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Li Bing
Statesman and lyricist of the Song transition from Rencheng in Jizhou, a jinshi of 1106 who became participant in governing affairs under Gaozong.
In a council hall, a long table holds an unrolled map scroll, a brass-cornered chest and a brush pot, with tall-backed chairs around it and a bronze lamp at the left; a figure stands with their back turned on the balcony at the right, with palace roofs beyond.
Also known as Zi Hanlao · Hao Longkan Jushi · Posthumous name Wenmin
Li Bing, courtesy name Hanlao and sobriquet Longkan Jushi, came from Rencheng in Jizhou (modern Jining, Shandong) and was born in 1085. He passed the jinshi in 1106 and rose to Hanlin academician. After Emperor Gaozong took the throne he served as vice minister of war, academician of the Duanming Hall, vice director of the Bureau of Military Affairs, left assistant of the Department of State Affairs and finally participant in governing affairs. He died in 1146, with the posthumous name Wenmin, later changed to Wensu. His Caotang Ji ran to over a hundred fascicles, and his lyric to Han Gong Chun is in the Songci Sanbaishou.
Life and times
Dates 1085 CE–1146 CE