Jia Sidao, courtesy name Shixian, was a Chinese government official who served as chancellor of the Southern Song dynasty of China. He was the younger brother of a concubine of Emperor Lizong, who had
Inscription by Jia Sidao and his friends on Lianhua Peak, Near the Lingyin Temple, Hangzhou. The inscription's content says: On the day of the full moon of the tenth month of the Year Dingmao of Xianchun (Autumn 1267), Jia Sidao came to the Lingyin temple for his annual prayer service. Accompanied by Wu Zicong, Shu Yuanzhe, Qiu Fuheng, Yu Xin, Liao Yinzhong, Zhang Ru, Huang Gongshao, and Wang Ting. His son Desheng and grandson Fanshi escorted him. Monk Fazhao, Dening, Shiju and Miaoning also attended this event.
The grand chancellor, also known by its Chinese name as zaixiang is a generic blanket title identifying the highest-ranking ministers wielding both formal and actual authorities in the imperial Chines
Statue of emperor Liu Bei and chancellor Zhuge Liang, considered the ideal example of the loyalty, integrity and Ruist shared governance between a lord and minister in Chinese history.