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Shi Miyuan

Chinese official

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role in Song dynasty

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    In China: The chief councillors

    Shi Miyuan emerged as the dominant chief councillor. He came from a bureaucratic family background and understood the gentle approach and the importance of accommodating various kinds of bureaucrats in order to achieve a political balance. Promoting on merit and refraining from nepotism, he restored…

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    In China: The rise of neo-Confucianism

    Shi Miyuan, the chief councillor who made Lizong emperor, created circumstances that forced the elder heir of Ningzong to kill himself. This was damaging to the image of the court and to that of Shi himself. Mending political fences, he placed a few of the…

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