Xue Juzheng, Chinese scholar-official and historian

Xue Juzheng was a scholar-official who successively served the Later Jin, Later Han, Later Zhou and Song dynasties. He was one of the chief ministers of the Song dynasty from 973 until his death.

The scholar-officials, also known as literati, scholar-gentlemen or scholar-bureaucrats, were government officials and prestigious scholars in Chinese society, forming a distinct social class.

July 12 is the 193rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 172 days remain until the end of the year.