"Gong Jing" Shang Shu Pei Yingzhang

Source: Sanming Municipal People's Government Website

　　Pei Yingzhang (1536–1609), also spelled Yuanyin, was born in Chengguan, Qingliu. In the second year of Ming Longqing (1568), he was a jinshi.

　　When Pei Yingzhang was serving as the young secretary of the Taibu Temple, he was ordered to send an envoy to the Liao State. After returning to the dynasty, he submitted the "Table of Defense against the Liao", proposing the propositions of tun jia and soldiers, cultivating politics, loving the people, and guarding against the invasion of the Liao state, which was deeply won by the dynasty. In the thirty-fourth year of the Ming Dynasty (1606), he was appointed as the official Shangshu and was in the same dynasty as the chancellor Zhang Juzheng. He strives for justice, dares to express political opinions, and is not afraid of power. It was not until the end of his life that Pei Yingzhang retired. The Divine Sect set up a royal feast for him, and his colleagues feasted on him.

　　On the fourth day of the first month of the 37th year of the Ming Dynasty, Pei Yingzhang died of illness in his hometown at the age of 73. Emperor Shenzong posthumously honored him as "Prince Shaobao" (太子少保) and the courtesy name "Gongjing", and sent officials to bury and pay tribute to him. Ming Yushi Qiao chengzhao established "Tsukasa Fang" and "Yishi Shangshu Fang" for him. The magistrate set up a shrine for him, and offered sacrifices in spring and autumn.

　　Pei Yingzhang's works include "Compilation of Pu", "Yin Yu", "Zhicao", "Zhuangzi Excerpts", "Zuo Chuanlu" and so on.