Song, Liao, and Jin · Ruler

Emperor 天子

Tianzi

Attested AD 1004 - AD 1007

Passages: 4
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Emperor was a ruler.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 1004 契丹入寇
Dated from the passage context · History of Song 268, passage 231
AD 1007 明年正月
Dated from the passage context · History of Song 268, passages 237-238, 240

Places and affiliations

Polity Song 宋 · Relation Ruled
Strongly inferred · History of Song 268, passage 231

Events and relationships

Debated personal campaign
AD 1004 契丹入寇 · Military · Proposed commander
Directly stated · History of Song 268, passage 231
Sent funeral overseer
AD 1007 車駕至鄭州 · Ritual · Authority · With Deng Yongqian (鄧永遷) · At Zheng Prefecture 鄭州
Directly stated · History of Song 268, passage 240
Visited imperial tombs
AD 1007 明年正月 · Ritual · Visitor · At Hulao 虎牢
Directly stated · History of Song 268, passages 238, 240
Relation Sovereign of · Person Wang Xian (王顯)
Directly stated · History of Song 268, passages 231, 236, 240

References in the histories

History of Song, Chapter 268Volume 268 Biographies 27: Chai Yuxi, Zhang Xun, Yang Shouyi, Zhao Rong, Zhou Ying, Wang Ji Ying, Wang Xian · 4 passages

契丹入寇，上議親征。 When the Khitan invaded, the emperor debated leading the campaign in person.

顯復陳三策，謂：「大軍方在鎮、定，契丹必不南侵，車駕止駐澶淵，詔鎮、定出兵，會河南軍，合擊之可也。 Xian again offered three plans, saying, "The main army is at Zhen and Ding, so the Khitan will surely not push south; let the imperial carriage halt at Chanyuan, order Zhen and Ding to march out, join the Henan forces, and strike together—that will suffice.

時車駕上陵，顯謂賓佐曰：「余年位偕極，今天子道出虎牢，不得一拜屬車之塵，是遺恨也！」 The emperor was then visiting the imperial tombs; Xian told his staff, "My years and rank have both reached their height, yet as the Son of Heaven passes through Hulao I cannot even once bow to the dust of his attendant carriage—that will be my lasting regret!"

車駕至鄭州，聞之，遣宮苑使鄧永遷馳還護喪，贈中書令，諡忠肅。 When the emperor reached Zheng Prefecture and heard the news, he sent Palace Garden Commissioner Deng Yongqian racing back to oversee the funeral, posthumously made Xian Secretariat Director, and gave him the title Zhongsu.