| 姓： | 寇 | ||
| 名： | 准 | ||
| 字： | 平仲 | ||
| 网笔号： | 寇忠湣; 寇莱公 | ||
| 籍贯： | 华州下邽 | ||
| 今属： | 陕西渭南 | ||
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寇准寇准（961年－1023年10月24日），字平仲，华州下邽（今陕西渭南）人，北宋名相。与白居易、张仁愿并称“渭南三贤”。
景德元年（1004年）拜相，任同平章事，时辽国侵宋，宋有迁都避难之议；但寇准力主宋真宗御驾亲征，后宋辽双方订立“澶渊之盟”，宋得以不亡。景德三年（1006年），被王钦若等排挤，失去相国之位。天禧元年（1017年）又拜相。后又遭到丁谓等人构陷，贬雷州司户参军。天圣元年（1023年），病逝于雷州。宋仁宗时追复太子太傅，赠中书令、莱国公，谥忠愍。人称寇忠湣、寇莱公。
凖善诗能文，七绝尤有韵味，今传《寇忠湣诗集》三卷。
(961～1023)，北宋政治家。字平仲。华州下邽(今陕西渭南东北)人。自幼丧父，家境贫寒，发奋读书，十九岁登进士第，当了一个时期地方官后即被召入朝任职，以其政治才能深得宋太宗赵炅器重。三十一岁时任枢密副使。后因刚直不阿，被排斥出朝廷。宋真宗赵恒即位后，召寇准回朝，先后任权知开封府、三司使等职。景德元年(1004)六月，任同中书门下平章事。其年冬，辽承天皇太后和辽圣宗耶律隆绪率大军入侵宋境，直趋黄河沿岸的澶州（今河南濮阳附近）。宋廷大臣王钦若等多主张迁都以避敌锋，唯寇准力排众议，极力促成宋真宗亲临澶州前线抗击，宋军士气为之一振，促使辽圣宗决意同宋议和，订立和约后撤兵（见澶渊之盟）。后因受王钦若的挑拨，寇准逐渐失去宋真宗的信任，于景德三年罢相，到陕西等地任地方官。天禧三年(1019),因顺应宋真宗意旨,奏言天书下降，再度被起用为宰相,不久罢为太子太傅,封于莱，故世称寇莱公。后遭副相丁谓诬陷，被一再贬逐，直至雷州(今广东海康)司户。于宋仁宗天圣元年(1023)闰九月死于贬所。寇准早登政柄，性豪奢，喜歌舞，有“寇莱公，柘枝颠”之称。诗多清新之句，著有《寇忠愍公诗集》（亦即《巴东集》）传世。Kou Zhun (c. 961 – 24 October 1023), courtesy name Pingzhong, was a much-praised official in ancient China's Northern Song Dynasty. He was the chancellor from 1004 to 1006 during Emperor Zhenzong's reign.
Biography
Kou Zhun became a jinshi after passing the imperial examination in 979. Kou Zhun was a great speaker and had a reputation of offering criticism as he saw fit. Once, Emperor Taizong got offended and decided to leave, but Kou Zhun grabbed his robe and forced him to sit down and finish listening. Emperor Taizong remarked, "Having Kou Zhun is like Emperor Taizong of Tang having Wei Zheng."
In 1004, during Emperor Zhenzong's reign, the Liao forces from the North initialized a major invasion and came surprisingly close to the Song capital. When other officials such as Wang Qinruo suggested that the emperor desert the city and find a new capital in Southern China, Kou Zhun suggested the emperor come to the front line to boost the Song army's morale. Emperor Zhenzong listened to Kou Zhun's suggestion, and the Song forces successfully resisted the Liao invasion, ending in the Chanyuan Treaty.
Wang Qinruo, another Song official, was notably jealous of Kou Zhun and talked Emperor Zhenzong into distrusting Kou Zhun with words such as "Does my majesty know about gambling? When gamblers are about to lose everything, they take out all of their money for a last gamble. Kou Zhun was using your majesty as his stake (in that battle), which was incredibly dangerous." Soon Kou Zhun was banished from his post.