Yuan · Ruler

Emperor Chengzong 成宗

Chengzong

First attested AD 1287; died AD 1307

Passages: 4
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Emperor Chengzong was a ruler.

Life and dates

Death

AD 1307 十一年
Directly stated · History of Yuan 203, passage 73

Attested activity

AD 1307 十一年
Directly stated · History of Yuan 203, passage 73
AD 1287 to AD 1294 成宗以皇孫撫軍北邊
Directly stated · History of Yuan 203, passage 271
AD 1294 成宗即位
Directly stated · History of Yuan 203, passage 273

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Spouse of Empress (皇后)
empress 皇后
Strongly inferred · History of Yuan 203, passage 73

Career and standing

AD 1294 成宗即位
Directly stated · History of Yuan 203, passage 273

Places and affiliations

Polity Id yuan · Relation Ruled
Directly stated · History of Yuan 203, passages 73, 273

Events and relationships

Garrisoned northern frontier as imperial grandson
AD 1287 to AD 1294 成宗以皇孫撫軍北邊 · Military · Commander
Directly stated · History of Yuan 203, passage 271
Ordered Dejin include in Secretariat deliberations
Edict · Issuer
Directly stated · History of Yuan 203, passage 277

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · History of Yuan 203, passage 73

References in the histories

History of Yuan, Chapter 203Volume 203 Biographies 90: Medicine and Divination, Arts and Crafts · 4 passages

十一年，成宗崩，阿忽台等持異謀，將以皇后教，祔成宗於廟。 In the eleventh year Emperor Chengzong died. Ahutai and his faction plotted to install the deceased emperor in the ancestral temple by empress's decree rather than by proper succession ritual.

成宗以皇孫撫軍北邊，帝遣使授皇太子寶，德進預在行，凡攻戰取勝，皆豫剋期日，無不驗者。 When Emperor Chengzong, as imperial grandson, garrisoned the northern frontier, the court sent envoys to invest the heir with the imperial seal. Dejin accompanied the expedition, and in every battle won he predicted the day of victory in advance — and none failed to come true.

成宗即位，歷陳世祖進賢納諫、咨詢治亂之原，帝嘉納之。 When Emperor Chengzong succeeded, Dejin repeatedly urged the emperor to follow Kublai's example of advancing worthies, accepting remonstrance, and inquiring into the roots of order and disorder — counsel the emperor praised and adopted.

都城以荻苫廩，或請以瓦易之，帝以問德進，對曰：「若是役驟興，物必踴貴，民力重困，臣愚未見其可。」 The capital's granaries were thatched with reeds, and some proposed replacing the thatch with tile. When the emperor asked Dejin, he replied, "If such a project were launched suddenly, materials would surely soar in price and the people would be heavily burdened. I see no merit in it."