Song, Liao, and Jin · Ruler

Emperor Qinzong of Song 宋欽宗

Song Qinzong

Attested AD 1126

Passages: 4
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Emperor Qinzong of Song was a ruler.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 1126 欽宗即位
Directly stated · History of Song 399, passages 152-153, 158-159

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Child of Emperor Huizong of Song (宋徽宗)
Retired Emperor 太上皇 · paternal line
Strongly inferred · History of Song 399, passages 152-153

Career and standing

AD 1126 欽宗即位
Directly stated · History of Song 399, passage 152

Places and affiliations

Polity Song 宋 · Relation Served
Directly stated · History of Song 399, passage 152

Events and relationships

Did not depart
AD 1126 金人犯京師 · Travel · Sovereign
Dated from the passage context · History of Song 399, passage 159

References in the histories

History of Song, Chapter 399Volume 399 Biographies 158: Zheng Jue, Wang Tingxiu, Chou Yu, Gao Deng, Lou Yinliang, Song Ruwei · 4 passages

欽宗即位，擢吳敏、張邦昌為相，敏又雪前相李邦彥無辜，乞加恩禮起復之。 When Emperor Qinzong ascended the throne, Wu Min and Zhang Bangchang were made chief councilors. Min also cleared the former chief councilor Li Bangyan of wrongdoing and asked that he be recalled with honors.

登上書曰：「陛下自東宮即位，意必能為民興除大利害。踐阼之始，兵革擾攘，朝廷政事一切未暇，人人翹足以待事息而睹惟新之政，奈何相吳敏、張邦昌？又納敏黨與之言，播告中外，將復用李邦彥，道路之人無不飲恨而去。是陛下大失天下之望，臣恐人心自此離矣。太上皇久處邦彥等於政府，紀綱紊亂，民庶愁怨，方且日以治安之言誘誤上皇，以致大禍，倉皇南幸，不獲寧居。主辱臣死，此曹當盡伏誅，今乃偃然自恣，朋比為姦，蒙蔽天日。陛下從敏所請，天下之人將以陛下為不明之君，人心自此離矣。」 Gao Deng submitted a memorial: "Your Majesty ascended from the Eastern Palace, and everyone expected you to bring great benefit and remove great harm for the people. At the start of your reign, war was raging and the court could not attend to every affair; people stood on tiptoe waiting for peace so they might see a renewing government—why then appoint Wu Min and Zhang Bangchang as chief councilors? You also accepted the words of Min's partisans, proclaimed them throughout the realm, and would restore Li Bangyan to office. Travelers on the roads all drank their resentment and turned away. This is a great loss of the world's hopes in Your Majesty; I fear hearts will from this point turn away. The Retired Emperor long kept Bangyan and his like in government; discipline was disorderly and the people groaned with resentment, yet they daily used words of peace and order to mislead the Retired Emperor, bringing great calamity and a hasty flight south without secure dwelling. When the sovereign is humiliated, ministers should die—these men ought all to be executed. Now they swagger at will, form factions for treachery, and block the light of Heaven. If Your Majesty follows Min's request, people throughout the realm will take Your Majesty for an unenlightened ruler, and hearts will from this point turn away."

初，金人至，六館諸生將遁去，登曰：「君在可乎？」 When the Jin first arrived, students of the Six Halls were about to flee. Deng said, "While the sovereign is still here, can we leave?"

與林邁等請隨駕，隸聶山帳中，而帝不果出。 With Lin Mai and others he asked to follow the imperial progress and was attached to Nie Shan's camp, but the emperor did not depart in the end.