# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/zhao-pu
# Generated: 2026-08-13T09:21:37.241Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/zhao-pu"
name: "Zhao Pu"
slug: "zhao-pu"
description: "Zhao Pu, courtesy name Zeping, was a Chinese politician and strategist during the reigns of the first two Song dynasty emperors, who was instrumental in plotting the seizure and consolidation of power for both of them. Despite several crises in his long career, Zhao Pu was by far the most powerful politician for most of the early Song dynasty, serving as a chief councilor three times for a total of 17 years. He has been praised for his brilliance in foreign and domestic policies which helped shape Song's Confucian outlook for the next 2–3 centuries. A proud Confucian, Zhao Pu is well known for allegedly claiming that he administered the state with \"half the Analects\". Confucian historians, however, also note his cunning, avarice, as well as ruthlessness towards political opponents like Lu Duoxun and Zhao Tingmei, all self-serving and un-Confucian traits."
tagline: "Song dynasty politician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/%E5%AE%8B%E4%B8%9E%E7%9B%B8%E8%B5%B5%E6%99%AE.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "922"
deathDate: "992"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           46.64
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.563254666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tri%E1%BB%87u_Ph%E1%BB%95"
    title: "Triệu Phổ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhao_Pu"
    title: "Zhao Pu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%B6%99%E6%99%AE"
    title: "趙普"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%B5%B5%E6%99%AE"
    title: "赵普"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://wuu.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%B5%B5%E6%99%AE"
    title: "赵普"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh_classical.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%B6%99%E6%99%AE"
    title: "趙普"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2798287"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump