Song, Liao, and Jin · Ruler

Emperor Lizong 理宗

Lizong

Attested AD 1224 - AD 1225

Passages: 7
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Emperor Lizong was a ruler.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 1225 寶慶元年
Directly stated · History of Song 410, passage 177
AD 1224 理宗即位
Directly stated · History of Song 410, passage 176

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Child of Empress Dowager of Changle (長樂)
serve the Empress Dowager 事長樂
Empress Dowager 長樂
Strongly inferred · History of Song 410, passage 181

Kinship Role brothers · Quantity unspecified
Directly stated · History of Song 410, passages 181-182

Career and standing

AD 1224 理宗即位
Directly stated · History of Song 410, passage 176

Places and affiliations

Polity Song 宋 · Relation Ruled
Directly stated · History of Song 410, passage 176

Works and attributed material

Speech · Speaker · Addressed to Cao Yanyue (曹彥約) · Direct quotation
Directly stated · History of Song 410, passage 193

Events and relationships

Asked where the ailment lay
Political · Sovereign · With Cao Yanyue (曹彥約)
Directly stated · History of Song 410, passage 193
Relation Sovereign of · Person Cao Yanyue (曹彥約)
Directly stated · History of Song 410, passages 176-177

Source notes

Value historical
Directly stated · History of Song 410, passage 176

References in the histories

History of Song, Chapter 410Volume 410 Biographies 169: Lou Ji, Shen Huan, Shu Lin, Cao Yanyue, Fan Yingling, Xu Jingsun · 7 passages

理宗即位，擢兵部侍郎兼國史院同修撰。 When Emperor Lizong ascended the throne, he was promoted to vice minister of war and concurrent reviser of the National History Institute.

寶慶元年入對，勸帝講學，防近習。 In the first year of Baoqing (1225) he had an audience and urged the emperor to pursue learning and guard against intimate attendants.

比年以來，有以賣直好名之說見於奏對者，願陛下倚忠直如蓍龜，去邪佞若蟊賊，其有沮撓讜言者，必加斥逐。” In recent years some have accused honest remonstrators of seeking fame. I urge Your Majesty to rely on the loyal and upright as on divination, remove the wicked and flattering as crop pests, and expel anyone who obstructs honest counsel."

會下詔求言，彥約上封事曰：“陛下謹定省以事長樂，開王社以篤天倫，孝友之行，宜足以取信於天下。 When an edict sought opinions, Cao Yanyue submitted a sealed memorial, saying, "Your Majesty carefully attends the inner quarters to serve the Empress Dowager, opens the royal altar to deepen family bonds. Your filial and brotherly conduct ought to win trust throughout the realm.

今若徇文帝緣情之義，法太宗繼絕之意，明示好惡，無隙可指，雖不止謗而謗息矣。” If Your Majesty now follows Emperor Wen's humane mercy and Emperor Taizong's intent to continue severed lines, clearly shows your preferences so that no opening remains for slander, slander will cease even without direct suppression."

又言：“陛下求言之詔，惟恐不逮，然外議致疑，以為明言文武，似或止於搢紳，泛言小大，恐不及於韋布，引而伸之，特在一命令之間耳。” He also said, "Your edict seeking opinions fears only that it does not reach far enough, yet outsiders doubt whether civil and military officials alone are meant, and whether commoners in plain cloth are truly included. Whether that is so depends on a single command from Your Majesty."

帝曰：“其病安在？” The emperor asked, "Where lies the problem?"