Crown Prince (皇太子)

Overview

Crown Prince was a Royal Family Member.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 1166 大定六年正月
Dated from the passage context · History of Jin 36, passages 195-200, 205, 207, 223

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Child of Emperor (皇帝)
crown prince 皇太子 · paternal line
Strongly inferred · History of Jin 36, passages 195, 223

Career and standing

crown prince 皇太子
Directly stated · History of Jin 36, passage 195
Crown Prince 皇太子
Held
Directly stated · History of Jin 36, passages 195, 223

Places and affiliations

Polity Jin 金 · Relation Served
Directly stated · History of Jin 36, passage 223

Works and attributed material

Oral address · Speaker · With Emperor (皇帝) · Direct quotation · Occasion emperor's birthday 聖節 · Mode quoted-speech Speaker Crown Prince (皇太子)
Directly stated · History of Jin 36, passage 199
Oral address · Speaker · With Emperor (皇帝) · Direct quotation · Occasion New Year longevity 元正啟祚 · Mode quoted-speech Speaker Crown Prince (皇太子)
Directly stated · History of Jin 36, passage 198

Events and relationships

Bowed twice after memorial titles
Ritual · Heir
Directly stated · History of Jin 36, passage 196
Congratulated emperor at Da an Hall
AD 1166 大定六年正月 · Ritual · Heir · With Emperor (皇帝)
Directly stated · History of Jin 36, passage 223
Delivered blessing then bowed with officials
Ritual · Heir
Directly stated · History of Jin 36, passage 200
Entered with officials and envoys
Ritual · Heir · At red courtyard 丹墀
Directly stated · History of Jin 36, passage 195
Held tray while music played
Ritual · Heir
Directly stated · History of Jin 36, passage 205
Presented wine
Ritual · Presenter · With Emperor (皇帝)
Directly stated · History of Jin 36, passage 197

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Received empty cup and descended
Ritual · Heir
Directly stated · History of Jin 36, passage 207

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · History of Jin 36, passages 195, 223

References in the histories

History of Jin, Chapter 36Volume 36 Treatises 17: Rites 9: Ceremonies for Succesion of the Throne; Ceremonies for Receiving Honorific Titles; New Year's Day Rituals; Participation in Regular Court Assemblies; Pardoning Ceremonies; Ceremonies for Pardoning by Officials With Imperial Decree · 7 passages

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舍人引皇太子並臣僚使客合班入，至丹墀，舞蹈五拜，平立。 Communication officers led the crown prince, ministers, envoys, and guests to enter as one body; reaching the red courtyard, they performed the fivefold ritual dance and bow, then stood upright.

閣使奏諸道表目，皇太子以下皆再拜。 Gate commissioners read the titles of memorials from the various circuits; the crown prince and all below him bowed twice.

引皇太子升殿褥位，搢笏，捧盞盤，進酒，皇帝受置於案。 They led the crown prince up to the cushioned station on the hall; he tucked his tablet, held the cup and tray, and presented wine; the emperor received it and set it on the table.

皇太子退複褥位，轉盤與執事者，出笏，二閣使齊揖入欄子內，拜跪致詞雲：「元正啟祚，品物鹹新，恭惟皇帝陛下與天同休。」 The crown prince withdrew to the cushioned station, handed the tray to an attendant, and removed his tablet; two gate commissioners bowed together as he entered the railing enclosure; kneeling, he declared: "On New Year's Day the throne is renewed and all things are made new; we respectfully wish that Your Majesty may share Heaven's blessings."

皇太子搢笏，執盤，臣僚分班，教坊奏樂。 The crown prince tucked his tablet and held the tray; the ministers took their ranks as the Music Bureau played.

皇太子受虛盞，退立褥位，轉盤與執事者，出笏，左下殿，樂止，合班，在位臣僚皆再拜。 The crown prince received the empty cup, withdrew to the cushioned station, handed the tray to an attendant, and removed his tablet; he descended the hall by the left as the music stopped. They formed a single body, and every official on duty bowed twice.

大定六年正月，上禦大安殿，受皇太子以下百官及外國使賀，賜宴，文武五品以上侍坐者有定員，為常制。 In the first month of the sixth year of Dading, the emperor attended the Da'an Hall, received congratulations from the crown prince, the hundred officials, and foreign envoys, and granted a banquet; civil and military officials of the fifth rank and above who were seated at the banquet had fixed quotas, and this became the regular rule.