy and move the regime's central axis toward the agricultural civilization core block to reorganize.
Also known as Zi Zhonghui · Cong Shuji · Grand Guardian Liu Bingzhong
Liu Bingzhong (1216 CE–1274 CE) was Kublai Khan's foremost advisor. He coined the dynastic title 'Da Yuan', planned the spatial layout of Beijing (Daidu), and structured the provincial (Xingsheng) governing apparatus.
Life and times
Dates 1216 CE–1274 CE
- c. 1256Liu Bingzhong Builds Kaiping Prefectureage 40
- 1260Creation of the Provincial SystemTook partage 44
- 1260Kublai Proclaims the Great Yuanage 44
- 1271Establishment of DaduTook partage 55