Emperor (皇帝) | 24 Histories

Overview

Emperor was a ruler.

Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Posthumous name	Sagely Emperor Who Reveres Heaven, Embodies the Way, and Is Illustrious in Civil and Martial Virtue	崇天體道欽明文武聖德皇帝

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 1141 七日
Dated from the passage context · History of Jin 36, passages 3-4
AD 1141 十二日
Dated from the passage context · History of Jin 36, passages 3, 8
AD 1141 十日
Dated from the passage context · History of Jin 36, passages 3, 5
AD 1141 是日
Dated from the passage context · History of Jin 36, passages 5, 7
AD 1141 皇統元年正月二日
Directly stated · History of Jin 36, passage 3

Career and standing

Sagely Emperor Who Reveres Heaven, Embodies the Way, and Is Illustrious in Civil and Martial Virtue 崇天體道欽明文武聖德皇帝
AD 1141 十日 · Received
Directly stated · History of Jin 36, passage 6
general amnesty 大赦
AD 1141 十二日 · Proclaimed
Directly stated · History of Jin 36, passage 8

Places and affiliations

AD 1141 皇統元年正月二日
Polity Great Jin 大金 · Relation Ruled
Directly stated · History of Jin 36, passage 3
AD 1141 十二日
At Xuanhe Gate 宣和門 · Relation Enthroned at
Directly stated · History of Jin 36, passage 8
AD 1141 十日
At Yuanhe Hall 元和殿 · Relation Enthroned at
Directly stated · History of Jin 36, passage 5

Events and relationships

Assented after three petitions
AD 1141 皇統元年正月二日 · Political · Ruler · With Zonggan (宗幹)
Directly stated · History of Jin 36, passage 3
Banquet for second rank and envoys
AD 1141 是日 · Ritual · Host
Directly stated · History of Jin 36, passage 7
Changed reign title
AD 1141 十二日 · Political · Ruler
Directly stated · History of Jin 36, passage 8
Dispatched announcements to heaven earth altars and temple
AD 1141 七日 · Ritual · Principal · With Shi (奭), Zongqiang (宗強)
Directly stated · History of Jin 36, passage 4
Gave thanks at ancestral temple
AD 1141 十二日 · Ritual · Officiant
Directly stated · History of Jin 36, passage 8
Received investiture in ceremonial robes
AD 1141 十日 · Ritual · Recipient · With Zonggan (宗幹)
Directly stated · History of Jin 36, passage 5

Assessments and attributes

AD 1141 十日
Item jade book and jade seal 玉冊、玉寶 · Relation Received
Directly stated · History of Jin 36, passage 6

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 · 4 passages

Open chapter

皇統元年正月二日，太師宗幹率百僚上表，請上皇帝尊號，凡三請，詔允。 On the second day of the first month of Huangtong 1, Grand Preceptor Zonggan led the entire court in a memorial asking that the emperor accept an honorific title. After three formal petitions, the throne assented.

十日，帝服袞冕禦元和殿，宗幹率百僚恭奉冊禮。 On the tenth day the emperor, robed in full ceremonial dress, took his seat in the Yuanhe Hall while Zonggan led the court in presenting the investiture ceremony.

冊文云云，「臣等謹奉玉冊、玉寶，上尊號曰崇天體道欽明文武聖德皇帝」。 The investiture text declared, in substance: "We your subjects respectfully present the jade book and jade seal, offering the honorific title Sagely Emperor Who Reveres Heaven, Embodies the Way, and Is Illustrious in Civil and Martial Virtue."

是日，皇帝改服通天冠，宴二品以上官及高麗、夏國使。 That same day the emperor changed into court dress with the Tongtian cap and hosted a banquet for officials of the second rank and above, together with envoys from Goryeo and Western Xia.