Shen Junliang (沈君諒) was briefly a

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of the

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dynasty

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, during the first reign of Emperor Ruizong. Little is known about Shen Junliang's career before or after his brief stint as chancellor, as, atypical for a chancellor, he did not have a biography in either the ''

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'' or the ''

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''.See the Table of Contents for the ''Old Book of Tang'' and the Table of Contents for the ''New Book of Tang''. As of 684, he was serving as imperial chronicler (右史, ''You Shi'') when Emperor Ruizong's powerful mother and

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Empress Dowager Wu (later known as Wu Zetian) promoted him to be ''Zhengjian Daifu'' (正諫大夫), a senior advisor at the examination bureau of government (鸞臺, ''Luantai'') and made him a chancellor ''de facto'', with the designation ''Tong Fengge Luantai Pingzhangshi'' (同鳳閣鸞臺平章事), along with

Cui Cha Cui Cha (崔詧) (died 689) was briefly a chancellor of the Chinese Tang Dynasty, during the first reign of Emperor Ruizong. Little is known about Cui Cha's career before his brief stint as chancellor, as, atypical for a chancellor, he did not h ...

. In spring 685, both he and Cui were removed from those posts. There was no further record about Shen in official histories, and there appears to be no historical record of his death.

Notes and references

* ''

Zizhi Tongjian ''Zizhi Tongjian'' () is a pioneering reference work in Chinese historiography, published in 1084 AD during the Northern Song dynasty in the form of a chronicle recording Chinese history from 403 BC to 959 AD, covering 16 dynast ...

'', vol. 203. {{DEFAULTSORT:Shen, Junliang Chancellors under Emperor Ruizong of Tang