Chinese government official and calligrapher in the Northern Song Dynasty
1047 CE
to 1126 CE
Cai Jing (1047–1126), courtesy name Yuanchang, is a government official and calligrapher who lived in the Northern Song Dynasty.
Cai Jing is also featured as one of the antagonists and nemesis of the 108 Liangshan heroes in the Water Margin, one of the Four Great Classical Novels of Chinese literature.