In 1973, Bao Zheng's epitaph was excavated from the Tomb Group of the Bao Family of the Northern Song Dynasty in Hefei, and his lineage was also recorded in his epitaph. According to the "Tomb Inscription of Xiaosu Bao Cemetery" reviewed by Mr. Wu Xinghan, "First married Zhang Shi, died early; continued to marry Dong Shi, Lady Feng Yongkangjun." Zi Qi, Tai Chang Temple Tai Zhu, First Gong Gong. Birthday, five-year-old also..."
From Bao Zheng's epitaph, it can be seen that Bao Zheng's original wife Zhang Shi died early, and Bao Zheng had no children, and Bao Zheng and his wife Dong Shi had a son, named Zhao.
Because of the high position of his father Bao Zheng and the shadow of the family, Bao Qi was given the title of Taizhu of Taichang Temple, "marrying Cui Shi, passing the sentence of Youzhou, and pawning" - "History of Song", that is, when Bao Qi was doing the Youzhou Tongju, he died young (1033-1053), he had a son with Cui's son, Bao Wenfu, and soon after, Bao Wenfu also died unexpectedly, at the age of five.
Judging from these materials, Bao Zheng's only eldest son and eldest grandson at that time died in an accident, and there was also his name of "Bereaved Son Beggar County, Zhiyang Prefecture, Migration Lu Prefecture, and Relocation Department Langzhong." " behavior. It also corresponds to the time of his son's death, the fifth year of the Emperor's death, that is, 1053 AD.
So, since Bao Zheng's eldest son and eldest grandson are dead, is Bao Zheng having no offspring? After all, when the eldest son died, Bao Zheng was already 54 years old.
In fact, in historical records, Bao Zheng and Dong also had two daughters, but both daughters were married, so they were not counted among Bao Zheng's descendants. At this time, it was necessary to mention Bao Qi's wife Cui Shi, who was the granddaughter of Lü Mengzheng, who had been the prime minister of the Three Dynasties, and Bao Qi was also considered to be a door-to-door match, after Bao Qi's death, Bao Zheng and Dong Shi did not want Cui Shi to observe the festival at a young age and advised him to remarry.
Under the influence of the Song Ming Theory of the Northern Song Dynasty, women were encouraged to observe the festival, and cui shi did the same, refusing his mother's request to remarry, and observed the festival for Bao Qi for twenty years.
After experiencing the blows of her husband's son's successive early deaths, Cui Shi kept the festival for her husband and served her in-laws for her husband for life. In addition to his second wife, Dong Shi, Bao Zheng also had a concubine, Sun Shi (one said that Sun Shi was Dong's dowry maid).
In the "History of Song", "Saving his wife, having children in his parents' house, Cui Mi supports his mother, so that he will look at it with caution." "Bao Zheng once drove his concubine out, at that time did not know that she had a child, the concubine gave birth to a child in her parents' house, Cui clan secretly took care of the concubines who were expelled, sent people to send money and clothing to the Sun family, so that the Sun family was careful to raise the fetus.
Sun gave birth to a boy in the second year of Jiayou (1057 AD), and The Cui clan secretly raised the boy in his room, named the eldest sister-in-law, which was actually an adoptive mother, so there was an allusion to the eldest sister-in-law as a mother. It is precisely because of Cui's actions that bao zheng has saved his only son.
On Bao Gong's sixtieth birthday, Cui held the child born to Bao Zheng, and Bao Gong and his wife were overjoyed and named the child Bao Zhen. Therefore, Bao Gong's only son was born to a concubine and was a concubine. Therefore, Bao Zheng has descendants, not that Bao Zheng wants to choose a ya to continue the incense, but because Bao Zheng's eldest son died young, the eldest grandson died early, and only the concubine Sun Clan gave birth to a son for him.
Bao Gong died in the seventh year of Jiayou (999 – July 3, 1062), at the age of sixty-four, and his son Bao Qi was only five years old, and Emperor Renzong of Song made Bao Zhen the Taizhu of Taichang Temple in order to take care of Bao Zheng's descendants.
After Bao Qi became an adult, Cui married Jun Zhangshi of Nanyang County, the daughter of Zhang Tian of Luzhou Zhizhou, for him. However, Zhang Shi unfortunately died early, and did not have children with Bao Qi, and the Cui clan married Bao Qi to the daughter of the prime minister Wen Yanbo, the lord of Penglai County.
Cui shi sent people to find Bao Qi's biological mother Sun Shi, and took Sun Shi back to Bao Qi's side to reunite his mother and son, Cui Shi kept the festival for Bao Qi for twenty years, and raised Bao Zhen in his childhood after Bao Zheng's death, died of illness in 1094 at the age of sixty-two, and was posthumously named yongjia Junjun by Emperor Zhezong of Song, and the edict of commendation was written by su Shi, a great scholar, and included in the Complete Works of Dongpo. Therefore, the privy councillor bao zheng's male wife Cui shi feng yong jia county monarchy.
In the Tombs of the Bao Family excavated in Hefei, the tomb of Bao Qi was also found, and from its epitaph, it can be seen that Bao Qi had four sons and three daughters, and the blood of the Bao family was passed on.