Crown Prince (皇太子)

Overview

Crown Prince was a Royal Family Member.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 1167 明年
Dated from the passage context · History of Jin 42, passage 14
AD 1166 是歲
Dated from the passage context · History of Jin 42, passages 7, 13

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Child of Emperor Shizong (世宗)
crown prince 皇太子 · paternal line
Strongly inferred · History of Jin 42, passages 13-14

Places and affiliations

Polity Jin 金 · Relation Member of ruling house
Strongly inferred · History of Jin 42, passage 13

Events and relationships

ornamented carriage 綴輅
AD 1166 是歲 · Ritual · Rider · Rode ornamented carriage
Directly stated · History of Jin 42, passage 13
investiture of the crown prince 冊皇太子
AD 1167 明年 · Ritual · Investee · To be formally invested
Directly stated · History of Jin 42, passage 14

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · History of Jin 42, passage 13

References in the histories

History of Jin, Chapter 42Volume 42 Treatises 23: Ceremonial Guards 2: Guards for the Emperor, Guards for the Empress Dowager, Guards for the Crown Prince, Attendants for Princes, Guides for Imperial Concubines, Ceremonial Attendants for Officials · 2 passages

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是歲，上還自西京，有司備儀仗，皇太子乘綴輅，上疑其非禮，以問禮官，無能知者，上怒，皆責降之。 That year, when the emperor returned from the Western Capital, the responsible offices prepared the ceremonial escort, and the crown prince rode in the ornamented carriage. The emperor suspected this violated proper ritual and questioned the ritual officials, but none could explain it. Enraged, he demoted them all.

明年，將冊皇太子，宰臣奏當備儀仗告廟，上曰：「前朕受尊號謁謝，但令朕用宋真宗故事，朝服乘馬，於禮甚輕，今皇太子乃用備禮何耶？」 The following year, as the crown prince was to be formally invested, the chief ministers memorialized that the full ceremonial guard should be prepared for the announcement at the ancestral temple. The emperor said, "When I received my honorific title and made the thanksgiving visit, you had me follow only Emperor Zhenzong of the Song—court dress and on horseback—a very light observance by ritual standards. Why should the crown prince now receive the full ceremonial treatment?"