Pang Ji

Pang Ji (died 202), courtesy name Yuantu (元圖), was a minister serving under the warlord Yuan Shao in the late Eastern Han Dynasty.

Pang was criticized by Cao Cao's advisor Xun Yu as "brave but heedless of other's opinions." Being very bitter towards his rivals, Pang slandered Tian Feng after Yuan Shao's defeat at the Battle of Guandu and caused Tian to commit suicide. Pang later went on to serve under Yuan Shang, Yuan Shao's successor. Since Yuan Shang was the youngest of Yuan Shao's three sons, there was intense sibling rivalry. Yuan Shao's oldest son Yuan Tan was on the verge of rebellion, and Pang and Shen Pei suggested sending a small army to aid Yuan Tan in the defense against Cao Cao's follow-up attacks in order to resolve the tension. Pang went along as an emissary. However Yuan Tan was not pleased with the reinforcements and demanded that Yuan Shang send more troops. He was flatly refused by Shen Pei and he killed Pang in anger.

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Pang Ji (Song dynasty)

Pang Ji (龐籍) (988–1063) was an official in China's Northern Song Dynasty. He was the chancellor from 1051 to 1053 during Emperor Renzong's reign.

Biography

After passing the imperial examination in 1015, Pang Ji gradually moved his way up the official ranks. He successfully took control in Yanzhou (in today's Shaanxi province) after Western Xia troops took a few cities from Song. Pang Ji is known for instilling discipline in the troops; violations of the code were met with severe physical punishments including deaths. After he left the frontier in 1045 he held some posts in the capital before being made the chancellor in 1051.

In 1053, a minor official Huangfu Yuan (皇甫淵) from Qizhou (in today's Jinan) bribed Pang Ji's nephew Zhao Qingkuang (趙清貺) in order to get a promotion. After whistleblowers disclosed the scandal, Pang Ji ordered Zhao arrested and tried at the Kaifeng court, where Zhao was sentenced to banishment. Zhao died along the way, and Han Jiang (韓絳) from the Kaifeng court accused Pang Ji of ordering Zhao killed to cover up. As a result, Pang Ji was stripped of the chancellor position and sent to posts away from the capital. In 1060 Emperor Renzong summoned him back to Kaifeng but at the age of 72, he was too old to take any position.