Northern Song official who governed the capital 开封 and became the model of the honest, fearless judge. In opera and on TV he is 包青天, with a black face and a crescent moon on his forehead.
Lǎobǎixìng zūnchēng Bāo Zhěng wéi " Bāo Qīngtiān ".
Ordinary people honored Bao Zheng with the name 'Bao Qingtian', Bao of the clear sky.
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culture
In the opera 《铡美案》, also called 《铡驸马》, he has the emperor's son-in-law 陈世美 executed, and 陈世美 is still the byword for a heartless, faithless man.
history
The real Bao Zheng came from Hefei. A folk saying ran 关节不到，有阎罗包老: 'no strings to pull here, Old Bao is the King of Hell'. An honorary title at the Longtu Pavilion gave him the nickname 包龙图.
